December 2008
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Regenerative Powder
(CBS) Imagine re-growing a severed fingertip, or creating an organ in the lab that can be transplanted into a patient without risk of rejection. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s not. It’s the burgeoning field of regenerative medicine, in which scientists are learning to harness the body’s own power to regenerate itself, with astonishing results. Correspondent Wyatt...
September 2008
1 post
Stress Wasn't The Problem
Karima Hijane could not believe what she was hearing: The obstetrician who for two years had insisted that her mystifying constellation of symptoms was the result of stress had discovered the real cause, imparting devastating news that would alter Hijane’s plans for her future.
Now this trusted doctor, who had delivered her only child several years earlier, was telling the IT consultant to...
August 2008
23 posts
How is cancer treated?
Many people had asked me: “I thought cancer is incurable? How do you cure it?”
The goal of cancer treatment is to kill or inactivate all the cancerous cells in the body. There are few ways that this can be done: (1) cut out all the cells through surgery, (2) by using using radiation to destroy (“zap”) the cancerous cells, (3) by taking medicine (injected or oral) to put...
How to Help Someone Having a Panic Attack →
WikiHow has made a wonderful entry teaching us how to help someone who is going into or is already in panic attacks.
Panic attacks are sudden, discrete periods of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems (spastic colon) and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms. Experiencing a panic attack is said to be one of the most...
8 Drugs Doctors Would Never Take
Doctors know which prescription and over-the-counter drugs are the most dangerous. Which medications would we skip?
Advair
It‘s asthma medicine that can make your asthma deadly. Advair contains the long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) salmeterol. A 2006 analysis found that regular use of LABAs can increase the severity of an asthma attack. Researchers estimate that salmeterol may contribute to as...
One-Third of Uninsured Are Chronically... →
… didn’t specifically look at the health consequences of lack of insurance and lack of access to medical care, it’s reasonable to assume that these factors would lead to various medical…
Hybrid Medical Animation →
The Hybrid Interactive Heart is an exploration into the various and novel ways a beating heart may be visually represented using the latest technology. In this case, they are giving us the ability to…
20 Most Bizarre Congenital Defects/Abnormalities
Congenital disorder or malformation is a birth defect. It is a result of genetic abnormalities, the intrauterine (uterus) environment, errors of morphogenesis, a chromosomal abnormality, or a complex mix and unknown factors.
Here’s a list of some of the most unusual birth defects.
Aglossia
(Photo courtesy of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry)
Aglossia is the absence...
10 People with Unbelievable Medical Conditions
The Woman Who has 200 Orgasms every day
UK’s Sarah Carmen, 24, is a 200-a-day orgasm girl who gets good, good, GOOD vibrations from almost anything. She suffers from Permanent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS), which increases blood flow to the sex organs. “Sometimes I have so much sex to try to calm myself down I get bored of it. And men I sleep with don’t seem to make as much...
Boo for the Red Cross " →
25 High-Margin Procedures Your Doctor Makes a...
Doctors need to make a living just like everyone else, but there are a number of practices and procedures that are obscenely profitable to perform. So profitable, in fact, that at some point you may need to ask yourself whether a procedure is really necessary for your benefit or that of your doctor’s. Read on to find out about 25 especially high margin procedures to consider closely.
Medi-spa...
Children’s Miracle Network to celebrate 20 years
Children’s Miracle Network at Hendrick Children’s Hospital will celebrate its 20th anniversary during its broadcast Saturday and Sunday on KTXS-TV, with the goal of raising more than $750,000 to support children’s services at Hendrick Children’s Hospital, Hendrick Center for Rehabilitation and throughout Hendrick.
The funds raised through Children’s Miracle Network help local children by...
Ohio inmate says he's too fat for execution
A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he’s too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.
Lawyers for Richard Cooey argue in a federal lawsuit that Cooey — 5-feet-7 and 267 pounds — had poor veins when he faced execution five years ago and the problem...
Illegal version of fentanyl claims more than 1000...
Because of an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl more than 1,000 people died in two years, the government reports revealed on Thursday while making its first tally of those deaths.
The occurrences of fentanyl overdoses came to light in Chicago first in 2005 while further cluster were noted in Detroit, Philadelphia and other cities by 2006.
The gradual reports of deaths from the drug were...
Blood pressure drugs may help to avoid dementia
Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine find that blood pressure drugs known as angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) has link with slower progression of Alzheimer’s disease and its lower occurrence.
The researchers analyzed government data that showed that there were 40 percent less chances to develop Alzheimer’s disease or any other kind of dementia in people who were taking...
Christy Krames - Medical Illustrator →
Christy Krames is a medical illustrator who thinks that medical illustrations are really cool. After looking at some of his…
Some facts about depression medicines
We can guess but can’t exactly tell what the real causes of depression are. Depression can manifest itself in various ways but still it is quite difficult to tell whether someone will develop the condition or not. Similarly, the best possible way to figure out whether some medication will work for the patient is to try this medicine out. But you shouldn’t be discouraged because of these facts as...
Nutrition and lifestyle can contribute to health
Having read several articles and watched several documentaries on TV about human ailments not caused by virus or bacteria, a question came to mind. Why is it that animals, especially those in the wild, do not suffer from these kinds of ailments? Being an avid watcher of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, it simply amazes me to watch animal living in the wilderness. They do not have artificial...
Houston doctors say they may have found a way to...
There is real hope that what’s happening in a Houston lab might lead to a cure for HIV.
“We have found an innovative way to kill the virus by finding this small region of HIV that is unchangeable,” Dr. Sudhir Paul of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston said.
Dr. Paul and Dr. Miguel Escobar aren’t talking about just suppressing HIV – they’re talking about destroying it...
Treatment of diabeties using Green Tea
An aqueous solution of green tea was found to inhibit lipid peroxidation , scavenge hydroxyl and superoxide radicals. Boil 1 tsp of green tea in a cup of water for 10 minutes. Strain and drink the extracts,twice daily for a month. The blood sugar levels are regularized in a month. An aqueous solution of green tea polyphenols (GTP) was found to inhibit lipid peroxidation (LP), scavenge hydroxyl and...
Prevent liver cancer by using Camellia Sinensis...
Camellia sinensis (Green Tea) extracts have been found to be very effective in preventing Liver cancer and help in resolving the symptoms associated with liver cancer. Boil 10 gms of Camellia sinensis herb powder in a cup of water. Strain and drink the extracts,twice daily for a month. The symptoms of Liver cancer are improved in six months.
The robot will see you now →
In a recent copy of Guidelines in Practice Phil Hammond reflected on whether clinicians should be more “robotic” in their approach to clinical care.
PogoFrog →
PogoFrog.com jumps over the layman-focused clutter on the internet to find only credible medical information for physicians.
Man Swaps Toes for Fingers to Lead a Normal Life →
This is really weird… I mean… weird weird…
2,000 kids from 33 nations have been healed by...
Israeli humanitarian organization Save a Child’s Heart (SACH) announced this week that a 3-year-old Angolan boy had become the 2,000th foreign child heart patient saved by Israeli doctors.
The child was operated on by the team of doctors at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, who donate their time to SACH in an effort to build bridges of trust with surrounding nations by helping their...