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Let’s take a look at the actual case study on the exploding gallbladder and figure out what’s relevant and what’s conjecture—by all parties. The Case Study The paper was the result of a close examination of the medical information gathered when a 69-year-old man went to the emergency room at SUNY Brooklyn Medical Center with […]
Health Memo readers frequently forward health-related articles to me to ask my opinion; I read them all and respond to the sender if asked. Combined with my health news feeds, I read a lot about health—opinions about health, that is. I’m going to share a couple with you in the next few Memos and—wait for […]
I hope that you took 60 seconds to watch the video from Tuesday’s Memo and learn CPR. As I said, it’s simpler than when I taught it, and it may just save someone’s life—someone you love or maybe a stranger. In the close, I mentioned another Buffalo Bill who suffered a cardiac arrest several months […]
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone! February is American Heart Month; it also has an emphasis on women’s heart health with Go Red for Women. That’s symbolized by wearing red as often as you can during February. I can’t think of a better day to do that than today—Valentine’s Day. There’s a lot that we can […]
When it comes to broken bones, especially in adults, what can be done to help the healing process? Pain management is always paramount because of the second reason: joint rehabilitation. If any movement is too painful, no one wants to rehab the muscles and tendons surrounding the joint, especially with a dislocation that stretches them […]
Riley’s mom, Jamie, slipped and fell on a patch of ice when she got home from work late on Friday. Although she was home, she lay outside in the 10 degree temperature until she could get inside and call me. A former farm girl, she’s no wimp and had fallen off horses plenty of times, […]
If you take any type of dietary supplement, you want to make sure that you’re getting the active ingredient whether that’s turmeric, the mineral iron, or omega-3 fatty acids. The problem is that whether in its natural form in food or put into dietary supplements, nutrients can be difficult to absorb. In addition, the same […]
I hope you took some time to scan the Executive Summary of American Association of Pediatrics Guidelines for Physicians. If you couldn’t, here are the three things that stood out to me. Screening by Pediatricians and Primary Care Physicians The focus of the guidelines was to assess risk factors for degenerative disease such as heart […]
If you pay attention to health news, you know the American Association of Pediatrics issued new guidelines on how to treat childhood obesity. Depending on where you read or listened to how those guidelines were presented, all you may have heard is that kids over 12 can get medications to help with weight loss and […]
Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is common in sedentary people who overdo it—the weekend warriors who catch up on all the yard work in one day or people who have to shovel out a long driveway after a big snow. Researchers wanted to test what benefits these occasional exercisers may get from eating almonds compared to […]
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