July 30th, 2010 by Jeffrey Benabio, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips
Tags: Athlete's Health, Bacterial Infection, Dermatology, Erythrasma, Fungal Infection, Irritated Skin, Itchy Rash, Jock Itch, Moist Skin, Ringworm of the Groin, Sports Medicine, Tinea Cruris, Yeast Infection
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I’ve been seeing a lot of jocks lately. The anatomical area, not the athletes. Summertime means heat and humidity, sports, and itchy groins. Jock itch is a general term for an itchy rash in the groin. Heat, sweat, and skin rubbing on skin can leave the area looking like you slid into second base, groin first.
There are three main causes of an itchy groin. Classic jock itch is caused by a fungus, the same fungus that causes athlete’s foot. This fungus often causes a red scaly rash on the inner thighs. It tends to be dry and can have bumps or pimples. The fungus is often spread from your feet or from contaminated sports equipment, towels, etc. It can be treated with topical terbinafine cream 1% twice a day for 2-4 weeks. Severe cases can require oral anti-fungal medications, especially if the fungus has spread to other areas on your body. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The Dermatology Blog*
July 30th, 2010 by Happy Hospitalist in Better Health Network, Humor, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Attractive Physician, Doctor-Patient Connection, General Medicine, Good-Looking Doctor, Handsome Mechanic, How You Pick Your Doctor, Medical Humor, Patient-Doctor Relationship, Physical Features
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I found this sign while driving past a mechanic’s shop the other day. Of course, now I get it. How do women pick their mechanic? This sign explains it all. Just look for the “Handsome Mechanic ‘Now On Duty'” sign. I wonder if it works for doctors, too.
Be honest. If your doctor had exceptionally good-looking physical features by most people’s standards, would you be more likely or less likely to keep him or her as your doctor? Would you be more likely or less likely to think of them as highly intelligent? Would you be more likely or less likely to sue them when something goes wrong?
We know that babies respond to good-looking parents differently even as newborns. So why would we expect adults to respond to handsome mechanics and doctors any differently?
*This blog post was originally published at The Happy Hospitalist*
July 30th, 2010 by DrWes in Better Health Network, Humor, News, True Stories
Tags: Cardiac Arrest, Cardiology, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Cardiovascular Health, Chris Wuebben, CPR, George Linn, Heart Attack, Heart Patients, History of Heart Problems, Medical Humor, Order Pizza Delivered, Paramedic, Pizza Deliveryman, Returned From Iraq, The Associated Press
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… because the pizza deliveryman might just save your life. From The Associated Press:
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Ordering a pizza may have saved George Linn’s life.
Linn’s wife says he had just gone into cardiac arrest Friday when the pizza deliveryman knocked on the door of their Colorado home to bring their order. Kami Linn says she opened the door to “some burly-looking dude” and immediately asked for help.
The deliveryman, Chris Wuebben, happened to be a paramedic recently returned from Iraq.
Kami Linn says Wuebben performed CPR on her husband and revived him. Other paramedics who later arrived then took over. George Linn remains hospitalized in the intensive care unit.
Kami Linn says her husband has a history of heart problems.
-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist.
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes*
July 30th, 2010 by RyanDuBosar in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Research
Tags: Academic Difficulties, Academic Medicine, Clinical-Community Setting, General Medicine, Gross Anatomy, Health Sciences, Liberal Arts Student, Medical School Environment, Medical School Students, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, No MCAT Required, Pediatrics, Pre-Med Students, Pre-Med Subjects, Preclinical Years, Psychiatry, Sam Cooke, Step 1 Exam, Traditional Premed Science Curriculum, Training New Doctors, University Hospitals
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Study painting, drama or the “soft” social sciences and you’ll probably be a pretty good doctor anyway. Mt. Sinai School of Medicine has been doing it for years and compared students in a special liberal arts admissions program to its traditional pre-med students.
For years, Mt. Sinai has admitted students from Amherst, Brandeis, Princeton, Wesleyan, and Williams colleges based on a written application with personal essays, verbal and math SAT scores, high school and college transcripts, letters of recommendation, and personal interviews. No MCAT is required.
Students need to take one year of biology and one year of chemistry and maintain (swallow hard) a “B” average. They later get an abbreviated course in organic chemistry and medical physics. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at ACP Internist*
July 29th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, News, Research
Tags: Acoustic Parameters, Autism, Children's Health, Developmental Pediatrician, Early Detection, Early Diagnosis, Language Delays in Children, LENA, Neurology, Pediatrics, Pre-Speech Vocalizations, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Speech-Language Clinician, Syllabification, Vocal Analysis, Voice Recorder, Well-Formed Syllables
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Identifying autistic kids as early as possible is very important so that appropriate clinical interventions and upbringing can have the most beneficial effect.
Now a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown that analyzing the unique signature of children’s pre-speech vocalizations can be a pretty good way to identify potential cases of autism. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
