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Barton Childs MD, Legendary Geneticist, Remembered
HopkinsChildrens.org – Barton Childs, M.D., professor emeritus of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a legendary geneticist and teacher who influenced the practice of generations of physicians and shaped their understanding...
Air Pollution Accelerates Atherosclerosis
Exposure to air pollution accelerates the thickening of artery walls in humans that leads to cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). The study,...
Do You Wanna Know a Secret? (I Forgot What I Was Going to Say…)
Yesterday, Michael Masterson (the founder of our sister company, Early To Rise) sent me a video that he got a kick out of. Michael knew that I was planning to write about memory and cognition and he thought this would be a memorable and humorous way...
Food And Drug Administration Approves Xiaflex for Debilitating Hand Condition
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xiaflex (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) as the first drug to treat a progressive hand disease known as Dupuytren’s contracture, which can affect a person’s ability to straighten and properly...
New Platelet Rich Plasma Treatment for Tendonitis, Sprains
Virginia.edu – A cutting-edge therapy called platelet rich plasma (PRP) that helps heal injured ligaments, tendons and muscles is being used at the Sports Medicine Clinic at the University of Virginia Health System. PRP therapy has gained some national...
You Are What You Eat… Literally
In this week’s issue of THB Undercover, I countered Dr. Shyam Kolvekar’s contention that saturated fat in the diet is to blame for the rising rates of heart disease in young people. He even recommended banning butter! To learn why he is totally...
PCLE Diagnostics Fights Cancer Fast in Real Time
Yes, pCLE is now available in the US. The world’s smallest flexible microscope is diagnosing some big diseases, including cancer, and allowing physicians to treat patients on the spot. Dr. Michel Kahaleh, associate professor of medicine in the Division...
Weight Gain During Pregnancy – Debate Continues
SLU.edu – Recent recommendations by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) call for women who are overweight or obese to gain more weight than during pregnancy they should, a Saint Louis University obstetrician wrote in a January 2010 commentary for Obstetrics...
Antibiotic-resistant Urinary Tract Infections Spreading Globally
A sudden worldwide increase in an antibiotic-resistant bacterium linked to urinary tract infections (UTIs) is cause for concern, according to a review in f1000 Medicine Reports. Faculty of 1000 member Dr Johann Pitout, of the Department of Pathology and...