Your Brain On Coffee - one cup has 150 mg of caffeine, 70 times that amount may kill you
From ASAP Science video: How does the world's favorite drug actually work? The guys from ASAP Science have achieved an amazing success - with only 99 published videos, they have 2 million subscribers on YouTube.It's true. The average cup of coffee contains 150 mg of caffeine or less. The lethal dose is 150 mg/kg, which means that for the average person who weighs 70 kg, 70 cups of coffee (or that amount of caffeine in a tablet) taken at one time could be deadly. Don't forge that caffeine (C8H10N4O2) is the natural pesticide of coffee beans, paralyzing and killing insects that try to feed on them.Coffee is the most complex ...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - September 8, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Coffee Source Type: news
What to do for blood pressure in the "grey zone", 120–139/80–89 mm? Try DASH diet
Dr. Nissen from the Cleveland Clinic recommends to try the DASH diet. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet based on high intake of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes, low-fat dairy products, and whole grains, and low intake of sodium, sweetened beverages, and red and processed meats. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet has been shown to lower blood pressure, but little is known about its long-term effect on cardiovascular end points. In this 2008 study, adherence to the DASH-style diet was associated with a lower risk of CHD and stroke among middle-aged women during 24 years of foll...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - September 2, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Cardiology Cleveland Clinic Source Type: news
Electrocardiograms, X-rays, CT scans
Electrocardiograms (ECG/EKG)ECG Wave-Maven by Harvard Medical School is a fully-fledged ECG-trainer. You can browse through typical or not so typical EKGs in theEKG World Encyclopedia by McGill University.Check out thearrhythmia simulator bySkillStat with a play, pause and quiz mode.ECG Web Brain is a useful online and iPad/iPod reference (no longer free, $15 per year).Our ownA Systematic Approach to Electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG) Interpretation by Using 2 Mnemonics also be helpful along withEKGs with Dr. Koch: It ' s Not Only Educational It ' s Also Fun!Videos:ECG Video part 1: For Med Students studying the basics of readin...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - September 1, 2014 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Schistosomiasis (bilharzia) - 2014 Lancet review
Human schistosomiasis—or bilharzia—is a parasitic disease caused by trematode flukes of the genus Schistosoma. 230 million people worldwide are infected with Schistosoma spp. Schistosomiasis: Ending the Anguish of a Silent Disease - The Carter Center video.Adult schistosome worms colonise human blood vessels for years, successfully evading the immune system while excreting hundreds to thousands of eggs daily. The eggs must either leave the body in excreta or become trapped in nearby tissues. Trapped eggs induce an immune-mediated granulomatous response that causes:Systemic effects- anemia- growth stunting- impaired cog...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 7, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Clinical Cases in Test Format
The answers are provided at the end of each case.Anemia with hemoglobin 4.2 mg/dL. What is the cause?Shortness of breath and diffuse ground glass pattern on CT of the chest. What is the cause?Abdominal pain in a 93-year-old male. What is the cause?Elderly female with CHF complains of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, and confusion for 5 days. What is the cause? (Source: Clinical Cases and Images)
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 1, 2014 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 1, 2014 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - DocMikeEvans animation video
Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael's Hospital.Written and Narrated by Dr. Mike Evans.
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - July 30, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Gastroenterology Patient Information Video Source Type: news
Pancreatic Cancer - 2014 update from Am Fam Physician
Pancreatic cancer remains the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Risk factors include:- family history- smoking- chronic pancreatitis- obesity- diabetes mellitus- heavy alcohol use- possible dietary factorsSymptomsBecause more than two-thirds of adenocarcinomas occur in the head of the pancreas, abdominal pain, jaundice, pruritus, dark urine, and acholic stools may be presenting symptoms. DiagnosisIn symptomatic patients, the serum tumor marker cancer antigen 19-9 can be used to confirm the diagnosis and to predict prognosis and recurrence after resection. Pancreas protocol computed tomogra...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - July 22, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Endocrinology Gastroenterology Oncology Source Type: news
Two years ago, Jon Lord, legendary Deep Purple keyboard player, "passed from Darkness to Light"
Performed in front of a live TV audience, Deep Purple storm through 'Child In Time', featuring the classic Mark II line up of Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice/Blackmore:Jon Lord passed away on July 16, 2012 at age 71, from pancreatic cancer and pulmonary embolism.From Jon Lord's official website:Jon Lord, the legendary keyboard player with Deep Purple co-wrote many of the bands legendary songs including Smoke On The Water and played with many bands and musicians throughout his career.Best known for his Orchestral work Concerto for Group & Orchestra first performed at Royal Albert Hall with Deep Purple and the Royal Philha...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - July 16, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Deep Purple Source Type: news
Elbow Pain in Adults - 2014 review from Am Fam Physician
The elbow is a complex joint designed to withstand a wide range of dynamic exertional forces. The location and quality of elbow pain can generally localize the injury to one of the four anatomic regions: anterior, medial, lateral, or posterior. The history should include questions about the onset of pain, what the patient was doing when the pain started, and the type and frequency of athletic and occupational activities. What are the common causes?- Lateral and medial epicondylitis are two of the more common diagnoses and often occur as a result of occupational activities. Patients have pain and tenderness over the affecte...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - July 14, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Orthopedics Rheumatology Sports Trauma Source Type: news
How to prevent and detect melanoma - DocMikeEvans video
From DocMikeEvans: What is the best way to prevent and detect melanoma? Check out his new website http://www.evanshealthlab.com/Follow Dr. Mike for new videos http://twitter.com/docmikeevans Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael's Hospital.
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Source: Clinical Cases and Images - July 9, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Dermatology Oncology Patient Information Source Type: news
Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2-4 weeks:Do food blogs serve as a source of nutritionally balanced recipes? Not really, according to this study http://buff.ly/1m4mUjdSocial Media Methods for Studying Rare Diseases - leading referral sources: Facebook, forums, traditional websites http://buff.ly/1fyX3Sd12 tips for using social media as a medical educator http://buff.ly/1igsE5yWebsite Aims To 'Crowdsource' Patients' Diagnoses http://buff.ly/1qeoBAQ - CrowdMed http://buff.ly/1qeoGo1Researchers analysed a million tweets to reveal America's drinking ha...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - July 8, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Tags: #HCSM Source Type: news
