A tool that finds 3x more breast tumors, and why it’s not available to you
Working with a team of physicists, Dr. Deborah Rhodes developed a new tool for tumor detection that’s 3 times as effective as traditional mammograms for women with dense breast tissue. The life-saving implications are stunning. So why haven’t we heard of it? Rhodes shares the story behind the tool’s creation, and the web of politics [...]
Interactive CE/CPD Fibromyalgia Program with Patient Case Videos
‘Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Practical Strategies for Improving Diagnosis and Patient Outcomes’ is an official and free CE/CPD activity from the American Journal of Medicine. This case-based, interactive program is designed to provide clinicians with new insights and strategies about appropriate, effective diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia syndrome. Video-based doctor-patient case simulations will be presented and discussed, [...]
GOUT in the Primary Care Setting – A Free CE Activity with Patient Videos
‘Managing Gout in the Primary Care Setting: What You and Your Patients Need to Know’ is an official and free CPD/CE activity from the The American Journal of Medicine. In light of the fact that 70% of gout patients are managed in a primary care office setting, it is critical that healthcare professionals understand how [...]
VS Ramachandran on your mind
Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples.
Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness — shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
Kevin Stone: The bio-future of joint replacement
Arthritis and injury grind down millions of joints, but few get the best remedy — real biological tissue. Kevin Stone shows a treatment that could sidestep the high costs and donor shortfall of human-to-human transplants with a novel use of animal tissue. Kevin Stone’s clinic treats joint injury using the latest in bio-medicine: reconstructing damaged [...]
NICE recommends early referral for suspected RA
It has been more than 12 months since the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) released Clinical Guideline 79 on Management of rheumatoid arthritis in adults. This guidance has generally been well received within the rheumatology profession, as demonstrated in a recent edition of the UK journal, Rheumatology: ‘The NICE review is an exceptional [...]
The myotome and dermatome dance!
Jaime and Lindsay get low showing off the myotomes and dermatomes! Go USA Yellow Class of 2012!
Sustained behavioural change is needed for management of obesity
Recently published data from the Scottish Government suggest that by 2030 the total cost to Scottish society of obesity (direct and indirect costs) could range from £0.9 billion to £3 billion. This highlights the burden of obesity on the healthcare system. In response to the problem of obesity, SIGN published its clinical guideline on the [...]
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