Category: Nothing to sneeze at….
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The Teen Who Can’t Swallow
Try Your hand at diagnosis! This comes from Medscape on-line. The Case Chief complaint. Molly is a 14-year-old teen who presents to your office with a 9-month complaint of that certain foods “get stuck” in her throat. The sensation is intermittent, occurring about once a week, and more frequently when she eats meat, poultry, and crackers.…
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On Your Mark….Get Set….
Today marks the start of the National meeting for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology in Orlando, FL. The Academy website is www.aaaai.org. Over 6,000+ attendees from all over the world to present the most recent advances in allergy and asthma. Yours truly even has an abstract on the correlation between BMI and…
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Is it Time to Talk?
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has launched a program to start talking! About what? Natural products of course! It is time we bridge the gap between allopathic medicine and natural products for health. Time to Talk is an educational campaign to encourage patients—particularly those age 50 or older—and their health care providers…
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Does the Tail Wag the Dog in Medicine?
This is a great story for all to read. We (myself included) tend to become very negative about healthcare, especially with the elections heating up. Grab your favorite beverage and enjoy reading how taking care of patients with empathy & concern will never go away regardless of healthcare legislation! The Patient Will See You Now…
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Interesting case last week!
Here’s something you never want your doctor to say–interesting! That usually means something is bad for you, but good for a teaching case. Last week was no exception. I won’t mention any names for privacy, but this teenage boy was having problems. Everytime his lung capacity dropped below 60%, here came the steroids. No cough, no wheeze,…
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Chunky Babies and Asthma? Really?
Rapid growth during the first three months of life is associated with an increased risk of asthma symptoms in preschool children, a new study indicates. Now wait a minute–I thought SMALL babies were at greater risk for asthma? The correct answer is “not too hot and not too cold, but juuuust right!” Now we have…
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Allergic to Antihistamines—really!
How many times have we heard patients say they are “allergic” to drugs like antihistamines and corticosteroids? Hypersenstivities to medications used to treat allergic diseases are fortunately uncommon. This is Dr. Stadtmauer’s experience with “allergy” to Benadryl….check the references below–it’s legit! “I have seen a couple of cases of drug exanthem from antihistamines but never…
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Sleeping Beauty–the story of undiagnosed apnea!
Sleep apnea (AP-ne-ah) is a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep. All you need is this video about sleep apnea with Shaq! Breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes. They often occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour.…
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Free internet coupons!
Patients may not be aware of coupons for Allegra available for free download and printing! Every little bit helps….see the following link: Get Allegra
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After Thanksgiving Hangover!
Treating Acid Reflux Disease With Diet and Lifestyle Changes Need I say more? Do you often experience the pain of heartburn or other symptoms of acid reflux disease? Most patients despise yet another medication to treat reflux. You might take comfort in knowing that making diet changes as well as other lifestyle changes may be all you need…
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