Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. Last week, the patient reported her symptoms. The doctor proceeded with the examination using the components of the… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: She Has Blisters in Her Mouth and on Her Body, Second Week
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Solve the Medical Riddle: She Has Blisters in Her Mouth and on Her Body, First Week
By Marie Savard MD Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. We’ll start this week by letting you know what the patient told the doctor… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: She Has Blisters in Her Mouth and on Her Body, First Week
Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Left Shoulder and Arm Are Painful and Her Fingers Tingle, Fourth Week
Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. The first week of this riddle, the patient reported her symptoms. The doctor referred her to a physiatrist,… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Left Shoulder and Arm Are Painful and Her Fingers Tingle, Fourth Week
Nature, Art & Religion Boost Immune System
Taking in such spine-tingling wonders as the Grand Canyon, Sistine Chapel ceiling or Schubert’s “Ave Maria” may give a boost to the body’s defense system, according to research done at the University of California, Berkeley and published in January 2015 in the journal Emotion. A release from the university explains that the researchers have linked… Continue reading Nature, Art & Religion Boost Immune System
Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Left Shoulder and Arm Are Painful and Her Fingers Tingle, Second Week
Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. Last week, the patient reported her symptoms. The doctor proceeded with the examination using the components of the… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Left Shoulder and Arm Are Painful and Her Fingers Tingle, Second Week
Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Left Arm Is Painful and Her Fingers Tingle, First Week
Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. We’ll start this week by letting you know what the patient told the doctor and how the doctor… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Left Arm Is Painful and Her Fingers Tingle, First Week
Solve the Medical Riddle: She Suspected That Her Husband Was a Closet Drinker, Fourth Week
Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. The first week of this riddle, the patient reported his symptoms. The doctor referred him to a gastroenterologist,… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: She Suspected That Her Husband Was a Closet Drinker, Fourth Week
Solve the Medical Riddle: She Suspected That Her Husband Was a Closet Drinker, Third Week
Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. The first week of this riddle, the patient and his wife reported his symptoms to a doctor who… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: She Suspected That Her Husband Was a Closet Drinker, Third Week
Solve the Medical Riddle: She Suspected That Her Husband Was a Closet Drinker, Second Week
By Marie Savard MD Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. Last week, the patient reported his symptoms. The doctor proceeded with the examination using… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: She Suspected That Her Husband Was a Closet Drinker, Second Week
Solve the Medical Riddle: She Suspected That Her Husband Was a Closet Drinker, First Week
By Marie Savard MD Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. We’ll start this week by letting you know what the patient told the doctor… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: She Suspected That Her Husband Was a Closet Drinker, First Week
Solve the Medical Riddle: She Had a Rash on Her Arms and Then New Patches Started Appearing on Her Legs, Third Week
Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. The first week of this riddle, the patient reported her symptoms to an Urgent Care doctor who referred… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: She Had a Rash on Her Arms and Then New Patches Started Appearing on Her Legs, Third Week
Patients Want Access to Their Medical Records
Patients value direct, independent access to their medical exam records, according to a study presented in December 2014 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago. A release from the society notes that fragmentation of health information among physicians, healthcare institutions or practices, and inefficient exchange of test results… Continue reading Patients Want Access to Their Medical Records
Public Restrooms: Not as Unhealthy as You Might Think
Research done at San Diego State University found that public restrooms are no more healthy or unhealthy than the bathroom in your own home. The study was published online ahead of print in December 2014 in “Applied and Environmental Microbiology”. A release from the American Society of Microbiology explains that microbial succession in a sterilized… Continue reading Public Restrooms: Not as Unhealthy as You Might Think
Solve the Medical Riddle: She Had a Rash on Her Arms and Then New Patches Started Appearing on Her Legs, Second Week
Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. Last week, the patient reported her symptoms to an Urgent Care doctor who referred her to a dermatologist.… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: She Had a Rash on Her Arms and Then New Patches Started Appearing on Her Legs, Second Week
New approach to treating ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that primarily kills motor neurons, leading to paralysis and death two to fiv years from diagnosis. Currently ALS has no cure. Despite promising early-stage research, the majority of drugs in development for ALS have failed. Now researchers at Thomas Jefferson University… Continue reading New approach to treating ALS
Solve the Medical Riddle: She Had a Rash on Her Arms and Then New Patches Started Appearing on Her Legs, First Week
Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. We’ll start this week by letting you know what the patient told the doctor and how the doctor… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: She Had a Rash on Her Arms and Then New Patches Started Appearing on Her Legs, First Week
Solve the Medical Riddle: She Had a Rash on Her Arms and Then New Patches Started Appearing on Her Legs, Fourth Week
Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. The first week of this riddle, the patient reported her symptoms to an Urgent Care doctor who referred… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: She Had a Rash on Her Arms and Then New Patches Started Appearing on Her Legs, Fourth Week
The Great American Smokeout
The American Cancer Society marks the Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday of November each year by encouraging smokers to use the date to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day. By quitting — even for one day — smokers will be taking an important step… Continue reading The Great American Smokeout