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Arm Pain, Weakness, and Bruising in an 82-Year-Old Homemaker
May 4th 2009An 82-year-old right-handed woman, a homemaker, was evaluated for mild left upper arm pain, weakness, and bruising that had lasted for 4 days. Although she reported no previous history of rotator cuff injury or trauma per se, she did recall a sensation of "giving way" in the left upper arm while manually rolling up the driver's-side window in her car at the time of the initial event. Several hours later, a significant bruise appeared that extended from the middle of her upper arm toward the elbow, along with a mid-arm bulge that was more prominent with flexion. She denied having experienced an initial audible "pop," local corticosteroid injection, use of anticoagulants, or long-term fluoroquinolone treatment.
Night Vision Technology to Learn about the Lymphatic System
May 4th 2009Until recently, relatively little was know about the lymphatic system, for reasons that include the clear appearance of lymphatic fluid�making it hard to see, making it hard to inject enough contrast agents for MRI or X-ray imaging, and the several minutes needed to acquire an image with nuclear techniques.
Treatment Guidelines for Gastroenteritis-induced Diarrhea and Vomiting in Children Under Five
May 4th 2009The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health have published guidelines for treating diarrhea and vomiting due to gastroenteritis in children younger than age five years.
"One Cannot Measure What One Does Not Manage": Lobbying with a Conflict of Interest (Part XIII-g)
May 1st 2009I have argued that the pharmaceutical industry has a legitimate role to play in healthcare and when they help practitioners achieve a better outcome for their patients, they should be garner a greater market share, price, and profit.
More Autism Genes Discovered: Putting Together the Pieces of the Puzzle
April 30th 2009A research team at the Center for Applied Genomics at The Children�s Hospital of Philadelphia has �connected more of the intricate pieces of the autism puzzle, with two studies that identify genes with important contributions to the disorder.�
Receptor Responsible for Controlling Emotions, Memories Uncovered
April 27th 2009New research from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario has shown that certain receptors in the brain are responsible for the way that humans process emotions and create memories.
Light-scattering Technology May Hold Promise for Quickly Determining Chemotherapy's Effectiveness
April 27th 2009Results presented at the AACR meeting show that examination of how light bounces off of cell surfaces can quickly and non-invasively show how successful chemotherapy has been in inducing cancer cell death, and thus, how a given patient will respond to chemotherapy.
"One Cannot Measure What One Does Not Manage": Wrong Bottom Line (Part XIII-f)
April 21st 2009The United States was observed to have spent 52% more per capita on health care than the next highest spending "economically competitor country with above-average per capita national income, and 90% more than many competitor countries."
Spasmodic Intermittent Constriction of the Brachial Artery Causing Upper Extremity Claudication
April 21st 2009The authors report an unusual case of a patient presenting with such severe intermittent vasospastic constriction of the brachial artery that it resulted in symptoms of decreased blood supply.