Flat Belly Plan

Even if you've never had a flat belly, you can still shrink your gut. Learn how you can fight fat, reduce inflammation and even beat stress! The Flat Belly Plan was designed to flatten your belly with four key steps: 1. Shrink Fat Cells A recent study found that those who ate three yogurts a day while dieting lost 81% more belly fat...

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5 Reasons You Are Bad At Whatever You Are Doing

What follows are 5 reasons you are bad at whatever you are doing and understanding why this is indeed the case is important if you are to ever improve. In all honesty, we are often bad at something because of us making tiny errors on a regular basis or perhaps we are just not cut out for it in the same way as some people are good at sports while...

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7 Alarming Signs You Are Unhealthy

We are often guilty of believing that we are a picture of fine health as we have no real signs that anything untoward is going on inside our body. However, this does not have to be true as there are actually a number of indications that we tend to ignore that are actually telling us that something is not right. Failure to pay attention to them will...

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7 Ways You Can Always Be Mentally Sharp

We live in a highly competitive world where our brain is our most important asset. The human brain is a complex machine, and although scientists have figured out how it works, there still are some unexplored areas of it – and, in the end, this is what makes the brain such a fascinating thing! Nonetheless, we need to train it properly if we want to...

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10 Best Detox Foods You Should Start Eating

Detoxing has become bit of a trend with all the different fasting formulas and super foods that are out there. Unfortunately, most of the popular “detoxes” really aren’t safe for you and aren’t healthy either. If you want to detox your body, did you know it can be as simple as eating the right foods? Here’s a list of 10 foods you can enjoy if you...

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Biomarkers of Cardiac Ischemia

There have been progressive developments within basic and clinical research to identify candidate biomarkers of ischemia and to develop simple to use assays. Any such assay needs to have similar analytical (limit of detection, precision, reference intervals) and clinical performance (sensitivity, specificity, risk stratification and predictive value)...

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Case Report 4 :: Demand Ischemia

Today we talked about a case of a young man who essentially presented with status epilepticus and was found to have some non-specific ECG changes, a CXR compatible with CHF though without evidence of CHF on clinical exam, and an elevated cardiac troponin. The discussent, a cardiologist, facilitated a good discussion on the approach to a patient with...

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What is Carcinoma Cervix

What is the cervix? The body of the uterus or the womb is like a pouch that grows to accommodate the growing baby. The cervix connects the body of the uterus to the vagina (birth canal). The part of the cervix closest to the uterus is called the endocervix. The part next to the vagina is the exocervix (or ectocervix). The cervix is lined by two...

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Case Report 3 :: PE Prognosis

The simplified PESI is useful to select patients at low risk of death from PE who could probably be treated as outpatients (see archives int medicine article linked above).  A score of zero has a negative predictive value of 99% in both derivation and validation cohorts ...

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Case Report 2 :: Transient Ischemic Attack

Today's case was an acute stoke with rapidly resolving deficits. We discussed localization of infarcts and localized this case to the midbrain based on the constellation of deficits. The following images are helpful in reviewing the sensory and motor pathways. In patients with TIAs there is a definite risk of ~10% in the next 90 days...

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Case Report 1 :: Fever of Unknown Origin

Epidemiologic Criteria: Fever x 3 weeks (38.3) Failure to find cause despite appropriate initial outpatient/inpatient investigations Causes: Majority unknown Then infection (most commonly TB or occult abscesses), inflammatory, malignancy, other Diagnostic tests (beyond initial): CT abdomen to look for abscess, lymphadenopathy,...

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What happens during a Heart Attack?

This video shows what happens to the body when someone has a heart attack. I had to watch it for my Health ED class and I thought I would share. Feel free to ask any questions & add me on FB! Source Youtu...

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Hypertension Medical Animation

Get the facts on Hypertension with this 100%-accurate animated video. Part of Focus Apps' Understanding Disease: Cardiovascular Medicine series, the Hypertension app gives a detailed description of the heart and its anatomy, disease conditions, atherosclerosis, and myocardial infarction. Understand the symptoms of hypertension and how it creates a...

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Nixon's Method of Percussion

The patient is placed in the right lateraldecubitus position. Percussion is initiated midway along the left costal margin and continued upward along a line perpendicular to the costal margin. In a normal examination, dullness extends no further than 8 cm above the costal margin. Splenomegaly is diagnosed when the upper limit of dullness extends...

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Acute Bilateral Obstructive Uropathy

Acute bilateral obstructive uropathy is a sudden blockage of the flow of urine from both kidneys. The kidneys continue to produce urine in the normal manner, but because urine does not drain properly, the kidneys start to swell. Alternative Names Urethral obstruction; Acute urethral obstruction; Obstructive uropathy – bilateral – acute Causes In...

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World’s Biggest Sinkhole

The world’s biggest sinkhole is believed to be the Great Blue Hole off the coast of Belize. In this instance, a limsetone cave system collapsed as the oceans rose, leaving a 300-meter wide, 125-meter deep feature some 60 miles from the coast of Beliz...

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Why Are we So Overweight ?

I suppose the easiest answer is fast food, but the problem extends out to so much more. Yes, the prevalence of fastfood restaurants certainly doesn’t help. As Morgan Spurlock showed us with painful reality in his movie, “Super Size Me”,fast food menus offer us a heaping helping of fat,cholesterol, and calories. I highly recommend watching this movie...

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Beauty Recipes That Can be Made at Ur Home

Lemon-Egg Shampoo for Bouncy and Shiny Hair  1 egg 1 tsp. lemon juice 3 tbs. unscented shampoo Fragrance oil of your choice Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Shampoo into your hair and rinse well. The egg will act as a conditioner and the lemon juice will bring shine to hair!  Oatmeal Bath or Facial Scrub 1 small bar castile or baby...

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Structures passing through the foramen ovale, and through smaller foramina near it.

Structures passing through the foramen ovale, and through smaller foramina near it.  ...

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Structures Passing Through Superior Orbital Fissure

Structures Passing Through Superior Orbital Fissure @" LOTs of FAN for OPHTHALMIC MEN " L- L acrimal nerve O- O culomotor nerve T- T rochlear nerve F- F rontal nerve A- A bducent nerve N- N asociliary nerve OPHTHALMIC - Ophthalmic veins (sup.&inf.) MEN - Meningeal branch of Lacrimal Artery Middle meningeal anastomotic...

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Check out this super easy Raised bed garden design!

Check out this super easy Raised bed garden design! And you can put little flowers in the cinder block holes as a cute, colorful border too! I'm definitely going to be doing this for my vegetable garden this spring! LOVE...

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Wallenberg Syndrome-Occlusion of Inferior Cerebellar Artery

Wallenberg Syndrome-Occlusion of Inferior Cerebellar Artery ...

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