November 4th, 2007
Cocaine isn’t the only illegal drug out there that can cause a heart attack. Ecstasy or “XTC” as it is known has been making a comeback in the younger population. The emergencies rooms across the world are seeing more and more heart attacks and untimely deaths from this nasty little drug. Oh […]
By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments
October 19th, 2006
Our second letter in the Dear Doctor series comes from Aaron Brazell, tech manager extraordinaire who hasn’t got a minute to spare.
Dear Doctor,
Why do you make me wait to see you? Don’t you know my time is as valuable as yours?
Aaron
/me gets out the time calculator ;)
Have you got a Dear Doctor letter to share? […]
By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 6 comments
March 31st, 2006
Last week, I posted Dr. Hopcroft’s opinion that stethoscopes were not particularly useful for diagnosing heart trouble. His opinion may not be a common one among other doctors.
In the March 27, 2006 edition of The Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers suggest that doctors who have more experience in using the stethoscope (auscultation) are better […]
By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 4 comments
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