Blood Thinner Use and Sino-Nasal Surgery (Septum and Sinus Surgery)

Cross-Section showing relationship of septum, sinus, eye, and brain There is an active abhorrence between blood thinner medications and ENT ...

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"there is no single way for a brain to be normal" (or how 'neurotypical' is a nonsense)

I'm not usually so forthright with my posts on this blog, but today I'm being a little more bullish as I talk about an editorial fro...

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FDA Warning For Sedation in Kids Under 3 Years and Pregnant Women

On 12/14/16, the FDA published a warning that prolonged or repeated sedation in kids under 3 years old and women who are pregnant during th...

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How Fast Should an Emergency Tracheostomy Take?

Image courtesy of digitalart at FreeDigitalPhotos.net When faced with an emergency airway situation, a surgical airway may be required in o...

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Where Does Tinnitus Come From? Ear or Brain?

It is invariable that when a patient comes to an ENT office complaining of tinnitus or ringing of the ears that only they can hear, that th...

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Schizophrenia and the constant (immune) gardeners

" Immune clue to preventing schizophrenia " went the BBC headline, as the paper by Peter Bloomfield and colleagues [1] garnered s...

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Of vaccines and monkeys

A quote to begin: " These data indicate that administration of TCVs  [ thimerosal -containing vaccines]  and/or the MMR  [measles, mump...

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The neuropathology linking T. gondii infection and schizophrenia?

A quote to begin: " findings suggest that T gondii  [ Toxoplasma gondii ]  infection causes substantial and widespread immune activatio...

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