Surgeons Should Operate Naked to Decrease Risk of Surgical Site Infections

Image courtesy of adamr at  FreeDigitalPhotos.net This controversial claim was actually made by a well-respected surgeon, Dr. Dellinger , a...

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Oral vitamin D and the inflammatory effects of sunburn

In something of a departure from the typical content of this blog, I want to briefly introduce the paper by Jeffrey Scott and colleagues [1...

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Vitamin D deficiency is rife in an in-patient psychiatric unit for young people

" Adolescents within tier 4 adolescent mental health services may be at higher risk of vitamin D deficiency and so assessment of vita...

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Wax Removal of Nasal Hair

Screenshot of video by Sepi Balini Makeup artist and vlogger Sepi Balini posted a video on instagram showing her nasal hair being removed b...

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Psoriasis Improves After Tonsillectomy

Image by Bobjgalindo in Wikipedia It is felt that certain skin psoriasis conditions may improve if not completely resolve after tonsillect...

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Does eczema increase the risk of childhood speech disorder?

Nativity Kylo? The question posed in the title of this post reflects some interesting data published by Mark Strom & Jonathan Silverberg...

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Introducing 'cutaneous gluten sensitivity'

I'm always amazed that despite our many advances in science and medicine, new diagnoses and clinical entities still manage to pop up fro...

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Atopic dermatitis and autism: systematically reviewed

I briefly want to bring the paper from Lucia Billeci and colleagues [1] to your attention today and the suggestion that following their sys...

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Atopic disease and adolescent psychotic experiences

I was intrigued to read the paper by Khandaker and colleagues  [1] (open-access here ) reporting results based on a longitudinal study that ...

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Neurofibromatosis and autism

An article a few weeks back on the SFARI site alerted me to the fact that the paper by Shruti Garg and colleagues * looking at the prevalen...

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Rheumatic Heart Disease

Rheumatic Heart Disease Rheumatic Heart Disease is an illness that occurs when the heart muscle is damaged due to rheumatic fever. Rheumati...

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Why Can't Some Contact Dermatitis Be Diagnosed by Blood Test, EVER?

I often see patients for allergies who desire allergy testing due to mysterious hive-like rash on the skin, and given many are fearful of ne...

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Marfan syndrome life expectancy

When we talk about Marfan syndrome should really talk about Marfan syndrome life expectancy because it is a disease that undiagnosed, timel...

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Can A Person Have Allergies Even if Allergy Testing Comes Back Negative?

YES!!! But how can that be?!! Well, here is the simplified answer. When allergy testing is performed whether by skin prick or blood testing ...

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