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31 Million Texans with Chronic Sinusitis?
Chronic sinusitis is an uncomfortable and often dangerous condition in which blocked sinuses can become a breeding ground for aggressive bacteria. It is also a condition that earns its fair share of press, and rightly so: sinusitis is a widespread issue that cuts across every major demographic. Still, I did a double-take when I recently … Continue reading 31 Million Texans with Chronic Sinusitis?
View More >>Life Without A Sense of Smell, Reversed
Is it true what they say, that the week immediately following Thanksgiving is National Sinus Rinse Week? Probably not, and yet here I am with another post about the sometimes astonishing benefits of nasal irrigation. This story from the Daily Mail concerns June Blythe, a 65-year-old woman whose love for life was significantly dimmed following … Continue reading Life Without A Sense of Smell, Reversed
View More >>Stop Smoking Now, It’s Not Too Late
Remember my post about how it’s never too late to stop smoking? Well, some more evidence has arrived on the scene, and it’s encouraging stuff: a new study indicates that quitting smoking by age 40 can eliminate up to 90% of the risk of dying from a smoking-related illness. That’s correct: 90%: Those who quit … Continue reading Stop Smoking Now, It’s Not Too Late
View More >>Review Sites Still not Ready for Medical Prime Time?
The New York Times recently discussed an interesting problem in the medical (and patient) community: review sites that do a good job recommending fajitas and mojitos tend to fall flat when it comes to reviewing doctors. The reasons for this problem are manifold, including a widespread reluctance among patients to describe personal details and a … Continue reading Review Sites Still not Ready for Medical Prime Time?
View More >>The War Between Ovulation and Respiration
It is hardly novel to suggest that the menstrual cycle can affect a woman’s body in significant ways. A host of symptoms have been associated with the hormonal fluctuations of this monthly gauntlet, including major changes in body temperature, appetite and mood. Now researchers have found an additional area those hormones may affect: asthma. A … Continue reading The War Between Ovulation and Respiration
View More >>Do Poor People Breathe Worse Air?
You’ve heard of America’s income gap and its technology gap. How about a pollution gap? A well-reported study out of Yale University examined levels of particulate density in the air of several major cities, and cross-checked this data against census information covering the same locations. Their findings? People who were poor, less well-educated and nonwhite … Continue reading Do Poor People Breathe Worse Air?
View More >>One More Victim of Hurricane Sandy: Your Sinuses
It is one of the lesser known facts of sinus medicine that your comfort can be affected by more than just allergens and pollutants in the air—it can be affected by air pressure too. Barometric pressure, mainstay of the local weather forecast, can play a starring one in sinus distress. The catch: the pressure in … Continue reading One More Victim of Hurricane Sandy: Your Sinuses
View More >>Cedars Sinai Features Balloon Sinuplasty
Many of you already know that I am affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Hospital here in Los Angeles, an institution widely regarded as one of the world’s premiere medical hospitals. But simply being on the faculty is no guarantee that every procedure and approach I endorse will be endorsed in kind. So it was edifying recently to … Continue reading Cedars Sinai Features Balloon Sinuplasty
View More >>The 2,000 Year Old Sinus Infection
I often advise my patients to see a qualified ENT if their sinus symptoms persist longer than a couple of weeks. This guy really didn’t follow that advice. Many news outlets are reporting on this story of a mummy – most likely a person of some distinction – who, it turns out, died of complications … Continue reading The 2,000 Year Old Sinus Infection
View More >>The Magic of ‘Transient Electronics’
Hot on the heels of my incision-free surgery post comes this news about a new wave of dissolvable electronic implants based on silk. Yep, silk. Why would you want to implant a dissolvable circuit in your body? Because unlike dissolvable stitches, electronics can actually do things: monitor chemicals, warm tissues, even zap unwanted pathogens. The … Continue reading The Magic of ‘Transient Electronics’
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