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Sleep Apnea Linked to Cardiac Arrest
Periodically I appear in this space to share some bad news about sleep apnea, a poorly understood sleep disorder that has been linked to a host of health problems including stroke and depression. Today, I’m afraid, will be no exception: The Mayo Clinic recently completed a sobering review of apnea’s long term health effects. The … Continue reading Sleep Apnea Linked to Cardiac Arrest
View More >>Kid Has Sinusitis? Don’t Dive for the Antibiotics
Everyone in my corner of medicine is talking about the latest pediatric guidelines for treating children with sinus infections. In a widely expected release, doctors recently extended the recommended wait time before prescribing antibiotics from 10 days to 13. As it happens, antibiotic resistance is just one reason why. The other is that several studies … Continue reading Kid Has Sinusitis? Don’t Dive for the Antibiotics
View More >>Need Surgery? Let Me Practice on Your Double
Sinus surgery technology has progressed by leaps and bounds in the last generation. What began with fully invasive surgery has given way to endoscopic sinus surgery, and from there into an ever-widening array of microscopic implantable devices, medications and treatments. But it wasn’t until recently that digital technology offered sinus surgeons the chance to extend … Continue reading Need Surgery? Let Me Practice on Your Double
View More >>Can a Product Put Allergists Out of Business?
The march of consumer-based medical products continues unabated. Already we have seen a wide array of home diagnostic tools, genetic kits and blood chemistry products. The latest entry into an increasingly crowded category is MyAllergyTest, a ten-factor blood test that gives consumers a look at what they may be allergic to. The process is fairly … Continue reading Can a Product Put Allergists Out of Business?
View More >>Welcome to the Age of Electroceuticals
I like to focus on the latest developments in sinus surgery and sinus symptoms, but every once in a while a general science story proves too difficult to resist. In this case it is a new breakthrough in medical technology: tiny, implantable electronics that dissolve harmlessly into the body, known as electroceuticals. Crafted on an … Continue reading Welcome to the Age of Electroceuticals
View More >>Can You Patent a Deadly Virus?
Interesting developments this week out of the ongoing effort to curb the latest SARS imposter, known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. Several news outlets have reported that the Dutch scientists who originally identified MERS took the unusual extra step of filing a patent on one strain of the disease, presumably to lock up the … Continue reading Can You Patent a Deadly Virus?
View More >>Balloon Sinuplasty on NPR
Sinusitis and sinus pressure are far more than distractions – they are life-altering issues, whose effects can interfere with even the most basic human functions. Merely sitting still can be a chore when sinus pressure strikes, and enjoying food or exercise can be downright agonizing with sinusitis. Balloon sinuplasty is an ideal procedure for many … Continue reading Balloon Sinuplasty on NPR
View More >>Yoga vs. Rhinitis
Here’s a poorly sourced health article from that bastion of poorly sourced health news – The Huffington Post – that might actually have some merit. Entitled “Yoga for Allergies,” the piece attempts to explain how yoga could help you achieve allergy relief. What’s good about the article is that its general underpinnings are sound: One … Continue reading Yoga vs. Rhinitis
View More >>Sleep Apnea is the Canary in the Coalmine
Sleep apnea has played a starring role in a number of my prior posts (see, for starters, this, this and this). It’s never good news. Apnea seems to share a correlation with a vast catalog of undesirable medical conditions, and the list continues to grow weekly. The latest published baddie: Alzheimer’s Disease. A study out … Continue reading Sleep Apnea is the Canary in the Coalmine
View More >>Will 3D Printing Revolutionize Sinus Medicine?
A medical news story this week caught fire in the press: a 3D-printed tracheal splint may have saved an infant’s life. You may have seen this story here, here or here. The details are simple – a baby born with a condition known as tracheobronchomalacia, which can result in a closed airway, was in dire … Continue reading Will 3D Printing Revolutionize Sinus Medicine?
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