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By Shalmali Pal

My pre-bedtime routine includes nasal irrigation with a neti pot, so I found recent news about "brain-eating" amoebas gaining access through neti-based nasal washing, and causing primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, quite alarming.

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Insurance companies are nothing if not competitive and once they know that you are a ‘savvy’ insurance buyer they will be able to give you their best prices. To do this successfully you will need to be sure that everyone is quoting you on exactly the same requirements. Otherwise you will not be able to compare the prices correctly. Or to put it another way, you will be comparing “apples with Bananas” and this will drive you nuts trying to sort out the different deals or auto insurance bids from their standard packages.

By Gary Schwitzer

“TV newscasts are increasingly seeded with corporate advertising
masquerading as news — and the federal government wants to do something
about it,” reports the Washington Post.
It’s an issue that may have arisen more often with health news than
with any other topic.  A quick (and probably incomplete) scan of my
blog shows we’ve written about it every year for the past 5 years: Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re looking for unique Chapel Hill bars, check out East End. Located next to Linda’s and across from town hall, East End offers an incredibly large and diverse menu of martinis and other specialty drinks.

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By Nancy Walsh

Head injury and its sequelae have been much in the news lately, with football players suing the National Football League for misleading them about the long-term dangers of repetitive hits to the head, and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) appearing at an event marking the one-year anniversary of her shooting in Tucson. This has brought to mind another famous head injury — that of Phineas P. Gage, who in 1848 was in an accident while working as a railroad gang foreman in Vermont. During rock blasting, powder ignited and propelled a 3 1/2-foot tamping iron through his head, entering the side of his face and exiting behind his left eye through the top of his head.

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By Gary Schwitzer

Ear, nose and throat specialist Christopher Chang, MD, blogged about a Newark Star-Ledger story he saw about “surgeons on the cutting edge in fight against sleep apnea” using robotic surgery.
Chang wrote: Read the rest of this entry »

By Kevin, M.D.

When I talk to doctors about social media, one piece of advice I give to them is, "Google yourself."

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By Celebrity Diagnosis

In our latest installment of Ailments of Aging Rock Stars, we describe one thing that can happen to your feet after jumping around on stage for decades.

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It’s the new year and many people are looking to shed pounds and get in shape. One of the new weight loss programs to hit the market is Turbo Fire, which you can learn more about by visiting the link above.

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By Gary Schwitzer

Robotic prostatectomy has spread all over the U.S., despite the fact
that we don’t have clinical trial data to show that it’s better than
traditional open surgery.  The marketing of the new, the high-tech, is
amplified by news coverage that uses headlines such as the following: Read the rest of this entry »

By Kristina Fiore

Lots of worthy stories don’t receive as much attention as they should when they’re published during the weeks surrounding Christmas and New Year’s, so I’m not reluctant to bring up a two-week-old post from Ivan Oransky’s Embargo Watch blog that garnered only two comments. Read the rest of this entry »

By Gary Schwitzer

In a BMJ analysis
(unfortunately, a subscription is required for full access), Mayo’s Dr.
Victor Montori and two co-authors wrote that the use of surrogate
outcomes to suggest a benefit from medical interventions – instead of
“important patient outcomes such as death, quality of life or functional
capacity” – was damaging patient care.

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By Gary Schwitzer

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By Greg Laub

It’s no secret that a healthier lifestyle is often found right at the top of most everyone’s New Year’s Resolution lists. Lose
weight. Get (back) in shape. Eat healthier. Reduce stress. Quit smoking,
drinking or both.

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By Peggy Peck

Not far from where I live — well, actually, on the opposite side of Cleveland from where I live — is the city of Shaker Heights, which is perhaps best known as the home town of Paul Newman. But before Paul, there were the Shakers who gave the city its name. Shakers, or more properly the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, were an American Christian sect that were founded in England in the 18th century and gained some limited popularity in America in the decades following the Revolutionary War.

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By Gary Schwitzer