The great medical blog Life is the Fast Lane is based in Australia, so naturally their list of Greatest Hits from 2009 includes a post about the deadly box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri), one of the many creatures down under that can make one’s remaining minutes on the planet short and unpleasant. I was reminded…
Gary Schwitzer’s post on “10 trends in health care journalism going into 2010” is well worth a look. Schwitzer’s HealthNewsReview blog itself is one of the most consistently interesting and valuable medical sites on the web.
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CASE 41-2009: A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE Sheridan RL et al. N Eng J Med 31 Dec 2009;361:2654-62.
This week’s “Case Records” discussion in the New England Journal of Medicinepresents a teenager who was found unconscious and partially unclothed in a snowbank approximately 7 hours after leaving a New Year’s Eve party at which he consumed…
A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF SHORTENED-DURATION ORAL N-ACETYLCYSTEINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACETAMINOPHEN POISONING Betten DP et al. J Med Toxicol 2009 Dec;5:183-190.
The tortuous argument this paper presents can be deduced from the hair-splitting language used in the abstract’s conclusion: “Treatment with shortened-course oral NAC [N-acetylcysteine] in patients meeting criteria for early discontinuation may be an effective treatment option in…
The FDA and McNeil Consumer Healthcare announced that a recall of products initiated last month has been expanded to include all lots of Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets 100-count bottles with a red EZ-OPEN cap. Consumers had complained of a strange musty, moldy, or mildewy odor that they associated with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. According to McNeil…
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