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Worth Your Consideration When Making Career Choices: Medical Coding and Billing
Physicians, Medical Office Managers and Hospital Administration Relies on Medical Coders and Billers Successful medical coders and coding consultants pride themselves on being personally involved and connected with each and every client and exceeding clients expectations. Wherever there are doctors you find medical coders, some work in house as employees of the facility, others are independent consultants, some specialize in areas such as billing and collection, others become medical coding instructors, or speakers at conferences and seminars; some work long hours, others work part-time telecommuting fr...
Source: Medical Coding and Billing Blogspot - November 11, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Danni R. Source Type: blogs

Clearing up the confusion over acne products
A couple of years ago when I took my teenage son to the dermatologist, we asked the doctor to set the record straight on a number of acne myths: Did too much chocolate make it worse? (Possibly…) Could popping pimples cause scarring? (Possibly…) And was Proactiv worth the cost? (Absolutely not!) He said a topical treatment with any over-the-counter benzoyl peroxide product was an equally good and far less expensive choice, and that it would be great if someone would set the record straight for gullible parents and teens. I’m glad to report that someone finally has. In recent Consumer Reports testing, Proact...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - November 7, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Consumer Reports News Tags: Babies & Kids Beauty personal care Child teen Conditions treatments Health News Healthy living Over-the-counter Drugs Women Source Type: blogs

The unspoken assumption that doctors are well
We heard from a patient during our dermatology week, who worked as a medical laboratory technician, running hundreds of blood samples every day, and frequently using her own blood as the negative control. Then she began to notice that the numbers stopped making sense. Her ANA had shot through the roof and her white blood cells started dropping.“I couldn’t use my blood as the negative control anymore,” she said, shrugging slightly.Her stoic face didn’t reveal much, but I imagine that being dethroned from the pristine world of negative controls into the confusing milieu of mucked up numbers and unsteady groun...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 4, 2011 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Kevin Tags: Physician Medical school newtag Source Type: blogs

What is Orf?
Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog What is Orf?aka Dermatological Dilemma 002 Sure….. the diagnosis and management of wide-complex tachyarrhythmia is an exciting and some would say “sexy” (if you are into that thing) part of emergency medicine. Sometimes however, our attention is drawn to other clinical entities which may not attract the same bright lights and sensational headlines, but still stimulate learning and can lead to interesting questions being raised. Questions like….. Q1. What is Orf? Answer and interpretation expand(document.getElementById('ddet2105008105'));expand(document.getEleme...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 3, 2011 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: James Winton Tags: Clinical Case Education Emergency Medicine Featured Health Infectious Disease Medical Specialty contagious ecthyma Dermatology goat mouth orf parapoxvirus Source Type: blogs

When Do You Give Up in a Life of Chronic Pain?
If you are one of us who suffer daily chronic pain, how often have you said, “That’s it”? Perhaps you said, “I can’t take it anymore.” If I could crawl inside each of your heads, I suspect the answer would probably be all of you. I lost count many years ago to the many times I have become so discouraged, depressed and simply exhausted from this daily battle I would have loved to just sit down or lie down and quit. The problem then presents itself as to how to do that. How do you give up on life? There are more ways than you might think to give up the battle. Let’s talk. Are Doctors the Answer? Each time we go...
Source: Life with Chronic Pain - November 3, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: Chronic pain Chronic pain community Chronic pain lifestyle Depression Diet and exercise doctor happiness chronic pain attitude coping with chronic pain giving up Source Type: blogs

Hearing - huh? what?
Yesterday in marriage counseling, Mark complained about my hearing. Yes, I know he's complained about it for years - how he has to repeat things, how I ask him what people said in movies, on tv, etc. Last year, a teacher singled me out in front of the class and told me to get my hearing checked out, that she thought I had some hearing loss. But I've ignored all of this because I can hear, and what would I even tell a doctor?So now, because we went to counseling, it's become an "actionable item", and I've made an appointment with an ENT for tomorrow. On one hand, I think I just have a lot of built up...
Source: bipolar.and.me - November 2, 2011 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs

DRESS syndrome: another review
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - October 27, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: dermatology Source Type: blogs

A field guide to rashes
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - October 25, 2011 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Tags: dermatology Source Type: blogs

Can Tequila Body Shots Give You “Lime” Disease?
Terry is troubled… After vacationing in Cancun, my roommate told me that doing tequila body shots can leave you with scars. Is this true? The Right Brain pours salt on the wound: I don’t know about your roommate, but after one too many tequila shooters, I have seen our fellow Beauty Brain Sarah Bellum wake up with some unexplained marks on her body. But that’s a story for another time… Phytophotowhatsis? The condition you’re referring to is technically known as “phytophotodermatitis.” That’s just a multi-syllabic way of describing a particular type of skin irritation caused by plant extrac...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - October 25, 2011 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Right Brain Tags: Beauty Myth Busting Source Type: blogs

Verisante Aura Helps Automatically Spot Cancerous Lesions
Detecting skin cancer typically requires a dermatologist with a keen eye and a good deal of experience to identify the cancerous nature of skin lesions. A new device developed by the British Columbia Cancer Agency and the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine has just received Health Canada approval to help in early detection of skin cancer. The Aura, commercialized by local spin-off firm Verisante, does not require a dermatologist to operate and can be used by a clinical technician to provide an initial analysis. The Aura not only promises to help spot cancerous lesions early, it may help shorten waiting ti...
Source: Medgadget - October 24, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Gene Ostrovsky Tags: Dermatology Source Type: blogs

@Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-24
Flap’s California Blog Links and Comments for October 23rd on 18:18 http://t.co/ecXy93wH # Tony Strickland's party favors http://t.co/bWZBnDeR # Dan Walters: With its high unemployment, California can't afford to be choosy http://t.co/uo9LZiG3 # 2012 Proposition voting will require a college degree; long ballot good for Republicans historically. http://t.co/H0w1Hq3T # Two efforts launched to repeal Calif. DREAM Act http://t.co/gXD7G3xc # Big changes are coming to the Capitol http://t.co/nq1CAiff #fb # Big changes are coming to the Capitol http://t.co/adKF3U0v #fb # @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-10-23 http://t....
Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog - October 24, 2011 Category: Dentists Authors: Flap Tags: Twitter Tweets Source Type: blogs

Will Insurance Cover A Mole Removal?
In years gone by, I spent far too much time removing small skin bumps in the office. At the time, I was sharing space with another doctor who was profiting by any service I provided. His staff scheduled me with tons of things that simply made me no money. [Meanwhile his stuff diverted some of my better business into his schedule as opposed to mine.] The facts of life are that medicine is a business and when I am paying a huge chunk of change to overhead, I need to make that back or I operate at a loss. Patients frequently don’t understand why I cannot remove their moles for what their insurance pays and make a profit. We...
Source: Better Health - October 20, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: John Di Saia, M.D. Tags: Opinion Cosmetic Surgery Costs Dermatology Health Insurance moles Plastic Surgery Profit Reimbursement Supplies Source Type: blogs

Nd:YAG Laser Treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
By George J. Hruza, MD Xu LY et al. Histopathologic study of hidradenitis suppurativa following long-pulsed 1064-nmNd:YAG laser treatment. Arch Dermatol 2010Sep 20; [e-pub ahead of print]. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archdermatol.2010.245) Aggressive treatment with hair removal laser such as Nd:YAG 1064 nm may have a positive effect on lesions of HS. Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is very resistant to [...]Post from: Aesthetic Laser OffersNd:YAG Laser Treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Source: Aesthetic Lasers - October 18, 2011 Category: Laser Surgery Authors: admin Tags: LT acne LT other laser therapy Source Type: blogs

Vaccination and Renal Patients: A Critical Examination of Assumed Safety and Effectiveness
Conclusions in the Characterization of Hazard and Dose Response, and References.” www.epa.gov/irishttp://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris_drafts/recordisplay.cfm?deid=223614 28 National Cancer Institute. Formaldehyde and Cancer Risk. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/formaldehyde 29 International Agency for Research on Cancer (June 2004). IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Volume 88 (2006): Formaldehyde, 2-Butoxyethanol and 1-tert-Butoxypropan-2-ol. Retrieved May 4, 2009, from: http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monographs/vol88/index.php 30 Occupational Safety and Health Guideline for P...
Source: vactruth.com - October 18, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Suzanne Humphries, M.D. Tags: Suzanne Humphries MD Top Stories Cancer Nephrology Phenol SV40 Thimerosal Vaccine Safety Source Type: blogs

Fish Pedicures in the news again
The dangers of fish pedicures are back in the news again today.Trendy fish pedicures could spread HIV and hepatitis C,” The Sun has today reported. Its front-page story said that officials have raised an “alert” over the treatment, popular in beauty spas, where tiny fish are used to nibble away areas of hard foot skin.While The Sun has been carping on about warnings and alerts, the newspaper seems to have overestimated the scale of the risk, which health experts have described as being “extremely low”. Rather than being an alert, the news is based on a report by the Health Protection Agency that has set out good ...
Source: The Stephen Kite Practice - October 18, 2011 Category: Chiropodists Authors: Mr Stephen Kite BSc ( Podiatric Medicine ) MChS, Dip Pod Med, Source Type: blogs

Does Biotin Give You Beautiful Hair?
Noa needs to know…I’m using a Biotin shampoo that was recommended by a dermatologist,but i’ve read that the Biotin isn’t absorbed by the skin,so…can this shampoo really benefit my hair? The Right Brain responds: Biotin, also known as vitamin H, is necessary for healthy hair growth. Studies have shown that lack of Biotin sources in your diet can cause hair loss and skin conditions. However, such deficiencies are rather rare and can be easily corrected with supplements and proper diet. Topically applied Biotin, like the shampoo you mentioned, will not help your hair grow. Dermatologist recommen...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - October 17, 2011 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Right Brain Tags: Beauty Myth Busting Biology of Hair Questions Shampoo Source Type: blogs

Is A Compressed Spinal Nerve Causing Itchy Arms?
Medical science is getting closer to understanding one of the most common causes of chronically itchy arms called brachioradial pruritus. This means we’re also getting closer to helping people who suffer from this extremely frustrating condition! A new study exploring the cause of brachioradial pruritus was just reported in the October issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. The authors used MRI imaging to look at the cervical spine of 41 patients suffering from chronic itching of what was otherwise normal appearing skin on the outer surface of their forearms arms (called brachioradial pruritus).�...
Source: Better Health - October 15, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: CynthiaBaileyMD Tags: Health Tips Research American Academy of Dermatology Anti-itch creams Brachioradial Pruritus Cold Compressed Nerve Dermatome Dry Exfoliate Heat Itchy Arms neurogenic itch syndrome scratch Skin Spine Sunlight Source Type: blogs

Halloween allergy and asthma triggers, and how to avoid them
For millions of children with asthma and allergies, and their parents, Halloween can be a frightful time of year. Not only because of the usual suspects—candy and treats—but some more unexpected culprits as well. Costumes, makeup, and other accessories can bring on dangerous allergy and asthma symptoms, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology. But fear not—be smart and consider these important tips on how to help your little ghost or goblin stay wheeze and sneeze-free on Halloween night. Treats: Peanuts, tree nuts, milk and eggs are common ingredients in chocolate and other co...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - October 14, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Consumer Reports News Tags: Babies & Kids Child teen Children ' s Health Conditions treatments Food safety Health News Source Type: blogs

Entomology Clinic
Two different patients came in with strange “bug” complaints. The frustrating thing for doctors is that the patients with “bug bite” complaints are absolutely convinced that the bugs are present and are causing all kind of physical maladies. Many times they are not. The frustrating thing for the patient is that the doctors are sometimes … well … skeptical of the complaints. The first patient had small scabs on her arms and lower legs – typical of neurotic excoriations. There were scars in these same areas where previous “bug bites” had occurred and healed. No scars on t...
Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - October 13, 2011 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: WhiteCoat Tags: Patient Encounters Source Type: blogs

The roundup of twittered updates for 2011-10-13
Dermatophyte virulence factors:identifying & analyzing genes that may contribute to chronic or acute skin infections http://t.co/7ggSt7rB # Powered by Twitter Tools
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - October 13, 2011 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: fungi links twitter Source Type: blogs

Risk of tanning beds may be greater than previously thought
Radiation from tanning beds may be more carcinogenic than previously realized, according to a new study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Researchers in the U.K. have reported that the ultraviolet rays given off by a typical tanning bed penetrate deep into the skin, and can cause significant damage. Study participants were exposed to ultraviolet rays (UVA1) from tanning beds, and also to shorter wavelength ultraviolet rays (UVB). The first penetrated to the base layer of skin, where the rays induced lesions. The UVA1 was more damaging to the skin's basal layer, but while the UVB also caused the sa...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - October 11, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Consumer Reports News Tags: Health News Safety & Recalls Source Type: blogs

How Can I Tell If I’m Using Enough Antioxidants?
FM asks…I also use olive oil as a facial moisturizer. Does this provide sufficient antioxidant protection? The Left Brain responds: Assessing how much antioxidant protection you need is a more difficult question to answer than you might imagine. I just read a great article by one of my favorite dermatologists, Zoe Diana Draelos, that explains the difficulty in measuring antioxidant efficacy under real life conditions. But first I’ll provide a little background. Why are antioxidants important? Your skin (and other body tissues) can contain molecules known as free radicals – these are harmful substances tha...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - October 9, 2011 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Left Brain Tags: Beauty Myth Busting Questions Source Type: blogs

In search of the best moisturizers
In the quest to find the moistest moisturizer, Consumer Reports asked me and 25 other female staffers to do things we wouldn’t normally do: We periodically skipped showering and shaving our legs. When we did wash, we used non-moisturizing bar soap. To make sure our skin was truly crackly, we couldn’t use body lotion a few days before the test. But the sacrifice was worth it. While store brands often do well in many of our other product tests, that wasn’t the case this time. Among the 14 brands that were dabbed on our legs in a humidity-controlled lab, name-brand moisturizers came out on top. Three of the...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - October 4, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Consumer Reports News Tags: Beauty & personal care Health News Source Type: blogs

The Weekly Scoop #39 – Best Practices in Healthcare Social Media
Pew: Half of US Adults Now Use Social Networks @AARP Attention physicians and other healthcare providers: baby boomer participation in social networks is at 32% which represents a 20% increase from last year. Seniors are increasingly embracing the Internet and finding it as a good source for information on healthcare. Read more… Alright. Jumping off Twitter to hang out with my dog and get ready for bed. Y’all have a good night. Thx for hanging w us for #SOTU! @Newport_SLG good advice, thanks again! If you dig the Republican response and want to learn more about Mitch Daniels, his Twitter is @mymanmitch ...
Source: Fox ePractice - October 3, 2011 Category: Health Managers Authors: symplur Tags: Healthcare Social Media Best Practices healthcare facebook physician rating sites physician reviews social networks Source Type: blogs

Dermatologists Relocate To The Sunniest Parts Of The U.S.
Dermatologists spend their days telling patients to avoid the sun and their careers striving to practice in it. They’re leaving the Midwest and mountain states to practice in the southern and western U.S. To evaluate the migration patterns of dermatologists from residency to clinical practice, researchers reviewed data from the American Academy of Dermatology’s membership database. They looked at 7,067 dermatology residents who completed training before 2005 and were actively practicing in 2009. Results appeared at the September issue of the Archives of Dermatology. Most graduates from Middle Atlantic and Pacif...
Source: Better Health - October 3, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: RyanDuBosar Tags: Research American Academy of Dermatology Archives of Dermatology Hot Weather Location Maldistribution Medical Education Migration Physician Shortage Relocate Skin Care South Sun West Work-Life Balance Source Type: blogs

Vitamin H – Biotin
Vitamin H, more commonly known as biotin (the H represents "Haar und Haut”, German words for “hair and skin”) or vitamin B7, is part of the B complex group of vitamins. Biotin is necessary for cell growth, the production of fatty acids, and the metabolism of fats and amino acids. It also plays a role in the citric acid cycle. Biotin can improve blood sugar control and help lower fasting blood glucose levels in persons with diabetes.Biotin deficiency is rare because, in general, bacteria in the large intestine produce biotin in excess of the body's daily requirements. Deficiency can be caused by the consumption of raw...
Source: Psych Scamp - September 30, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: vitamins nutrition Source Type: blogs

MELAFIND Lesion Imaging Technology Wins FDA Pre-Market Approval
MELA Sciences announced that the FDA has finally issued an approval letter for the MelaFind Pre-Market Approval application. The device is a non-invasive and objective multi-spectral computer vision system intended for use on clinically atypical pigmented skin lesions with one or more characteristics consistent with melanoma. Using a series of algorithms the system attempts to identify and classify the lesion. The device is to be used by appropriately trained physicians to help facilitate early detection of melanoma. MelaFind recently received European CE Marking earlier this month. The company plans to work clos...
Source: Medgadget - September 26, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Ronney Shantouf Tags: Dermatology Source Type: blogs

Emergency Department Complaints
Recent patient complaints requiring emergency department evaluation: 1. “Belly button problem”. White and blue stuff keeps growing in belly button and thinks that there may be fungal infection there. Brought some in a plastic bag for analysis. Diagnosis: Umbilical Lint 2. Ambulance transport for rectal itching. The patient was having difficulty reaching his bottom to wipe himself due to his size. Diagnosis: Buttock Dermatitis Another reader looked at patients’ presenting complaints during a shift. 12 patients had cramps/back pain 5 were well-appearing febrile children About 10 other patients had issues th...
Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - September 22, 2011 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: WhiteCoat Tags: Patient Encounters Source Type: blogs

Reconstruction of the Burned Hand – an article review
This article is worth your time to read and reread. REFERENCE Reconstruction of the Burned Hand; Kreymerman, Peter A.; Andres, Lewis A.; Lucas, Heather D.; Silverman, Anna L.; Smith, Anthony A.; Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 127(2):752-759, February 2011; doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181fed7c1
Source: Suture for a Living - September 21, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Tags: burns hand article review Source Type: blogs

How dangerous is a Brazilian blow?
I did a double take when I saw the most recent offer to land in my inbox: “a $20 Brazilian Blow Dry”. I quickly realised it was a hair treatment wholly unrelated to waxing or any kind of sexual activity, but my being less than cranially hirsute, I’ve not taken much interest in such matters as straightening. Apparently, this trendy Brazilian hair straightening treatment tames curls and frizz in just a couple of hours, lasts months, and is very popular with various celebs and increasingly a public hoping to emulate their idols. However, in August, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) apparently sent a ...
Source: Sciencebase Science Blog - September 19, 2011 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science blowout brazilian dry formaldehyde formalin hair straightening Source Type: blogs

How Information Therapy can synergize conventional and alternative medicine
Mrs Sharma’s house help, Anita, was afflicted with eczema, and needed money for treatment. Her employer willingly gave her the money, thinking Anita would opt for conventional treatment. However, she instead went to a ‘famous doctor’ in her locality. This ‘doctor’ did not have training in medicine, but he did have a clinic. The only information below his name was ‘Ayurvedic doctor’. Unfortunately for Anita, he was a quack, with no real training in Ayurveda. His spurious drugs exacerbated the eczema condition, making it worse than before. After learning about Anita’s bitter experience, Mrs Sharma, also a bel...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - September 16, 2011 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Therapy Medicine Health United States Sharma Practitioners Alternative medicine Source Type: blogs

Does longer physician training merit more pay?
One of the main considerations in physician pay under CMS’ relative value system is the training required to complete a task. This is generally thought to be well understood but is, in fact. a quagmire of controversy.Take for example the specialty of family medicine compared with dermatology, anesthesiology, or ophthalmology. Family physicians make between 1/2 and 1/3 of what these other specialties make, so one would think that there is a huge training difference. The truth is that each of the four require 16 years before medical school, 4 years of medical school, and 3 years of residency. The 3 highly paid fields req...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 14, 2011 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Kevin Tags: Physician Primary care Specialist newtag Source Type: blogs

Can Your Smartphone Cure Acne?
Did you hear about the new smartphone app that can cure acne? Acne apps That might sound like the beginning of a joke but it wasn’t funny to the US Federal Trade Commission. They’ve ruled that two Android and iPhone apps that claim to cure blemishes have been sold without proof that they work as advertised. This recent news story came to our attention from Consumer Reports who reported that the apps allegedly worked by emitting colored lights emitted from mobile device screens. All you have to do is hold your phone next to your face for a few minutes each day and *poof* your zits are gone. Not! Skipped the s...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 13, 2011 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Right Brain Tags: Beauty Myth Busting Questions Source Type: blogs

When not to use a physician recruiter
As a physician recruiter of prominence, a number of times during any given week I get a fair number of calls from physicians in training who, honestly, should not be calling me whatsoever and I am very frank in telling them this. The call normally starts something like this:“Hi Bo, my name is Dr. Doe. I am finishing up my dermatology residency and I want to be there in Austin.”“Ok, Dr. Doe, are you flexible on location at all?”“No, I am only going to consider Austin.”Read the rest of When not to use a physician recruiter on KevinMD.com.Category: Physician | Tags: Primary care, Specialist | No comment
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 11, 2011 Category: Family Physicians Authors: Kevin Tags: Physician Primary care Specialist newtag Source Type: blogs

Does Photodynamic Therapy Lotion Really Work?
Aussiemomma asks…What do you think of the new creams (i.e. DermaDoctor Photodynamic Therapy, Serious Skin Care Light Fraxion Light Therapy in a Bottle) that supposedly mimic red light therapy? Do they really work? Are they just gimmicks? The Right Brain responds: I have to admit, Aussiemomma, that we’re really skeptical on the idea of a lotion that delivers the same benefits as a light therapy treatment. To begin, let’s look what DERMAdoctor says about their product.: DERMAdoctor Photodynamic Therapy Imagine a new reality in skin rejuvenation where skin can experience continuous exposure to anti-aging ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 11, 2011 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: Right Brain Tags: Beauty Myth Busting Questions Source Type: blogs

Passport to Fun Gives Tips to Kids on Staying Safe This Summer
PassportToFun, a leading entertainment membership discount by Adaptive Marketing LLC, says, "Stay Safe this Summer!"Norwalk, Conn. (PRWEB) May 15, 2008Passport to Fun (http://www. passporttofun-program. com/) (SM), a premier recreation and entertainment savings program offered by Adaptive Marketing LLC (http://www. adaptivemarketing. com/ap9/passport-to-fun. asp), knows that summer is just around the corner. And that surely means plenty of outdoor fun for kids. Still, all that open-air activity can translate into exposure to dangerously hot temperatures, water safety hazards -- even trouble from pesky insects and other an...
Source: Not Mercury - September 10, 2011 Category: Autism Tags: travel Source Type: blogs

Injectables For Wrinkle Repair
Today’s guest post was written by Leah Seward, a Biomedical Engineer for ISIS Biopolymers. Injectable treatments are an increasingly popular way to repair wrinkles in an effort to hold onto younger-looking skin for a little while longer. But are these injectable wrinkle treatments the right solution for everyone? If you are considering injectables, should you take the plunge? What are injectable wrinkle treatments? Injectables consist of various substances that are injected into the skin and soft tissue at varying depths in order to give the face a rejuvenated look. There are many kinds of injectables, but you have ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - September 9, 2011 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Beauty Products That Really Work Questions Source Type: blogs

FTC: Smartphone apps do not cure acne
Cure acne from your smart phone? No, there really isn't an app for that. But the Federal Trade Commission says two marketers have clouded the issue and misled consumers into believing otherwise. Today, the FTC announced it has reached tentative settlements with DermaApps and Acne Pwner, companies charged with marketing smart phone apps with unsubstantiated acne-fighting properties. The federal regulators alleged that both apps, the 99-cent AcnePwner and the $1.99 AcneApp, falsely promised to treat facial acne by simply controlling colored lights from smart phone display screens. The FTC stated that the marketers of AcneA...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - September 8, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Consumer Reports News Tags: Beauty & personal care Electronics Health News Healthy living Mobile Phones Money Shopping Source Type: blogs

Beauty Challenges and Changes During Pregnancy
Pregnancy can bring a whole host of beauty challenges from acne, to eczema and to mask of pregnancy to name a few. Solutions range from a visit to the dermatologist to over the counter products. Most importantly, though, is to maintain a healthy lifestyle and a healthy diet. You can read more here to see other solutions many of the challenges we face when we are pregnant. Remember that when you are trying to become pregnant be aware of your environment and eating habits. Planning ahead can be an asset when it comes to a healthy pregnancy. Planning ahead may also incl...
Source: Cord Blood News - September 8, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Joyce Tags: babies Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells acne during pregnancy affordable cord blood banking beauty challenges during pregnancy eczema during pregnancy hair during pregnancy mask of pregnancy nails during pre Source Type: blogs

MelaFind Lesion Imaging Device Receives CE Marking
MELA Sciences, Inc., a developer of technological solutions for melanoma detection, has received CE Marking for the MelaFind lesion imaging system. The device was covered on Medgadget some time ago and is a non invasive imaging tool designed to assist dermatologists in the detection of early melanoma. The MelaFind system comprises a hand-held detector and a series of image processing algorithms to identify and classify the lesion using the company’s proprietary database of pigmented skin lesions. From the company website: The MelaFind hand-held imager, used to capture lesion images, is made up of: An illuminator tha...
Source: Medgadget - September 8, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Gavin Corley Tags: Dermatology Source Type: blogs

Minimal Reporting Guidelines for the Treatment of Cancer Patients
Minimal Reporting Guidelines for the Treatment of Cancer Patients As laboratory physicians, our contribution to patient care is knowledge: this is the starting point from which all informed therapeutic intervention proceeds. How that knowledge is obtained and communicated is the art and science of our profession. These minimal diagnostic guidelines are designed to be used as an aid, not a constraint, in that process. The guidelines are presented in a specific format out of necessity, but any format that effectively communicates the necessary information in a given...
Source: Oncopathology - September 5, 2011 Category: Pathologists Source Type: blogs

Roller coasters
I used to like roller coasters. In fact once I went on a roller coaster vacation where we rode 21 roller coasters in three parks in one week. But the cancer/health roller coaster is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination. This week I have been riding up and down the health roller coaster. First I feel that I am turning into a hypochondriac with all these doctor appointments. However I feel I have real health issues (but I'm sure all hypochondriacs think the same thing). Monday I went to the back pain doctor and found that I am back to square one with back pain and have to go through the whole sequence of trea...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 3, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: health doctor appointments Source Type: blogs

Stanford Researchers Find A New Method For Reattaching Blood Vessels
Gluing blood vessels together, just like gluing a cut garden hose together, does not seem like a great idea at first, but Stanford researchers just might have figured out how to do this safely and effectively. Over the past century and still currently used today is to hand-sew the cut ends of the blood vessel together using stitches. This method of reattaching blood vessels is time-consuming and tedious, especially when the blood vessels are tiny. In this new glue method which is FIVE times faster, a special substance is (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Fauquier ENT Blog*
Source: Better Health - September 3, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: ChristopherChangMD Tags: Research Biodegradable Liquid Blood Blood Vessels Dermabond Glue Halogen Lamp Hand-sew Microvascular Surgery Poloxamer Stanford Stitches Time-consuming Source Type: blogs

The Problem With Dermal Fillers
From Forbes: But today, a range of dermal fillers can be injected into those crow’s feet, marionette lines, thinning lips and furrows between the brows, taking years off the face–and all can be done during your lunch hour, with no invasive surgery and little recovery time. Source: forbes.com/2009/05/26/dermal-filler-cosmetic-forbes-woman-well-being-facelift.html I love how the press tends to make it seem like Dermal Fillers are the solution for which we have all been waiting. They make it an issue of just “choosing the right one.” The issue here is that dermal fillers (more…) *This blog post was ori...
Source: Better Health - September 3, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: John Di Saia, M.D. Tags: Opinion Collagen Injections Cosmetic Surgery crow's feet Dermal Fillers Face Lift Forbes hyaluronic acid Marionette Lines Non-surgical Plastic Surgery Prevelle Problem Safety Thinning Lips Source Type: blogs

Widely used acne treatments lack evidence, says new study
Most teenagers experience at least some degree of acne, and the problem sometime extends into adulthood. When it’s severe (or even when it’s not) it can lead to low self-esteem, depression, and diminished quality of life. Yet despite the scads of prescription and over-the-counter treatments marketed for acne, very little is known about their comparative effectiveness—that is, which of them works best, and for whom, according to a review published today in the journal Lancet. Researchers at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and other institutions undertook a comprehensive review of the s...
Source: Consumer Reports Health Blog - August 29, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Consumer Reports News Tags: Beauty & personal care Child teen Conditions treatments Health News Source Type: blogs

Researchers Develop Method of Joining Blood Vessels Without Sutures
For 100 years, the process of vascular anastomosis has largely been the same. Surgeons take a needle and thread and delicately suture together the walls of the blood vessel. Though literally sewing together blood vessels is a widely utilized surgical procedure, it isn’t without its issues. Intimal hyperplasia, a cell response to the trauma of the needle and thread, causes blood vessels to narrow which increases the risk of a blood clot or localized turbulence. Sutures may trigger an immune response that causes dangerous inflammation. Moreover, suturing becomes extremely challenging on blood vessels that are less than...
Source: Medgadget - August 29, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Cardiac Surgery Neurological Surgery Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs

Groupon's model may be both bad business and illegle for cosmetic medical services
The use of social media services like Facebook and Twitter to promote your medical practice on the web has become common in recent years. For today's potential patients, if you don't have a web footprint then you might as well be invisible. A new wrinkle on this has been causing some concern that it might be both illegal and unethical when applied to medical services like laser hair removal, BOTOX injections, and other goods and services.Services like Groupon offer heavily discounted goods and services to people who buy the "deal of the day" through Groupon. They then collect the money and keep a large percentage of the fe...
Source: Plastic Surgery 101 - August 27, 2011 Category: Plastic Surgeons Authors: Dr. Rob Oliver Jr. Source Type: blogs

One of those days
This is one of those days. I can tell already. I woke up at 335am and couldn't get back to sleep. My husband did. The cat did. I didn't. I finally got up around 5 and am tired but can't sleep. But I did run the dishwasher and clean the kitchen. I am not blogging about the impending visit by Irene. It is being over-hyped by the media and there are plenty of other people talking about death and destruction as a result. I am not blogging about the fact that my tennis elbow seems to have returned and is very aggravating as a result. I will see how it goes but may need to go back to PT. Grrr... I am not blogging about the f...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 27, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: tired aggravation rash politics lymphedema Source Type: blogs

Persistent Sexual Side Effects Related to Finasteride (Popecia) Use for Male Hair Loss
This study included 71 otherwise healthy men aged 21–46 years who reported new onset of sexual side effects associated with the temporal use of finasteride, and in which the symptoms persisted for 3 months despite the discontinuation of finasteride. Patients reported the following new-onset persistent sexual dysfunction associated with the use of finasteride: - 94% developed low libido - 92% developed erectile dysfunction - 92% developed decreased arousal - 69% developed problems with orgasm The mean duration of finasteride use was 28 months and the mean duration of persistent sexual side effects was 40 months from th...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - August 26, 2011 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: Urology Dermatology Source Type: blogs