Cluster Headaches are said to affect around 0.1% of the population and are characterised by very intense pain, usually on just one side of the head. The discomfort is so extreme that even the most experienced physicians might struggle to comprehend degree of suffering of the patient – unless, that is, they were also experiencing […]
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Medical Mistakes in Medical-Themed Romance Novels
How realistic are the medical practices in medical-themed romance novels? Dr. Cornelis H. (Kees) Langeveld investigated. Dr. Langeveld chose to publish his results in a medical journal, rather than in a romance novel. His study is: “Medical Mistakes in Doctors Novels,” Cornelis H. (Kees) Langeveld, Nederlands Tijdschrift Geneeskunde, 2011;155:A4372. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether doctors novels give […]
Gluteus maximus reminds docs of Popeye
Doctors at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK were apparently so amused at treating a particular injury that they made it the butt of a joke, naming it after a cartoon character. This one can infer even from the title of their newly published study: “Popeye gluteus: Gluteus maximus avulsion following a road traffic collision,” […]
The original planetary medical stars
Behold an all-star team of physicians with planetary family names (thanks to investigator Adrianne Appel for suggesting the idea), announced in the May 2010 issue of mini-AIR: Joseph Venus, MD, Concord, New Hampshire, USA P.G. Earth, MD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Audrey Mars, MD, Flemington, New Jersey Jesse B. Jupiter, MD, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Selman Uranus, […]