Modern Medicine
An uncle in my wife’s family has just died from a stroke in her village, so I may as well use that as the reason for this week’s column. It…
It really is a no-brainer. Early diagnosis improves the prognosis. A news item a couple of years ago claimed that if you lived in Taiwan you had a better chance…
A friend of mine died recently. He was a chain smoker, and was always seen with a cigarette in his mouth and had that dry smoker’s cough. He was only…
Another good reason to avoid being an orphan
Friday, 03 May 2013 Issue Vol. XXI No. 18 By Dr. Iain Corness
The medical fraternity realized many years ago that some medical conditions ran in families. I recently mentioned Dupuytrens Contracture, which we have managed to trace back to the Vikings who…
The Vikings were quite some race of people. For many people today they are purported to have been traders, but actually they were raiders as well. Their longboats carried more…
It seems that immortality rates high in the list of things humans require in this life. It has always amazed me just how much of our living is dedicated to…
Do you need travel insurance? Yes you do. Now, it seems most people take these out at the travel agency and the days included are enough to give you cover…
I have stopped worrying about Alzheimer’s Disease. Between Google and my nine year old daughter, I can find anything. In the mornings when I leave home, there is Little Miss,…
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is one of the battery of newer diagnostic examinations that can be done. The procedure is similar to an X-Ray, in the fact that the end…
With Songkran just around the corner, and many people looking at how to go to any other country that does not lose its marbles in April, you may have a…
Shock, horror headlines in the Aussie media last year claiming that tanning beds kill 43 Australians a year through melanoma alone and are responsible for another 2600 annual skin cancer…
The item you are about to read is one of my favorite medical case histories. Bruises on a child’s body are often considered proof that a baby has been battered.…
As we finished 2012, we looked forward to 2013 and had the hope that it will be a better year than the previous one. I hope so too, as none…
“Cancer” is a word that everyone has heard, but is not a condition that everyone fully understands. And that, unfortunately, includes the medical profession. There are many reasons for this,…
After the usual heavy Xmas/New Year, many folk make their New Year’s resolution to lay off the booze for a period. Now your liver is one of the most amazing…
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