Winning the Web Contest

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So I just wanted to give everyone an update on how the winning the web contest ended up going for me. I did not win the Hummer H2. It turned out to be an April Fools joke, but I still made out incredibly well. I would like to thank Gyutae Park and all of the sponsors for helping make the contest such a success. I am not sure if I was supposed to win 3 prizes and if I will get to keep them, but I am  excited about winning. 6 Month Membership to SEOmoz Pro ($249 value) 8 PSD Custom Banner Designs from Banners Mall ($275 value) Custom Blog Design from Pixel Jig ($500 value)

Tegretol Use and Asian Ancestry

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A few days ago Health Canada advised Canadians about new safety information for carbamazepine, a drug used to treat epilepsy, mania, bipolar disorder and trigeminal neuralgia. Carbamazepine is sold under the more common brand name Tegretol as well as other generic names. Serious and sometimes deadly skin reactions known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) have been known to occur with carbamazepine. This applies to ALL patients treated with carbamazepine. However the risk is approximately 10 times higher in Asian countries than in Western countries. Further, studies have suggested that patients of Asian ancestry may also be at increased risk if they take carbamazepine. There is a genetic test that may be useful in identifying a particular genetic marker in patients.  Patients of Asian ancestry, particularly Han Chinese, may wish to discuss this test with their doctors … Read more

Crazy Internet Marketing Conest – Win a Hummer H2 valued at over $50,000

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It appears that the largest internet marketing contest I have ever seen is just about to close. You will want to head over to Winning the Web immediately (before Tuesday at 9 PM ET) to win a chance to win prizes valued at over $70,000. In case you have not heard of this contest Winning the Web is an Internet Marketing Strategies blog maintained by a recent Northwestern Industrial Engineering Graduate. Again you are going to want to head over to winning the web for a chance to claim these prizes.

Mystery Diagnosis

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The other day I was watching Mystery Diagnosis on TLC. For those who don’t know what it is Mystery Diagnosis tells the stories of patients with medical mysteries. In each personal story, the patients, doctors and everyone involved discover the importance of being vigilant.  Medicine is often more of an art than a science, and the journey to diagnosis can be a twisted path full of many surprises. Recently I saw an episode that featured a middle age women develop a new daily headache. She had an MRI done which showed a few dots of white matter, but besides that everything was normal.  It was eventually found by a cardiologist that the aura she was also experiencing was due to a Patent Foramen Ovale. She had a hole in her heart that never fully closed. Eventually surgery was done and … Read more

Teen is Dead From Breast Surgery

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Stephanie Kuleba is an 18-year-old high school senior, who was headed to college and then medical school, but felt she needed to be even more perfect Her breasts were asymmetrical and she had an inverted areola, so she went to have cosmetic surgery clinic in Boca Raton, Florida. But now she is dead. She died 24 hours after undergoing surgery, the victim of a rare reaction to anesthesia called malignant hyperthermia. Malignant hyperthermia is a rare life-threatening condition that is triggered by exposure to certain drugs used for general anaesthesia. In susceptible individuals, these drugs can induce a drastic and uncontrolled increase in skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism which overwhelms the body’s capacity to supply oxygen, remove carbon dioxide, and regulate body temperature, eventually leading to circulatory collapse and death if untreated. “This young lady’s death is a tragedy. Our hearts … Read more