Soup… If there is one other thing that I might do for a living, it is to be a master soup chef. Stock made from left over chicken, added onions, carrots, garlic and celery… Prepping for the real thing, dicing the ingredients, in the stock and cooking away on the stove… The final presentation, with maybe some crème fraiche, croutons …
I have Circulation or Nerve problems in my arm
Question: I have localized pain that is also sensitive to touch that tends to radiate from my collarbone to the front of my shoulder and down through the front of my biceps. I’m trying to figure out what is causing this pain. I would say it was a product of exercise. My fear is that it is a sign of …
I have a very slow heart rate (Bradycardia)
Question: Sir before two years i performed a test which shows sinus braydicardia otherwise a noemal ecg. At that time i was having a pulse reate of 58 bpm but during these days my pulse remains only 48 bpm. Is this serious as in two years it has gone down.
About refudiate and the noninferiority of MACCE
The study I just reviewed (SYNTAX 3 Analysis) had a couple of words that I would like to talk to you about. The first one is “noninferiority“. In the age of “refudiate“, it should be no surprise that new words arrive every now and then, but “noninferiority”? In SYNTAX it refers to an attempt to prove that in this study, …
SYNTAX 3 Analysis
At the September meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Meeting three year follow-up data of the SYNTAX trial [9] were presented. I have commented repeatedly on both SYNTAX and reactions it provoked in the professional literature and the lay press [4], [5], [6],[7],[8]. In this analysis, the SYNTAX score was used to separate patients into three groups. This …
My Blood Pressure is 140/90, what do I do?
QUESTION: Dear Doctor, My mothers blood pressure is 140/90. She is 56 years old. Whether the Blood Pressure 140/90 is normal one ? What are the precautions to be taken to reduce the blood pressure ? Please give me the answer ASAP. Thanks Prasad, INDIA
Low blood pressure while standing: Orthostatic Hypotension
QUESTION: Hi I’m 18, been in bed for the last two months with mono. When I stand I have a drop in blood pressure of about 20/10, I feel my head rush, my face gets hot, I don’t get dizzy, but after standing for awhile it goes low again, will this fix itself once my body adjust to being normal …
Carotid Stents and Stroke
Carotid Stents may raise patient risk for another stroke Confirming an earlier report in February, 2010, The International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS) study showed a continued higher event rate of stroke, death, or peri-procedural MI with stenting vs. surgery for symptomatic carotid stenosis. (ICSS, which compared carotid artery stenting with carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis, showed …
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome
Question: Hello, I went to the hospital to the emergency with chest pains. I’m 25, they took tests and returned to tell me I have wolf parkinsons white syndrome. I was wondering how bad this is. I made an appointment with a cardiologist for next week but I can’t stop thinking about it, it worries me.