Environmental selection pressures are a driving force behind adaptive processes in organisms. For instance, drug misuse is commonly blamed for the rise of multi-resistant drugs and the disposal of large amounts of nylon in India giving rise to nylonase enzymes.…
Description Refetoff Syndrome: Thyroid hormone resistance is a rare syndrome in which thyroid hormone levels are elevated but the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level is not suppressed (or not completely suppressed as would be expected). History 1967 – first report…
Anaphylaxis is increasingly common. The patient population death rate for anaphylaxis is Australia in 2013 was over double that reported in the UK
Ludwig Edinger (1855-1918) was a German neurologist and anatomist. Edinger demonstrated the nucleus in the foetus in 1885; and Westphal in the adult in 1887.
Biography Born Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Died Medical Eponyms Brugada Syndrome Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications Brugada P, Brugada J. Right bundle branch block, persistent ST segment elevation and sudden cardiac death: a distinct clinical and electrocardiographic syndrome. A…
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (1828 - 1913) was a British Dermatologist, Ophthalmologist, Pathologist and Venereologist.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 223 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Acetaminophen or Paracetamol Overdose was the first illustration where I chose to anthropomorphise an organ...and so, Liver-Man was born!
Brilliant images illustrating the art of myocardial infarct localisation by ECG interpretation.
ECG is from a 69 year old male who had a dual chamber pacemaker inserted earlier in the day. He complained to the ward staff of pain at the insertion site and you’ve been asked to review him. His BP, temp, sats,…
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In 1900 Dr Jesse William Lazear joined the Yellow Fever Commission team in Cuba under Walter Reed. He was employed to conduct studies into the bacteriology of tropical diseases.