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Straight, No Chaser: The Week In Review and Your Take Home Messages

Well, it was a busy week. Let’s look at what you may have missed. On Sunday, we started with reviewing the important of National Minority Organ Donor Awareness Month. Over 56
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 12, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Lactose Intolerance – It's Explosive!

So I’m at dinner with a group of friends, and somehow the topic gets to lactose intolerance. For 15 minutes. They were really into it. At dinner! You know what it is. Everyone se
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 12, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Learn The Physical Signs of Child Abuse

We need an army to protect children against child abuse. I will intermittently be discussing various forms of abuse, but to start with, I’d like to help you recognize physica
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 11, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Quick Tips – Rashes on Your Palms and Soles – Pay Attention!

In the world of rashes, there aren’t an abundance of rashes that appear on the palms and soles.  However, there are a few of note, so here’s some Quick Tips to point y
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 11, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Find Something Better to Chew On! Ingrown Toenails

The overwhelming majority of cases of ingrown toenails I see come from people chewing on their toenails.  So the really, really Quick Tip is keep your feet out of your mouth.  If
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 10, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Orthopedics Quick Tips – Learn How to Fall – The FOOSH injury

We use a lot a acronyms in the Emergency Room, many of which can’t be repeated in polite company.  Orthopedics and Trauma seem to lend themselves to a few.  There’s GTSBOOM (
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 10, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: When That Headache is More Serious Than a Migraine

All headaches are not created equal.  Earlier we discussed migraines, but there’s a lot more to headaches than those.  In fact, when you come to an emergency room with a histor
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 9, 2013

Straight No Chaser: Myth Busters Edition – Migraine Headaches Fact vs. Fiction

There are 30 million migraine sufferers in the U.S. alone.  Women are thrice as likely to have them, but both sexes have to address the issues raised by them.  Here are some impo
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 9, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Can You Get Chicken Pox Twice? Emergency Room Adventures: Introducing Shingles

It’s another interesting night in the ER.  My nurses are hounding me because there’s a patient with a rash, and they don’t know what it is.  They’re so good that they rar
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 8, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Spider Bites – Emergency Room Adventures, Part I

And I thought I was done with stuff biting you for a while… Everything’s bigger in Texas, they say. I recall the first time I saw a banana spider. The thing seemed to be as
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 8, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: When That Back Pain is the Least of Your Problems

Back pain hurts, but there are various causes of that pain that will kill or cripple you.  Here’s some information on some diseases that present with back pain representing life
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 7, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Back Pain to The Future

Over 40 million Americans suffer from various forms of chronic low back pain. We must work really hard. Lower back pain is a tricky subject for an emergency physician. The lower ba
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 7, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Alcohol Facts and Fiction – The Myth Busters Edition

I’m going to put my personal spin on an old favorite: Alcohol Facts vs. Fiction.  Here’s your six-pack (plus one for the road) of common myths just waiting to be busted. 1
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 6, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Do You Drink Too Much?

It’s one of those Straight, No Chaser (literally) days.  I haven’t addressed substance abuse much yet (and you know I will), but the problems with most intoxicating substances
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 6, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Your Questions about Human Bites

It seems that you found today’s post, well… biting.  Here’s your questions and answers about human bites: 1)   If human bites are so dangerous, why do women lo
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 5, 2013

Straight No Chaser: Human Bites

I have had weird experiences with humans biting humans, as have most physicians. There are several different types of human bites, which can range from harmless to surgically serio
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 5, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: National Minority Organ Donor Awareness Month

August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month, which brings attention to the more than 118,000 people nationwide waiting for lifesaving organ transplants. Of the these men, wom
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 4, 2013

Straight, No Chaser Poll: Help Improve the Experience!

Thank you for taking the time to answer a few very simple questions.  Doing so will help me provide an even better blog for you.  Of course, I expect your answers to be Straight,
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 4, 2013

Straight, No Chaser: Trauma Quick Tips and The Week In Review

This week in Straight, No Chaser, we reviewed multiple topics related to Trauma, the #1 cause of death between ages 1-44.  Here’s the Week In Review and featured Quick Tips.
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 4, 2013

Quick Tips on Elderly Falls

Introduction This post is about elderly falls Are all of you DIYers (do it yourself) ready for a weekend project to help a loved one? Here you go. First, let’s start with some no
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 3, 2013