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Straight, No Chaser: About That Vomiting and Diarrhea…
You’ve all been there and done that. It’s always a bad day when you get the so-called stomach flu… First of all ‘the flu’ is a respiratory disease (affects the lungs,
Straight, No Chaser: Depression Quick Tips – How to Avoid It, When to Get Help
As a physician, I’m not willing to advise you on how to ‘care’ for yourself at home if you’re clinically depressed. I can discuss how to avoid depression (to the extent p
Straight, No Chaser: This is Specifically For the Faint of Heart
Don’t faints seem mysterious? It’s as if your computer crashed and had to reboot. Although we never seemingly figure out why computers are so crazy, fainting (syncope) is r
Straight, No Chaser: The Week in Review and Your Quick Tips
Another week of knowledge and good health has come and gone at Straight, No Chaser. Here’s your Week in Review. Click on any of the underlined topics for links to the origina
Straight, No Chaser: Quick Tips for the Drowning Victim
If the victim is still conscious, attempt to hand him something that can be used to pull him from the water. If you’re out of handing distance, throw either a floatable objec
Straight, No Chaser: Cocaine Myth Busters – Facts and Fiction
Whitney was right. Crack is whack, and coke’s no joke. There has to be a better way to chase The Glamorous Life. Debunking myths about cocaine use 1. “Cocaine isn’t add
Straight, No Chaser: Staying Alive – A New, Ridiculously Simple Approach to CPR
Hopefully, this video is the hokiest thing I’ll ever post, but modern understanding of CPR is such that every single one of you should know exactly how to respond in the even
Straight, No Chaser: When Allergies Strike
Bee stings. Medication reactions. Food allergies. Latex. Animals. Dust. Cosmetics. What do these things have in common? You get allergic to them, and in differing d
Straight, No Chaser: Ulcers – I Can’t Believe You Ate the Whole Thing…
Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) has an increasing incidence in the general population and particularly so in the elderly, due to a liberal use of NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
Straight, No Chaser: Emergency Room Adventures – The Risk of Rabies
You can’t make this stuff up. It’s another busy night in the ER, and back-to-back patients come in, not related but dealing with the same issue. One’s a child bitten
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Straight, No Chaser: Stop, The Life You Save May Be Your Own – Snake Bites
So you’ve been snake bitten. What will you do next? First things first. Stay calm. Call 911. Realize that most snake bites are non-venomous (A really quick tip regarding
Straight, No Chaser: Your Questions on Treatment of Fire Related Injuries
Questions, you’ve got questions (Why are you so shy about posting them?). Here we go. Today, your focus is on the aftermath and treatment of fire related injury. 1) W
Straight, No Chaser: Your Questions About Gunshot and Stab Wounds
Your Top Five Questions: 1. Why don’t the bullets always get taken out? Removal of bullet may cause more damage than leaving them in. It’s sometimes not worth the effo
