An article in The Atlantic spends a horrible tale of how a doctor in an emergency room in Brooklyn failed to take a woman’s abdominal pain seriously. It is, of course, told from the patient’s husband’s point of view; however, a lot of what he says is very real in emergency medicine and other medicine …
Month: May 2019
Opiates…
So in an article in Wired, today discusses a concern not only to pain medicine but to addiction medicine. APRIL GROVE DOYLE, a 40-year-old single mom with metastatic breast cancer, pulled her car to the side of the road. Her face was flushed and her eyes puffy from crying, but she looked into the phone …
An Aspirin a day…
In from the Lancet via BBC: But The Lancet research suggests it does not increase the risk of new brain bleeds, and may even lower it. Experts say the "strong indication" needs confirming with more research. Only take daily aspirin if your doctor recommends it, they advise. Interestingly there are two different types of strokes; …
The “gateway drug” opens a new gate?
From the American Journal of Psychiatry via Gizmodo: A new study out Tuesday is the latest to suggest that cannabis—or at least a key ingredient of it—might help people struggling with addiction. It found that people with opioid use disorder experienced less symptoms of craving when given cannabidiol, or CBD, over a placebo. CBD …