Unbounded Medicine

David Poncelow a 31-years-old computer programmer and scuba diver is battling breast cancer, and he blogs about it in his new blog called What’s up with David?

He also started a flickr gallery to show people his before and after procedure pictures.

Well, yesterday was this blog’s first anniversary and what a greater way to celebrate than to be “slashdotted.”
Not exactly slashdotted, but dugg, wired, kevinned, NHSed, Emergiblogged and many more. For all the people who kindly linked to my site, thank you a lot.

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Today is the Doctor’s Day in Mexico. More facts in this earlier post.
Congratulations to all my colleagues.
“Your natural strenghts, those inside of you, will cure their diseases”
Hippocrates

Introduction
Leprosy has a rich history dating to biblical times.
“Leper” is an ancient term used to identify patients with leprosy who were severely stigmatized by the deformity that resulted from Mycobacterium leprae infection.
In the clinical context, the term Hansen’s disease should be used instead of leprosy. Gerhard Henrick Armauer Hansen, a Norwegian physician, discovered the microbe […]

Kittiwat Unarrom, a 28-years-old Thai student, bakes human being parts. Just a little detail, this parts are bread sculptures.

He said:
Of course, people were shocked and thought that I was mad when they saw the works. But once they knew the idea behind it, they understood and became interested in the work itself, instead of thinking […]

Emergiblog by Kim, is hosting this week’s edition of Grand Rounds.
She has a nice, huge and easy to read edition. With a coffee theme.
You did a great job as usual Kim, and I’m happy that you are not longer using blogger.
I am thankful to be included in your compilation, Kim. Great job.

Israel Sarrío arrived at the Rehabilitation Center of Levante from Hospital Peset in Valencia (Spain) on January 31st of 2004 with an amputation of the left arm 2 inches above the elbow.

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At 14:00hrs, the microsurgery implant began. The first maneuver consisted in lavage and sterilization of the amputated arm and […]

A new surgical retractor that is useful in three different kinds of surgeries, will be used in 171 countries and it was developed by Angel Raul Soriano Sanchez (Mexican Ob/Gyn from the National Institute for Social Security - IMSS), was international patented.
This new surgical retractor for abdominal or vaginal surgery and can be used in […]

I always enjoy the Image Challenge Contest at The New England Journal of Medicine, time ago there was a similar picture of this:

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U P D A T E: A nice comment and correct answer by Drmikeunoe

We can see generalized osteopenia, widening of the diploetic space, and thinning of the outer table.
This […]

Welcome to the 3.3 edition of Grand Rounds 3.3. The theme of this edition is the classic table of contents of many medical journals. I hope someday, Grand Rounds editions are also available as an in-printed version.
Editor’s Choice
Sid Schwab has a touching story about how the beginning of surgery should be. It’s an attempt to […]

Nick Genes interviewed me as an alternative projet to Grand Rounds, called Pre-Rounds. Where the host is interviewed by the publisher to show a general picture of the line of each hosting blog.
You could find actual and past interviews in Medscape. Free registration required
It is incredible how a resident can have time to do all […]

I have the great honor of hosting Grand Rounds next week, on Tuesday (as always) 10/10. I would like to thank Dr. Nick Genes for his creation.
Current edition is being hosted by Dr. Aleksandr Kavokin at RDoctor.

I don’t know what theme I’ll use, but feel free to send your submissions with this form. Deadline is […]

Staghorn Calculi