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A Swedish hospital has banned Crocs (plastic clogs) because they build up static charges that zetz the delicate medical instruments:

Blekinge hospital in southern Sweden suspects the slip-on shoes, made by US firm Crocs Inc, are to blame for at least three incidents in which respirators and other machines malfunctioned. The mishaps caused no injuries.Hospital spokesman Bjorn Lofqvist said staff wearing the clogs could turn into “a cloud of lighting” because of the static electricity.

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Kylie Hodgson gave birth to twin daughters by caesarean section, then she realised a difference between them.

This amazing conception happened after two eggs were fertilised at the same time in the womb.

The odds against of a mixed race couple having twins of dramatically different colour are a million to one.

Skin colour is believed to be determined by up to seven different genes working together. For a mixed-race couple, the odds of either of these scenarios is around 100 to one. But both scenarios can occur at the same time if the woman conceives non-identical twins, another 100 to one chance.

This involves two eggs being fertilised by two sperm at the same time, which also has odds of around 100 to one.

If a sperm containing all-white genes fuses with a similar egg and a sperm coding for purely black skin fuses with a similar egg, two babies of dramatically different colours will be born.

The odds of this happening are 100 x 100 x 100 - a million to one.

This is the case of a 69 years old diabetic female patient with history of subtotal colectomy for advanced colon cancer a year ago.

She had a surgical complication of the abdominal wall called postincisional hernia and came to surgical consult because of this giant ventral hernia. This is one of the largest hernias I’ve ever seen.

A laparoscopic repair of the defect was made with Prolene mesh (2 sheets of 12″ x 12″) sutured to the fascia and now she is doing very well.

Images courtesy of Mariana Herrera Guerrero, M.D.

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Dental implants are designed for teeth that are lost or damaged beyond repair. Modern dental implants can provide a permanent replacement that maintain the look, feel, and function of natural teeth.

Do you know what dental implants are, what are their benefits, who is a candidate, how much a dental implant cost and what kind of procedures are performed? I didn’t knew anything about this until I read the OsseoNews website.

Did you know that dental implants inserted in a proper manner could succeed in natural bone as 95%?

If you are a patient, you could find info regarding dental implants on the site.

I have a lot of dentists visiting my site and for those who want to share their knowledge in dental implants or want others opinion, you can upload your cases just subscribing to the site.

OsseoNews is a great discussion community for dental professionals. You could share or find information of particular dental implant topics like:

Abutments, Bone Grafting, Cone Beam CT, CT Scanning, Dental Implant Attachments, Dental Implant Complications, Dental Implant Contraindications, Dental Implant Interviews, Dental Implant Materials, Dental Implant News, Dental Implant Safety, Dental Implant Systems, Immediate Loading, Implant Practice Management, Implant Supported Fixed Bridges, Implant Supported Overdentures, Mini Dental Implants, Narrow Platform Implants, Nobel Biocare, One Piece Implants, Oral Bisphosphonates, Piezosurgery, Restoration of Dental Implants, Ridge Augmentation, Shorter Dental Implants, Sinus Lift, Site Preparation, Straumann, Techniques and Procedures, Tissue Regeneration, Treatment Planning & Complications

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A missionary in Eastern Europe recently reported an extremely rare (condylomatosis) skin condition. This disease is called Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia. This missionary wrote:

I found this man, and other than his hands and feet, he looked and seemed in good health. As best as I could gather these growths began when he was 14 years old, and began in the area of his wrists. The skin on his wrists and the back of his hands resembles that of a hedgehog - hundreds of spike like growths. The problem is much more severe on his palms and fingers where the growths resemble very much that of nails infected with a fungus. The growths have that same texture, smell and feel. I cut a number of the largest growths off, most of witch did not bleed. Some of the smaller growths did bleed a small amount and he seemed much more sensitive to the cutting of the smaller growths.

It has grown slowly but steadily but has not spread to other parts of his body, just a bit below his knees on his legs. He has other skin growth (many would be skin tags) on his face, and some moles on his chest. The growths are not as bad on his feet but I was told that more than 10 years ago many we cauterized off his feet, and they did not return. I think with repeated soaking and cutting most could be removed but other parts will I think need to be burned away in some form.”

He has 15 skin tags on his face, and a wart in one ear.

Bizarre pictures:

Previous proof of firecrackers injuries here.

For those who don’t believe in injuries caused by firecrackers explotion. I just saw a patient in the E.R. of my hospital who came because he was walking near a park and some kids were buying firecrakers in the street. A kid ignited a firecracker and it exploted next to the box that containded the firecrackers. The patient was 10 ft away from the box and the explotion cause this right side injuries.

As you can see, the injuries are projectile-like injuries and he didn’t burn. A witness told me that lots of wood sticks and asphalt stones flew far away.

A Plastic Surgeon and I repaired the injuries and noted an irregular perforation at the right cheek, that penetrated towards the floor of the orbit and produced a coronoid apophysis fracture.

After the reparation:

I strongly recommend never play with firecrackers.

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All of us perfectly know that preventive medicine is the cornerstone of medicine. MDVIP provides exceptional doctors, exceptional care and, exceptional outcomes.

MDVIP is a leader company in personalized and preventive healthcare and was established to assist physicians and institutions in providing the highest level of care to patients.

In the practice of preventive medicine the outcomes include lower hospitalization rates (MDVIP currently serves more than 45,000 patients)

With this program, patients benefit from reciprocity with all MDVIP affiliated physicians in the network. If a patient is traveling and needs urgent medical care, and they are in the vicinity of an MDVIP affiliated physician, they will be seen and cared for with the same attention and service as if they were with their own doctor in their home town.

MDVIP’s prevention and personalized care model makes it possible for exceptional physicians to provide exceptional care because it gives them the time to focus on the patient, not on the system. The MDVIP model enables physicians to love practicing medicine again, in an environment in which they are trusted, respected and valued. MDVIP puts physicians back in control of their lives, professionally and personally. MDVIP liberates physicians from the current financial constraints of the healthcare system because the majority of an affiliated physician’s income is derived from the annual membership fees.

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The neuropathologist Diana Rivas from Perú runs a Museum of brains and she states that this show is unique in the World.

This museum has an inventory of 2,998 brains and counting. Rivas studies neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders but, unlike prestigious brain banks around the World, she allows entrance to the general public.

There is a brain of the Creutzfeld-Jakob disease.

Her goal is to educate people.

“It’s true. Alcohol and drugs kill brain cells”, she said.

Fact: The greatest brain bank in the World is the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center.

A baby who weighed 6.4 kilograms (14.10 lb) and measured more than 55 centimeters (1.8 ft), was born in Cancún.

His parents call him “Super Toño”. Antonio Vasconcelos -the baby- gained 200 grams in the first three days.

The mother of Antonio, Teresa Alejandra Cruz, of 23 years, is probably diabetic, because seven years ago this woman gave birth to a baby that weighed 5,2 kilograms

According to The Guiness World Records Book the baby who weighed more is of 10.2 kilograms, born in Italy in 1955 and was son of Carmelina Fedele.

Here are the photos of Antonio:

According to the World Health Organization there are currently 1.6 billion overweight adults in the world and that number is projected to grow by 40% over the next 10 years.

• Naruru (94.5%)
• Micronesia (91.1%)
• Cook Islands (90.9%)
• Tonga (90.8%)
• Niue (81.7%
• Samoa (80.4%)
• Palau (78.4%)
• Kuwait (74.2%)
• United States (74.1%)
• Kiribati (73.6%)

The list reflects the percentage of overweight adults aged 15 and over. These are individuals who have individual body mass indexes, which measures weight relative to height, greater than or equal to 25. Obese is defined as having a BMI greater than or equal to 30.

Why don’t you calculate your Body Mass Index right here?

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Twelve millions of mexicans suffer from depression without knowing it.
Depression is a state of intense sadness, melancholia or despair that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual’s social functioning and activities of daily livin.

90 percent of the 121 millions of people in the world who suffer from depression commit suicide.

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It’s Worldwide recognized that being at your computer for long periods will cause you pain, that’s why you should take micro breaks in order to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive strain injury, also to improve your productivity, health and work.

Most bloggers (and others) are in a computer workstation most part of the day and probably if you are one of us, you could suffer from upper-back pain, lower-back pain, wrist pain, neck and shoulder pain or eye strain.

I’ve been suffering from shoulder pain since the last month because of being in my desk and with the trial exercise I notice the difference at the moment I’ve finished the exercises.

Desk-Trainer will provide you short, safe, refreshing, and easy-to-use movement exercise in an entertaining format (Flash animation) for use at work, at home and on the move.

These exercises are designed to achieve the following benefits:

• To provide user-friendly fitness training.
• To rapidly and effectivly reverse injuries, pain, stress and fatigue from long hours at a computer work station.
• To prevent future pain and protect against such injuries.
• To improve concentration, alertness and productivity.

With this 5 minute movement exercise programs, you will be able to reduce pain and repetitive strain injury prevention. These program is for employees and individuals using computers, cellphones and PDA.

These exercises not only free the user from keyboard and mouse related aches and pains, they also reduce stress, and improve general fitness and well being. The exercises are applications of the Anat Baniel Method based on the work of well-known Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais who was a physicist, engineer and judo master, pioneered a learning system that uses movement and awareness of self to bring about remarkable changes in the human mind and body.

The system of Desk-Trainer provides an effective, entertaining and user-friendly way to relieve pains and strains, prevent the onset of carpal tunnel syndrome and reduce the risk of other Repetitive Strain Injuries.

This will be your personal trainer:

There is also a section of ergonomics tips which will help you to stay as healthy as possible while on the computer workstation.

A candy that alleviates bloated abdomen and other annoyances of premenstrual syndrome was developed by investigators of the IPN.

This candy is made of oregano (or Pot Marjoram). The active principles of this herb were analyzed and found that it has anti-inflammatory, digestive and antiseptic properties. That was the reason why they developed a candy that will help PMS sufferers and has a great taste. “It is common that women who suffer abdominal cramps during their menstrual period take a tea of oregano to resist the malaise and although is effective, it tastes bitter; it seemed a good idea to join all the properties of the oregano in a product that can be consumed at any time”, said to Haydeé Hernandez Unzón, creator of the candy.

The British journal The Lancet chose as Paper of the Year an investigation published in January 2006 by Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios y Santos about rotavirus vaccine.

This study, included 63,225 breastfeeded infants and was first published by the New England Journal of Medicine.

With their conclusions, the Mexican government will change the National Vaccination Scheme, and now will include rotavirus vaccine.

Congratulations to Dr. Ruiz-Palacios and all the crew of the Human Rotavirus Vaccine Study Group.