Archive for the ‘Diseases’ Category
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
New York Times has an excellent in depth review of anemia which everyone should read.
Thanks to advertisements for the once-popular tonic Geritol, most people of a certain age know about “tired blood,” a disorder more accurately called anemia, involving a shortage of healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to body tissues and cleanse them of carbon dioxide.
Reference: Anemia - Reporter’s File - ‘Tired Blood’ Warning: Ignore It at Your Peril - NY Times Health

The red blood cells of a person suffering from anemia (right) are a very light pink when stained, and they are often less round and full when viewed under a microscope. The round, plump bodies of normal red blood cells (left), when stained, are a bright pinkish-red. Hemoglobin is the substance that gives normal cells their bright color.
Reference: Anemia | medical health
Tags: Anemia, Blood, Education, erythrocyte, Health, Iron, New York Times, Red cell, Review, Vitamin
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
This presentation gives a brief overview of fever, hyperthermia including infectious and non-infectious causes. This lecture was given by Vanessa Astillero, MD, one my co-residents, as part of intern lecture series at our hospital.
Tags: Fever, Hyperthermia, Lecture, PowerPoint, Presentation, Review
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
This presentation gives a brief overview of hypernatremia. This lecture was given by Ayse N. Sahin-Efe, MD, one my co-residents as part of intern lecture series.
This presentation can be download from here.
Tags: kidney, Lecture, nephrology, PowerPoint, Presentation, renal, Review, sodium
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
This presentation gives a brief overview of Pulmonary Embolism. It was presented by my co-resident Maria Teresa Bejarano, MD as part of new intern lecture series.
Tags: DVT, Lecture, Lung, PE, PowerPoint, Presentation, Review, thrombus
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
This presentation gives a brief overview on upper gastro-intestinal bleeding which was given by my friend and co-resident Adrian Velasquez, M.D. as part of new intern lecture series.
This presentation can also be downloaded from here.
Tags: Bleeding, Gastroenterology, Intestines, Lecture, PowerPoint, Presentation, Review, Slideshare, Slideshow
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