The Brain

Homer Simpson's X-ray and everything else about the brain can be found here.

mri ct

Technical stuff on mri &ct here.

The Basics of MRI

Nice online guide to MRI at The Basics of MRI.

The MRI Lie: A Matter of Economics

Unnecessary imaging exams? Unheard of. Not according to this guy.

Portrait of Nikola Tesla

A well-rendered Portrait of Nikola Tesla can be found here along with a bio that contains facts I wasn't aware of, such as his belief that he'd made contact with ETs. And I thought there were no long-term effects of MRI.....
Interesting to note in this article is the total absence of any mention of the MRI, focusing on electricity and Edison. More on Tesla here at his museum in Belgrade

Fortunate "incidental" findings

Serendipity: [n] pure luck in discovering things you were not looking for; see also fortune, luck

Somethings are just meant to happen, it's just the way that they happen sometimes.....

Getting conked with beer bottle saves her life

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NAPLES, Fla. - A blow to the head with a beer bottle may have saved Sally Hampton's life.

While doctors were examining her after the barroom attack, they discovered a brain tumor that could have killed her.

The tumor was removed, and Hampton, 64, is fully recovered.

On Monday, she testified against her attacker, Fidel Trujillo, who was convicted of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison.

"It was one of the worst things that could happen to an elderly person, but in the end it saved her life," prosecutor Erik Lombillo said.

Hampton was attacked July 4 at a bar in Immokalee. According to prosecutors, she put her hand on Trujillo's shoulder to lead him out when the bartender wanted to close. Trujillo bashed her with a bottle and kicked her when she fell.

Had an experience similar to this "good news bad news" "by the way" case at my work late last year. A male patient in his 40's was involved in an MVA and hit his head on the windshield. A CT scan to r/o bleed instead showed a rather large meningioma which was successfully removed days later. Another patient inhaled some sawdust, resulting in sinus problems and a "woody smell" in his nose. An MRI revealed a pituitary tumor.

Anybody else seen anything like this?

New STD

According to this Reuters News Article, NYC has recorded the first US cases of LGV (Lymphogranuloma venereum).
The disease, known as LGV or Lymphogranuloma venereum, is caused by specific strains of chlamydia and is often marked by painful, bloody rectal infection and genital ulcers.
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