Video: Tips on managing cellulitis by Dr. Enoch Choi

Dr. Enoch Choi is a family medicine physician in the Urgent Care Department of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. He has recorded this helpful patient education video with tips on managing cellulitis as part of a series he publishes on YouTube and his blog Doctor Geek, M.D.

Botox injections are so passé, Lipo-dissolve may be the new craze

Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections for wrinkles is now the most common non-surgical procedure in the U.S.

A controversial new procedure called lipo-dissolve or injection lipolysis is taking the image-obsessed by storm in some parts of the country.

Botox is for wrinkles. Lipo-dissolve is for excess fat. It is less invasive than liposuction and consists of series of injections with various drug mixtures, called PCDC, or phosphatidylcholine deoxycholate (non-FDA approved) to remove fat. For large areas, for example, the abdominal area, as many as 120 injections may be required at one time.

Lipo-dissolve is not approved by the FDA and long-term effects are unknown.

References:
Fat-Dissolving Injections: Too Good to Be True? NPR, 06/2007.
Injection lipolysis, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Does Lipo-dissolve Work? Washington Post, 06/2007.
Can Shots Safely 'Melt Away Fat'? Washington Post, 06/2007.
Having a Little Work Done (at the Mall). NYTimes, 01/2008.
Image source: Wikipedia, public domain.

Related:
Nice Résumé. Have You Considered Botox? NYTimes, 01/2008.

01/29/2008

Free Online Atlases: Dermatology, Radiology and Ophthalmology

Links:

Interactive Dermatology Atlas

Case-in-Point by American College of Radiology (ACR)

RedAtlas.org (Ophthalmology)

Video: Eye Trauma according to Dr Root http://goo.gl/KIEC and http://www.rootatlas.com

Related:

Ophthalmology Self-Guided Study Activity - ACP 2011 .
30,000 Medical Images, Tables and Figures from Leading Textbooks are Online. CasesBlog, 8/08/2005.
Free Ophthalmology Atlas. CasesBlog, 5/20/2007.
First 2 links are from MedSkool.
More Consequences of IT: The Disappearance of Radiology Rounds. Wachter's World, 01/2008.

Weekly Dermatology Podcast

Dermatology Weekly Update is weekly podcast of the latest research and news in dermatology.

It looks interesting but there is no word on who the authors are, so use it at your own risk. Most web sites should have at least 2 mandatory sections:

- About us
- Contact us

With the latest update of Google Reader, you can play podcasts directly from the application. Alternatively, click the "pop-out" link to detach the podcast player so that you can browse the rest of the feeds while listening.

Link via Medical Lecturer.
Image source: Dermatology Weekly Update.

Shapiro's syndrome: Excessive sweating may cause renal failure

A 55-year-old male is admitted to the hospital with acute renal failure (ARF). He complains of generalized weakness, chills and excessive sweating.

His past medical history includes AFib, obesity, mild mental retardation and HTN.

During physical examination, all skin surfaces are wet and he is shivering under 4 blankets which are wet.

What is the cause for his ARF?

What are the typical finding seen on the MRI of the brain?

Read more on ClinicalCases.org: Acute renal failure due to hyperhidrosis secondary to Shapiro's syndrome.

Image source: Sweat, Shaylor's photostream, Creative Commons license. The image is not related and does not show the patient.

"Medical Breakthrough" in Treatment of Seborrheic Keratosis

Medscape's MedGenMed eJournal features an amusing video editorial by his Editor-in-Chief, George D. Lundberg:

I Use Fingernail Surgery to Remove My Seborrheic Keratoses (free registration required):

"So, now I take my seb keratoses off while they are still small with my fingernails, usually the one on the third finger of my right hand. Am I kidding you? No."