Illinois health officials said Friday that a patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died, which could make it the first death in the United States linked to the smoking alternative that has become popular with teens and young adults. According to a news release from the Illinois Department of Health, 22… Read More: Illinois patient’s death may be first in US from vaping »
By Ruby Prosser Scully The team found DNA (red) and an enzyme (green) on the surface of human gallstones (yellow)Munoz et al./Immunity It has long been known that gallstones grow from crystals in the gallbladder, but it has been unclear how these stick together. Now it seems immune cells are to blame – a finding… Read More: Sticky nets of DNA from immune cells may be to… »
By now most of us are familiar with Brexit, the UK’s pending divorce with the European Union. But in a play on that term, British doctors are also moving towards an exit they’ve dubbed “TRexit” from the most common sort of prostate biopsy: the transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy, or TRUS. Men who test positive on… Read More: From Brexit to TRexit: Transperineal biopsies pose a challenge to… »
Between leaving an emergency department where I had been working for nine years and starting in a new one, I had the luxury of having two months off, from May to July. This meant that I would get to really enjoy an extended summer break and recharge my batteries. It is fair to say that… Read More: What this clinician learned from a whale watching tour »