Poor Quality Sleep Contributes to High Blood Pressure

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is known to cause all sorts of health problems beyond sleepiness. Medical problems include increased risk of ...

Nasonex Sinus Implant for Chronic Sinusitis

The FDA on August 15, 2011 approved of a novel dissolvable sinus implant that slowly releases mometasone furoate steroid (same active ingre...

Gluing Cut Blood Vessels Together

Gluing blood vessels together, just like gluing a cut garden hose together, does not seem like a great idea at first, but Stanford researche...

Actress Maggie Q Suffers From Hearing Loss

American actress Maggie Q of Mission: Impossible III and TV show  Nikita fame suffers from significant hearing loss due to a loud noise ex...

Jay Leno Has a Degree in Speech Therapy

Yes... It is true!!! Jay Leno admired by many for his comic personality had his beginnings as a speech therapist. He graduated in 1973 from ...

Earthquake Helps Man Regain Hearing... Perhaps Not!

Fox News reported on Aug 25, 2011 about Robert Valderzak who suffered conductive hearing loss for a few months... until the earthquake shoo...

Shape of Human Nose Influenced by Climate

The basic function of the human nose is to warm and humidify the air before it reaches the lungs. Because of the wide variation of human hab...

Illustrated Guide to a PhD (and Perhaps MDs Too!)

Original work " The Illustrated Guide to a PhD " by  Dr. Matt Might . Though geared towards a PhD, this guide can apply to MDs as ...

New Webpage on Facial Paralysis

Our office has produced a new webpage on the evaluation and management of facial paralysis without any other symptoms. Click here to read ...

New Webpage on Bumps or Lesions of the Mouth

Our practice has created a new webpage describing the various bumps and lesions commonly seen in the mouth that leads to a doctor's vis...

How To Approach Social Media as a Physician

Last year, I expressed why I bother blogging as a busy surgeon... but this article is more about how to approach social media as a physicia...

Welding a Cut Nerve Together Using a Laser

Although preliminary, researchers have successfully "welded" a cut nerve together using a laser rather than traditional suture re...

Pregnant Woman Finishes Law Bar Exam While In Active Labor

Kudos to perhaps one of the gutsiest man or woman of sheer intellectual will-power that I know of past or present... and that includes ENT s...

New Cartilage Can be Grown From Stem Cells Found in Adult Ears

Cartilage is found throughout the body giving shape to noses and ears and cushion for the joints. However when damaged, is not easily replac...

Possible Cure for Common Cold And Other Viral Infections

For real... at least in mice, but has potential for human application if the promise holds out! MIT researchers have developed a radical ne...

Dr. Chang Extensively Quoted in Outpatient Surgery Magazine Article

In the August 2011 edition of Outpatient Surgery Magazine , Dr. Chang was extensively quoted for an article describing use of image-guided...

Reflux (Acid, Non-Acid, Mixed Types) in Neonates & How It May Also Apply to Adults

A study was published this month in the journal Pediatric Research which described reflux characteristics in neonates, but the findings ca...

Major League Baseball Bans Under the Tongue Deer Antler Spray Use

On Aug 6, 2011, ESPN reported that MLB players have been issued a warning regarding use of Deer Antler spray administered under the tongue...

According to Researchers 35.09 Is Age When Beauty Starts to Fade

©  Luba V Nel  |  Dreamstime Stock Photos My colleague,  Dr. Houtan Chaboki , shared the link to an article in Wmagazine first published in...

What About a "Voice-Lift" with your Facelift?

I was informed about this interesting concept on ABC news ... With many aging baby boomers tapping into cosmetic surgery in order to look yo...

"Ear Picking" - A Barber Shop Service Health Hazard?

It was only recently that I heard of "ear picking," a barber shop service that is apparently quite common in Asia and recently bec...

Novel Treatment for Glue Ear?

Glue ear is the layman's term for thick mucoid effusion of the middle ear, usually due to chronic ear infections . The fluid itself is l...