Why Does My Voice Sound Different on Recording and Treatment Options

Every so often, I have a patient who presents to my office with a complaint that their voice sounds different on recording than what they t...

Kissing the Ear Can Cause Permanent Hearing Loss

MSNBC reported 3/29/12 about a phenomenon called cochlear ear-kiss injury. This condition is when hearing loss occurs after a person kisses...

Strong Sneeze Broke Woman's Neck

Fox News reported yesterday about an Australian woman, Monique Jeffrey, who sneezed SO hard that she broke her neck... literally. According...

FDA Approves New "Dry" Steroid Nasal Spray

On March 26, 2012, the FDA approved of a new type of steroid nasal spray  in the treatment of nasal allergies that puffs powder into the no...

How is a Hole in the Eardrum Repaired?

After a decision has been made to repair a hole in the eardrum (also known as tympanic membrane perforation), it is not uncommon for patien...

FDA Approves New Surgical Reflux Treatment

On March 22, 2012, the FDA approved the LINX Reflux Management System to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Developed by Torax...

Celebrity Chef Grant Achatz With Stage 4 Tongue Cancer

Chicago news recently published a story about their very own celebrity chef Grant Achatz who suffered from Stage 4B squamous cell carcinoma...

Recipe How to Make Snot Boogers

British researchers are at it again! The British Society for Immunology have developed a recipe  to make your very own authentic-appearing s...

Government Sponsored Studies Not Getting Published

Yale researchers published a study on whether NIH-funded studies get published after research completion. The researchers examined all clin...

Tongue Taste Map is a LIE!

As children, we all learned about the 4 different taste qualities the human tongue can appreciate: salty, sugar, bitter, and sour. Savory or...

How Many Infections in a Child is "Normal" Per Year?

Kids get a lot of infections... but at what point should a parent be concerned on how often these infections occur, particularly upper respi...

TV Show SMASH Portrays Ivy With Vocal Issues

In last night's episode (Episode 106: Chemistry) of the new hit TV drama SMASH , the main character Ivy who plays Marilyn Monroe in the ...

Singer John Mayer Has Recurrence of Vocal Cord Granuloma

In September 2011, grammy-award winning singer  John Mayer  announced the cancellation of a number of concerts as well as an album due to th...

Best Drops for Earwax Removal

It's about time, but some researchers actually put to the test to try and determine what is the best solution to dissolve/remove earwax...

How to Make Sudafed from Meth

Given the increasing difficulty in obtaining "over-the-counter" sudafed  (pseudoephedrine) to the point where it is easier to obta...

If Computer Security Experts are Getting Hacked, Why are Hospitals/Doctors Expected to be Better?

As anyone knows from reading the newspaper recently, major computer security firms like RSA and Verisign have been hacked. Even the pentag...

Pill Rather than Allergy Shots for Ragweed

If all goes well, in 2013 there will be a pill a patient can take rather than allergy shots to tone down the immune response to not only gr...

Rush Limbaugh Has a Cochlear Implant

Infamous conservative talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, suffered from a rare hearing disorder called Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease . This rare i...

Celine Dion Cancels Shows Due to Laryngitis

In late Feb 2012, Celine Dion who was to have performed in Las Vegas Feb 22, 2012, cancelled her show at the last minute at the Caesar's...

Unnecessary Sinus Surgery

A well-respected ENT surgeon, Dr. Salah Salman, recently wrote a book, " Scrubbed Out ," critical of the American health system wi...