Snoring is Bad for the Heart? Not so fast...

This past week, media has both aired and published a story regarding new research that suggests snoring WITHOUT obstructive sleep apnea m...

Infographic: HPV from Oral Sex Causes Throat Cancer

I have blogged in the past regarding how HPV transmitted through oral sex (and potentially even French kissing) has now become the number 1 ...

Haptic Hearing Aids... The Next Generation of Hearing Aids?

If you think about it, current hearing aids are essentially just a volume knob to increase the sound volume for those hard of hearing. Howe...

MasterChef Hopeful Bonny Porter Has Congenital Hearing Loss

Bonny Porter is a chef who is competing to become the next MasterChef hopeful in Australia. She also has congenital hearing loss being com...

Sinus Mass Chance Finding (Incidentaloma)

The New York Times published a great story on the dreaded incidentaloma on Jan 17, 2013. An incidentaloma is essentially a chance finding o...

Another Egg-Free Flu Vaccine Approved by FDA

First there was Flucelvax  introduced in 2012 and now there is Flublock , both considered egg-free for those concerned with egg allergy in t...

Sodium Alginate to Treat Non-Acid Reflux

Sodium Alginate specifically and by itself can be purchased to help treat non-acid reflux. This is in contrast to trying to obtain Gaviscon...

UFC Boss Dana White Underwent Surgery for Meniere's Disease

Balance is very important in martial arts... So imagine have a condition like Meniere's Disease and being the boss of the Ultimate Fight...

Video of Epiglottitis

The normal epiglottis is a very thin flap of tissue that closes over the windpipe when swallowing preventing food/liquids from going down th...

How Long Does it Take for a Cough to Clear Up?

Hypothetically speaking, how long would it take for a cough to clear up if a person comes down with an acute respiratory infection ? Accord...

Compact EMG System for Targeted Muscle Injections

An EMG system ( E lectro M yo G raphy) is a critical piece of equipment when it comes to targeted muscle injections in and around the neck, ...

Parkinson's Disease Diagnosed by Salivary Gland Biopsy

Taken from Wikipedia Currently, diagnosing Parkinson's Disease (a degenerative neurological disorder) is hard, usually a clinical exam ...

Anatomical Paintings on Living Humans

Came across this interesting blog article about artist Danny Quirk who specializes in scientific illustrations. I could say more, but bett...

Pencil Drawings of the Aging Ear, Nose, and Mouth

Came across these beautiful pencil drawings of a collection of 60 ears, noses, and mouths arranged chronologically from ages 16 to 90. Drawn...

Arena Stage 'My Fair Lady' Laid Low by the Flu with Performance Cancellations

It has been an early and bad start to the flu season in the DC metro area. It is just the beginning of the traditional 3 month flu season an...

How To Create a Customized Fancy Email Signature

Have you ever wondered how some people obtained those really fancy looking email signatures at the end of their emails? I've always wond...

New Webpage on Reflux Medications

Given the degree of ignorance I see about reflux medications , how they work, and limitations of such medications, our office has written up...

Dr. Chang Featured in Regional Newspaper Regarding Balloon Sinuplasty

Dr. Chang was recently featured inside a regional quarterly newspaper regarding balloon sinuplasty  in the treatment of chronic sinusitis . ...

Miss Oregon 2013 has Thyroid Cancer

Miss Oregon Gabrielle Neilan revealed that she had thyroid cancer for which she underwent a total thyroidectomy 2 weeks before winning the ...

Screwdriver into the Ear of Tennis Star Rafael Nadal

On a more humorous note, take a look at this picture from Sports Illustrated ... As per the caption in SI , it is EXACTLY what it looks like...

Forbes Critical of Patient Satisfaction Ratings of Physicians

Forbes on January 2, 2013 published a story critical of Press Gainey and other companies that obtain patient satisfaction scores. Please no...

Obtaining "Authorship" for Improved Search Rankings

As most specialists in search engines know, good and original content is important for search rankings.  However, these two elements are sor...