Infographic on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Check out this great infographic by Aviisha Medical Institute (generated from information by PubMed.gov, Medscape, and BioMed Central) on th...

The Art of Facial Paralysis

Professional photographer Sage Sohier spent 3 years in a Boston ENT clinic photographing patients suffering from facial paralysis along wi...

Stroke vs Non-Stroke Facial Paralysis

Pic from Wikipedia A recent blog post about a ER doctor who was found negligent for not pursuing a stroke workup for an isolated facial par...

Surgeries on a Weekend Have More Complications

The New York Times published an interesting story regarding how patients with ulcerative colitis suffered significantly more surgical compl...

ER Doc Found Negligent in Bell's Palsy Case

This case is not quite what you might think... Here's the background... The Wisconsin State Supreme Court  found an ER physician neglige...

Fauquier ENT Gets Quarter BILLION Views!

Sometime this past week, Fauquier ENT's internet presence through Blog , Website , and YouTube reached a certain milestone... collectiv...

Mal de Debarquement Syndrome - Rare Cause of Dizziness

The BBC recently printed a story describing a rare condition called mal de debarquement which causes  dizziness , typically after a boat c...

Some Facts About Q-Tips and Ears

In this week's episode of " Girls " (Season 2; Episode 9 "Girls Gets Dark"), Hannah grappling with OCD, inserted a Q...

Dr. Chang Quoted in the Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal on 3/15/13 published a story on how voice therapy and vocal surgery can dramatically improve a person's vocal...

Diagnose Cancer with Flash of a Light!

Traditionally, cancer is diagnosed by a surgical biopsy  with pathology results taking days later. Supportive evidence for a cancer is also ...

Kim Kardashian Gets Allergy Testing

Celebrity Kim Kardashian of Keeping up with the Kardashians reality TV show underwent allergy testing with Dr. Mirmelli. Allergy testing w...

Book on Hoarseness

My fellowship mentor, Dr. James Thomas , taught me much of all I know about the voicebox both when it works and when it doesn't leading ...

Hearing and Understanding ONE Voice Among Many Sounds

Have you ever wondered how is it that a normal hearing human being can hear and understand one person talking in an environment where there ...

The Facial Triangle of Danger (Even Death)

Taken from Wikipedia If you draw a line between the eyebrow to the corners of the lip, a triangle is created which delimits a region esoteri...

Do Surgeons Swear When Operating?

Surgeons, whether deserved or not, have a reputation of being mean-spirited and foul-mouthed as a group overall. It does not help that TV sh...

The Problem with Universal Healthcare

I usually hit the delete key whenever I get a chain email... But this particular one caught my eye enough for me to read the whole thing. Th...