Neurology

Primary Team Finds Brutality of Neuro Exam Effective Tool to Help Coma Patients’ Families...

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Neurology undeniably holds the monopoly to such insights as, “The prognosis following an hour of anoxia is guarded at best and likely very poor.”...
cranial nerves

Gomerblog’s First Annual Cranial Nerve Power Rankings

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Have you ever wondered which cranial nerves are most important?  Our brains are only so big, how do you know which nerves are worth...
vp shunt

Stephen Hawking Develops VP Shunt Law

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND - Brilliant theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has stunned the scientific community once again. After years of researching the...
MICU surprised

No Neurology Consult: MICU Intern Startles All

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PHILADELPHIA, PA - During their daily rounds on all the patients with altered mental status in the medical intensive care unit (MICU), the neurology...

Well-Controlled Epileptic Patient Having 10-12 Well-Controlled Seizures Daily

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ATLANTA, GA - Penny Toein has been having seizures for as long as she can remember. Sometimes as many as 30 seizures a day...
New England Journal of Medicine New England Journals

Doctor Summons Courage to Toss Unread New England Journals

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PITTSBURGH, PA - Sometimes it's better to acknowledge one's own shortcomings and move on.  That is why we're saluting a hero, internist Dr. Keisha...

Nurse in Psych ER Reprimanded for Double-Vision Halloween Costume After-Effect on Patients

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WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY - “I do a medically-themed costume every year.  This year was diplopia.  People were loving it.  The people who weren’t falling...
55-hour ENERGY

FDA Approves 55-Hour ENERGY for Incoming July Interns

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WASHINGTON, DC - In a major win for soon-to-be-exhausted incoming July interns at residency programs across the land, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has...

Pseudoseizure: Please Practice Before Coming to the ED

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MILWAUKEE, WI - Emergency department staff at Elm Grove Methodist Medical Center thoroughly enjoyed the complete nonsensical seizure performance by a local homemaker. Carol Whitaker, 43, of...
pins not needles

Patient Insists It Feels Like Pins Not Needles

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AUSTIN, TX - An unusual case has arisen in the Lone Star state, as a patient at Austin Medical Center (AMC) has both paresthesias...