Dr. Cranquis' Mumbled Gripes
(Disclaimer: Questions related to medical topics will be answered to the best of Dr. Cranquis' (and Google's) knowledge, but the internet-delivered wisdom on this blog CAN NOT AND SHOULD NOT SUBSTITUTE for your Real-Life Doctor's personal attention + examination, and your own common sense too! If you think you're having a medical emergency, hang up and go email 911. The author of this blog takes no responsibility for any medical, relationship, scholastic, financial, or other decisions you may make based on information found in this blog.)
And since people seem to be a bit confused about this: any "real-sounding" patients names are just horrible puns, and not HIPAA violations.
Immunize: The Vaccine Anthem by ZDogg MD
Hey, want a catchy tune to get stuck in your head this Monday? Check out this funny (AND OH SO TRUE) video! :)
(Thanks for Cranquistador kittenisjunebuggin for the link!)
Remember this List of 7 Bad Things linked to Diet Soda? Time to add an 8th: increased risk for Type 2 Diabetes.
A 14-year prospective study in France found a significant risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes among women who drink >359mL/week (12 oz) of “sugar-sweetened beverages” (i.e. regular soda). No real surprise there.
But the study also found a significant risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes linked to consumption of >603mL/week (20 oz) of “artificially-sweetened beverages” (i.e. DIET SODA).
20 ounces! That’s less than 2 standard 12-oz cans of diet soda per week!
Yes, it took a greater amount of diet soda to reach the same statistical significance, but the point remains: DIET SODA IS NOT MAGICALLY HEALTHIER THAN REGULAR SODA… and may in fact be worse.
PS: The study did not find a link between consuming 100% fruit juice and developing Type 2 Diabetes.
“…unless you’re a urologist. Then it’s less indirect, and more penises.”
From KnowYourMeme.com
Quitting smoking as a New Year’s Resolution? Congrats, you’re 11 days in — and here’s what you have to look forward to!
passion-for-medicine submitted:
Have you seen this video?
CPR+ZOMBIES :D
This is so full of awesome!!!! Don’t you EVER let anyone say that Canadians don’t know how to make a catchy campaign to increase awareness of CPR. Thank you SO much for submitting this! :)
Linus Pauling, chemist, physiologist, 2-time Nobel Prize winner. (via cranquis)
Thought I’d reblog this fact, to accompany the “TV = shorter life expectancy” reblog a moment ago.
Whoa.
Good and Bad, the Little Things Add Up in Fitness
(via jayparkinsonmd)
Yeesh. And I wonder if the same applies for time spent on the internet? (Naw… mouse-clicking involves more physical exercise than running a remote control, right? RIGHT???!)
(via jayparkinsonmd)
I once replied to a question about “Why do you say not to drink diet soda if you’re trying to lose weight”, with this reply: “It’s not that diet soda is EVIL, it’s just not the BEST.” But after reading this research-summary article on diet soda, I may have to amend that statement. Diet Soda is not the BEST thing for you to drink, and it just might be the WORST, too.
In summary, research is showing diet soda to be heavily linked to:
- Decreased kidney function (from the diet sweeteners themselves, perhaps?!)
- Increased risk for metabolic syndrome (which means increased risk for heart disease)
- Obesity (by disrupting how your body regulates calorie intake)
- Getting drunk faster (when mixed with alcohol, by allowing liquor to enter the bloodstream faster)
- Damaged DNA/mitochondria (from the benzoate preservatives)
- Rotting teeth (just like the regular sody-pops!)
- Exposure to BPA (from the soda cans, which increases risk for many things including reproductive disorders)
As a dog owner, this map is handy information, and a reminder to protect my dog from ticks. (Including all winter long in many parts of the US, now — ticks are staying active all winter long now!)
As a physician, this map makes me think, “HEY! We need to create simple infographics like THIS! That way we could easily track the prevalence of strep throat or whooping cough or influenza (or heck, even Lyme disease) cases!”
It’s for your own good.
The Exercise Nazi strikes again!
The Jenny McCarthy Body Count site tracks the number of vaccine-preventable illnesses and deaths in the US since June 2007.
via kottke
I love ranting jovially about self-proclaimed vaccine-danger-expert Jenny McCarthy and similar anti-vaccine nonsense. But this website puts some cold hard numbers on the table in a way which sobers the discussion right up.
In other words, when walking through a crowd of smokers outside of your workplace, you’re better off grabbing a cig and puffing on it. (I kid, I kid).
