Category: Miscellaneous

  • Coronavirus: My weekly review

    3/21 Update- #WhatDidYouDo when the world stopped in 2020 This is the 22nd day of my preparedness and attempt to educate everyone about the coronavirus. I am trying to update people about the reality that we are likely about to face. I have counseled countless people, patients, friends, and leaders of the private and public…

  • TownHall with my Assemblyman

    https://www.facebook.com/AsmBramnick/videos/492351074770004/?vh=e&d=n I was honored to be the guest of my Assemblyman Jon Bramnick. My friend and infectious disease expert, Dr Juan Baez was on the phone with us. Watch the townhall for important info. I will plan on having my own Q&A on coronavirus in the near future. The main point was that the coronavirus…

  • The reason the world is shutting down

    Many people are finding it hard to understand the alarm and the unprecedented closures we have been seeing around the world. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 You can see how many people are getting sick from the coronavirus or the daily cases in countries and states I have been tracking. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1De7R90hoTytZL_a3xcx4yHiMl0LhCv0uXHabL_jWpYE/edit?usp=sharing It’s hard for people to understand exponential growth.…

  • Renal cell carcinoma growing into the renal pelvis and mimicking transitional cell carcinoma: A case report and literature review – Abstract

    Renal cell carcinoma growing into the renal pelvis and mimicking transitional cell carcinoma: A case report and literature review – Abstract. My partner and I had a similar patient that presented with a large kidney tumor that was growing into the renal pelvis and ureter. We performed a ureteroscopy and the tumor appeared as a…

  • BBC News – TED 2013: Uchek app tests urine for medical issues

    Uchek tests for 25 different health issues and could help diagnose and treat diseases in the developing world.Increasingly mobile health is being talked up as a lifesaver in such areas.The app is the brainchild of TED fellow Myshkin Ingawale.”I wanted to get medical health checks into users hands,” he told the BBC. via BBC News…

  • FDA approves Botox to treat overactive bladder

    FDA approves Botox to treat overactive bladder The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) to treat adults with overactive bladder who cannot use or do not adequately respond to a class of medications known as anticholinergics. via Press Announcements > FDA approves Botox to treat overactive bladder. Men…

  • The price of defensive medicine

    New Study Compares Tort Systems — Reform Improves Health Care for Patients A new study by the Pacific Research Institute, US Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report, measures the best and worst tort systems in America. In the report, the authors examine evidence provided by top economists and legal scholars on the benefits of tort reform…

  • Obese patients at higher risk during surgery

    Straightfromthedoc: Risk of Post-Operative Complications, Higher in Obese Patients: Morbidly obese patients had a death rate nearly twice as high as that of all other patients, had higher rate of cardiac arrest and have significantly higher risk of complications following surgery, including heart attack, wound infection, nerve injury and urinary tract infection. Such were the…

  • Thromboembolic disease after renal surgery

    UroToday – Perioperative Clinical Thromboembolic Events after Radical or Partial Nephrectomy This study demonstrates that while the incidence of thromboembolic phenomena is low in patients undergoing renal surgery, there are specific subsets of patients that can be identified that are at increased risk and therefore deserving of more aggressive prophylaxis. These include older patients, those…