What is BRUE?

2024-10-17T10:26:56-05:00October 17th, 2024|HEALTH|

I was doing my monthly pediatric review material and came across BRUE. I looked at it and said what the heck are they [...]

Huntington’s Disease

2024-10-10T12:38:38-05:00October 10th, 2024|HEALTH|

When I was a second year medical student, they brought in a patient with Huntington’s Disease. It was called Huntington’s Chorea in those [...]

Anchoring bias

2024-09-26T12:23:12-05:00September 26th, 2024|HEALTH|

In the past I have written about something called justification bias. That occurs when we dismiss bad news about someone we like or [...]

Cholesterol Education Month

2024-09-19T10:30:42-05:00September 19th, 2024|HEALTH|

September is National Cholesterol Education Month. It, therefore, makes sense to review cholesterol effects and treatment. My father had high cholesterol and cholesterol [...]

Tattoos and lymphoma

2024-09-12T13:07:48-05:00September 12th, 2024|HEALTH|

One of the things that happens in medicine is that rare events are often not noted until a large enough population is involved [...]

Embellishment

2024-09-05T11:26:58-05:00September 5th, 2024|HEALTH|

We all like to embellish stories to put us in the best light. Some people do it more than others. Some of that [...]

Retinal detachment

2024-08-29T11:14:10-05:00August 29th, 2024|HEALTH|

I was recently at a meeting. Someone there was talking about the issues he had with retinal detachments. The point he made was [...]

Hasty generalization

2024-08-15T11:21:08-05:00August 15th, 2024|HEALTH|

There are many psychological defense mechanisms. One of the ones I have not written about before is something called Hasty Generalization. This occurs [...]

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