Seems that several doctors from Puerto Rico are chugging down big mugs of regret after posing for some objectionable pictures taken during a mission trip to Haiti.  CNN dug up pictures of the group on Facebook, posing with Haitian military, holding guns and smiling for the camera.
CNN reports, as can be read in an online [...]

Thanks Double Shot for the great info on crush injuries and Gangrene.  I just wanted to share a few thoughts I had while working in the OR here in NYC over the weekend as well as from watching some great footage of surguries in Haiti on CNN.com.
So I was on call for the operating room [...]

People have been trapped under the ruble for days and are being pulled out. WOW. This is called in Darwinian terms “survival of the fittest”. The healthy and strong can take a hit. And, as is always the case, the frail and debilitated don’t make it. Crush injury to the limbs causes muscle breakdown. Toxins [...]

It appears that reality TV star Heidi Montag went under the knife to make a few improvements on her already flawless face.  She apparently had 10 plastic surgery procedures at one time!  That’s quite efficient.  She may have saved herself some recovery time and maybe some money by having to pay for only one anesthetic; [...]

USA Today reported today that a 42 year old Taiwanese man died after watching the movie Avatar.  He apparently had a history of high blood pressure and felt “ill” while watching the movie.  He went to the hospital, where imaging of his brain showed a hemorrhagic stroke.  The doctor who took care of him diagnosed [...]