This controversy about blood spinning that Tiger Woods had been treated with is interesting. Take some blood from a patient and spin it down in a centrifuge. Discard the red cells, so all that is left is the plasma and platelets. Add calcium and a clotting substance called thrombin. The mixture becomes a gel. The [...]

Dr. Conrad Murray is back at work? What?  Is he now an anesthesiologist? Anything is possible. ?

It’s a somber brew today.  Without the caffeinated enthusiasm of it’s usual posts, Medical Barista reports today on the death of actor Patrick Swayze.  Swayze died last night after battling pancreatic cancer since January of 2008.  Swayze was diagnosed already having metastatic disease, meaning the cancer had already spread to other parts of the body [...]

  So it appears that singer Rihanna, famous for her music and her domestic abuse-ridden relationship with fellow R&B star Chris Brown, wants to become famous for her visual art as well.  She was recently seen in a New York City tattoo parlor tattooing employees and the owner of the establisment.  Not having a licence to [...]

So it seems that the preliminary report shows Jackson had a concoction in his system. Benzodiazepines and propofol. What I find incredible and unbelievable is that the alleged doctor states he only gave MJ 25 mg of propofol. That’s just a few drops for sedation. What’s more important is how fast it was given. The same [...]