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Lindsay Lohan- hot topic

doubleshot — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:34:36 +0000

Looks like Lindsay Lohan is desperately trying to avoid jail. But I can’t see how jail time is going to change her behavioral problems. She LOVES to take drugs. Just a few thoughts on the concoction she takes: I haven’t seen her medical records and she may very well be “depressed’ and have “attention deficit disorder”, but what a pharmacopia!

Downers- Zoloft for depression. OK. So she’s depressed. But she was having a good time in Cannes and didn’t look depressed there. Then she mixes that with Trazodone which has strong sedative properties. Trazadone is for people who are beyond Ambien as a sleep aid. Add that to Dilaudid. hello, that ‘s a narcotic for people after traumatic injuries. Highly addictive form the getgo. I have never heard of dilaudid being prescribed as a first line drug for dental pain (I want to meet this dentist who caves into people with drug seeking behavior). It’s like taking heroine for a headache. Mix the dilaudid with alcohol and you get an instant high within 20 minutes. Real stoned, really fast. Now all these downers make her a very, very sleepy individual. Remember she has to stay up for the party. So now comes the….

Upper- Adderall. Yes, a mixture of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine. Keeps her skinny too. She can keep boozing without feeling the effects of the alcohol. You can build up poisonous levels of alcohol in your system and never feel it! Lindsay, you should have been a pharmacist. No wonder she put the paper between her skin and the SCRAM bracelet.

Doubles for Heidi Montag

doubleshot — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:03:39 +0000

So I hear that Heidi want to inject more saline into her breasts. Basically, she will be carrying around a liter of fluid on each breast. She already looks overdone.

I can’t imagine how she is going to age? What is this girl going to look like when she is 40?

If this isn’t Body Dysmorphic Disorder, then I don’t know what is?

Problem is , the plastic surgeon already has her credit card number so he won’t say no.

Robot versus Open prostactectomy: black or white?

doubleshot — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:03:39 +0000

This past Sunday the New York Times had an interesting article about robotic versus open prostactectomy. True the long term benefits of having the procedure done either way may be the same. Having done the anesthesia for both types of surgery, I must say that the robot technique is better. First, the anesthesia is a lot easier. It’s straight forward general anesthetic with a tube in the throat and one iv line. Blood loss is minimal. As for the laparoscopic method, well the robot surgery also requires laparoscopic instruments. It’s misleading to think that the picture of the surgeon at the robot is the only person operating. There are two other surgeons standing by the patient operating with laparoscopic instruments at the same time. In the open method, the blood loss can be anywhere from 300 to 1500 ml. That can be a detriment to anybody with heart disease. The anethetic is more complex. Patients may need 2 iv lines and an arterial line. Sometimes a blood transfusion. Plus the open incision is bigger, and requires a longer recovery time. Not to mention the pain from an open prostatectomy is greater. So I’m all for Intuitive surgical. Should have bought the stock when it dipped down really hard last year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/health/14robot.html?scp=5&sq=prostate%20cancer&st=cse

New Flava- Batwing Eyelashes

doubleshot — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:41:36 +0000

I am intrigued by the burgeoning of medispas popping up throughout the country. It seems these so called quick fix plastic surgery palaces don’t do so well in places such as New York, but in smaller cities in the middle of the country women (and men) fall prey every day. In New York, there are just too many plastic surgeons on Park Avenue. There is not much room for storefront property to boast quick fixes. Most of NYC quick fix shops center around botox and wrinkle fillers. I can’t imagine a real doctor hanging around in the middle of the day doing such treatments and abandoning a practice. Professionally , it’s a death knoll. But then again, I occasionally read about some creepy treatment. Today in Metro NY ( one of those freebee newspapers) I noticed an ad for Eyelash extensions. The price? Slashed from $200 to $90. I know Latisse is the latest rage, but this procedure is similar to hair extensions. You’ll have some bird wings flapping when you bat your eyelashes. Even better, just like hair extensions do, these fake lashes probably make your real lashes fall off ( a problem already cited with Latisse). And exactly who in www.ebenezerEYELASH.com is doing the procedure? Glueing next to the eye.

Fresh Fall Brew

Dr. Kona — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:06:03 +0000

Today I captured a small miracle (or something) on my camera that I want to share. I was walking down 68th street and came to the corner of 68th and Third Avenue, where many people were gathered and were staring at the sky. I looked up to see a man dangling from a rope that was suspending a window-washing platform. He apparently fell from the platform and managed to hold onto the rope. He impressively was able to swing his legs into an adjacent window and then pull himself back onto the platform. It could have been quite the tragedy had his strength given out or had he missed the window.

So what’s the risk of serious injury from falls from height? How high must one be above ground in order to sustain a life-threatening injury? What risk factors are associated with increased mortality from falls?

Several studies have looked at the characteristics of falls and the injuries and mortality associated with them. Here are some of the highlights.

- Falls from height of 20 feet or greater usually result in major trauma

- The median height of falls associated with death was 15 meters (5 floors)

- Head impact is much more life threatening than lower extremity impact, and landing on your back is better than landing on your stomach

- Urban falls from > 40 feet are RARELY survivable, and are associated with thoracic and abdominal organ injury, in addition to major head injury

You can check out wikipedia for a general article on workplace falls and links to more information.