Buddha Quote of the Day

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
~Buddha

Treeman has HPV

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/10/02/treeman.wart.skin.disorder/index.html

Fascinating story here about a man with an immune system defect such that HPV-2 caused him to grow immense warts all over his body. And we thought HPV just caused genital and oral warts and cancers....

Orthopedics Lab Exercise 1

I'm not going to rewrite the whole case, but I will summarize it here, then answer the questions. 38 yo male moves heavy stuff and wakes up one morning with a kink in his neck. It gets worse, with cramping, burning pain in his neck and shoulders. He can't sleep, and goes everywhere with his arm over his head (Bakody's sign) because that's the only position in which he gets relief from the pain. A day later he goes to the urgent care center and they prescribe narcotic pain meds and muscle relaxers, but the pt won't take them because he's a recovering addict. They don't take any xrays.
( notes on the case and answers to the homework )

CPD Notes: on the Oral Cavity and the Throat

Quiz: Where else is there a linea alba in human anatomy, besides the midline of the anterior abdomen?
( answer )