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Antenatal ultrasonogram showing umbilical cord around the fetal neck (axial section) in a 25 weeks pregnancy
Further Reading:
González-Quintero VH, Tolaymat L, Muller AC, Izquierdo L, O’Sullivan MJ, Martin D. Outcomes of Pregnancies With Sonographically Detected Nuchal Cords Remote From Delivery. J Ultrasound Med 2004.23:43-47. [Full text is free in India. Subscription may be required for [...]

I did not expect this so soon after the horror!
Truly one of the mysterious ways in which God works!
Do you see the Virgin Mary in this brain scan? : St. Lucie County : TCPalm
Nineteen views of Pamela Latrimore’s brain fill the black MRI sheet, but one is different, special, maybe.
In one, the Virgin Mary might [...]

I read about this absurd ’study’ in many places [see sources below] and did not think it worth my while to write about. This is the sort of harebrained research idea that should not get a mention even in a list of hilarious medical research articles.
But then I saw this great comeback by Douglas Farrago [...]

[This is Dr.Val's response to these two posts]
Except mid-levels don’t want to do primary care work… So the problem will not actually be easily solved without substantial pay raises/financial incentives.
See my podcast with nurses: http://getbetterhealth.com/nurses-may-not-fill-the-primary-care-shortage-were-not-suckers/2008.11.07

via Kevin, MD.
Foreign medical graduates and mid-levels will provide the majority of tomorrow’s primary care.
Currently, 24 percent of mostly primary care training positions are filled with international medical graduates. That number will also likely rise.
Not that there’s anything wrong with NPs, PAs, and IMGs. The majority of them provide exceptional care.
Soon, specialists will uniformly [...]

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Long axis view of the Uterus and Cervix on Transvaginal Ultrasonography with thickened Endometrium. Large lobulated hyperechoic Endocervical mass with polypoidal protrusion beyond the external cervical os.

Power Doppler shows internal vascularity within the polypoidal mass with a vascular stalk extending from the body of Uterus.

3D reformatted image shows the thickened Endometrium within the Uterus continuing [...]

My friend Enrico, blogger, über-geek, fellow pirate and medical student who is bravely enduring an enforced pit stop in his journey to become a doctor continues to be an integral part of the medblogging community. He hosts this week’s edition of Grand Rounds, the weekly round-up / carnival of the best of the medblogs.
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My friend Dr. Ramona Bates, a plastic surgeon in Arkansas is not only a prolific and famous medical blogger, but is also an acclaimed quilter. I can personally attest to the beauty and quality of her quilts as she was kind and generous enough to send a very pink quilt for my daughter.
The eye-catching, exquisitely [...]