Inflammatory Breast Cancer–Any Change Could be Serious Inflammatory Breast Cancer is a deadly diagnostic challenge as it is harder to spot but no less lethal. A Personal Story by Rebecca Martin If you google Inflammatory Breast Cancer you will undoubtedly run across this information from the American Cancer Society. “Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is rare […]
Pets Carbon Monoxide Poisoning is a Thing Pets carbon monoxide poisoning is an actual thing. Stories of dogs awakening their owners during a fire or gas leak make feel good news stories. However, many people believe that a dog can also detect carbon monoxide and thus act as an alarm system. But just as we […]
Negative Air Pressure Equals Carbon Monoxide Negative air pressure can cause carbon monoxide poisoning because it interrupts the flow of oxygen to a flame, causing incomplete combustion. A fire without enough oxygen creates CO, not the harmless CO2. Negative air pressure is a crucial component in understanding how carbon monoxide can accumulate. In carbon monoxide news […]
Evidence Based Politics to Beat COVID Only evidence based politics can save our democracy. In this replay of the Cold War between communism and the American idea of freedom, China won. China won because despite early mistakes, they tackled the greatest challenge of the 21st Century with evidence based medicine not politics. Today’s article in […]
Long-term Problems Not Tied to the Dose of Carbon Monoxide The dose of carbon monoxide in the blood, does not predict long term outcome once CO gets to a level where symptoms occur – 15% COHb. In the context of medicine/toxicology, the issue of how much of a toxin the body ingests, is often thought […]
Preexisting Conditions Protections- More than an Election Catch Phrase Finally in 2014, preexisting condition protections came into effect in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by prohibiting the insurance market from denial of coverage or benefits based on a patient’s previous health history. This move has been a major issue within the current administration and a […]
The Season for Chicago Carbon Monoxide Chicago carbon monoxide poisonings increase in frequency as the cold is upon us. Daylight savings time is over, the nights are longer and colder. Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching. If you had not already done it, last week’s cold spell probably had you turning on your to heat. For many, […]
Carbon Monoxide Physiology – In Words and Pictures To being our topic of carbon monoxide physiology, we must go back to Claude Bernard, a 17th century physiologist who first discovered the affinity of carbon monoxide for hemoglobin and the mechanics of the toxicology which results. With coal coming into the picture as a primary source […]
Carbon Monoxide in Children Requires Expert Assessment This week I want to cover a difficult subject that has been interwoven into many of our blogs; the impact of carbon monoxide poisoning in children. Children and those with medically compromised health are at greater risk for carbon monoxide poisoning. Children are specifically at greater risk due […]
Hotel HVAC Maintenance Neglect is Systemic Neglect in hotel HVAC maintenance happens because of inadequate training, lack of maintenance standards and thinly capitalized ownership. Over the past couple of months, we have blogged about two main topics, carbon monoxide poisoning in boating and carbon monoxide poisoning in hotels. This week we want to revisit the […]