This is my blog, what I call “medical playground”. As I encounter an intriguing or new, practice-changing topic, I post it here with a simple “take-home message”. I aim to keep it simple and easy to understand with minimal “complex medical jargon”, which turns a simple topic into a hard nut to crack! The material discussed here is primarily aimed at medical professionals. Still, anyone has access to read if they find it useful. If you are not a medical professional, please do not alter your therapy without consulting your doctor, based on the material presented here.
Background: For centuries, it has been known that cardiac diseases can cause dyspnea, cough and even expiratory wheeze, as we can see in asthmatic patients. The term “Cardiac Asthma” has
The link between weight loss and improvement in blood pressure readings and other health benchmarks is well-established. Many years of extensive research and tens of thousands of participants in different
One of the most common complaints in medicine is swollen legs. Swelling of the legs or “leg edema” is a manifestation of an underlying disease that needs to be found. Many
An unexpected fatal heart attack, especially in a young or middle-aged person, is one of the most devastating experiences for the community and the relatives. Many decades of research and
To better understand the difference between Placebo vs Nocebo, Let’s start with a familiar scenario. You visited your doctor, and she was concerned about your blood pressure. You knew that
Background: For decades, many investigators have been trying to find the “factors” that increase the risk of Myocardial Infarction (MI). Through many years of intensive and elegant research, they have
Whenever we hear the term “heart failure”, immediately left ventricle comes into mind. However, in about 2% of patients who present with “clinical features of heart failure”, the primary pathology
Background: Amiodarone is well known for many side effects, some severe and life-threatening, including pulmonary toxicity, hepatotoxicity, and thyrotoxicity. One of the organs that could also be affected by Amiodarone
What is Atrial Fibrillation? When your heart beats irregular, and out of rhythm, you have AF. Imagine your clock or watch instead of moving forward regularly, second by second, moving
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