A 50-year-old male with no significant past medical history presents to the Emergency Department with a chief complaint of facial swelling. The patient had been in his usual state of health when he awoke suddenly in the middle of the night just prior to presentation with lip swelling and an urticarial rash on his back and neck. He denies dyspnea, wheezing, trouble swallowing, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea…
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Read More“The credit card: a helpful, useful, sometimes essential, occasionally financially devastating tool that occupies a major place in many families financial picture. This month we take a hard look in part one of our two part series on the credit card and how it may be used to bolster one’s financial foundation.”
Read More“Since the dawn of humanity, medical procedures have been used and are one of our species’ defining characteristics. …Various procedures and tinctures were used to ameliorate a wide range of pains and suffering, so it is no wonder that early medicine was also applied to resuscitating the dead.”
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