Over the weekend, the practice website www.FauquierENT.net underwent a very painful and time-consuming move to a new Linux server. In the past, the website was hosted on a WebDAV server (.Mac). However, the website had outgrown this home due to the amount of traffic it has been receiving (close to 5000 hits a day now).As such, after almost 2 days of setting up the new server, transferring all the files, updating links, and creating forwarding addresses of all the webpages on the old server, we THINK the website has remained operational without...
Monday, 29 March 2010
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
I have recently seen a rash of patients who have a presenting symptom of a sense of mucus or phlegm buildup in the back of the mouth/nose right behind the soft palate after surgery involving uvula removal. Such surgery may include the uvula alone or UPPP (uvulopalatopharyngoplasty) for obstructive sleep apnea.Often in these cases, this problem with mucus and phlegm is due to a very small velopharyngeal insufficiency. This is a rare problem where...
Monday, 22 March 2010
It was with great interest that I read a recent report that a new drug, Silenor, was approved by the FDA this month (March 18, 2010) to help people who have trouble sleeping. Although there are already prescription medications to help with sleep (Ambien and Lunesta being the most common ones), Silenor is very interesting in that there was no suggestion of any addictive properties or withdrawal with this medication in over 1000 patients during clinical...
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Patients may have noticed that the Epi-Pen now looks different. The "old" epipen was completely circular with grey safety and black cap.The new epipen has a blue safety and an auto-injector orange cap that automatically expands to cover the needle after use to prevent accidental needle stick. Also, the instructions on use is much easier to read as the shape of the epipen is oblong instead of circular. Much better overall design in my mind!All our...
Monday, 15 March 2010
The New York Times on March 12, 2010 published a story discussing whether zinc can help fight ear infections. The story titled "The Claim: Zinc Can Help Fight Off Ear Infections" states in the end that the mineral zinc does not. A research study on the subject revealed its lack of efficacy.Read the NYT story he...
The Washington Post on March 16, 2010 published a story entitled "Rare disorder makes people feel off balance for weeks or months" describing a rare condition called mal de debarquement which causes dizziness.Two signs that a patient has mal de debarquement are if they feel a rocking sensation for weeks or months starting after a cruise and if they're fine when driving but not when standing, walking or sitting.Read the story he...
Sunday, 14 March 2010
The LA Times on March 15, 2010 published a story entitled "Are neti pots on the nose?". The story describes the effectiveness of regular saline flushes to the nose in reducing as well as preventing allergy symptoms, colds, and sinus infections. Devices that can flush the nose/sinus include Neti-Pots as well as Neilmed Sinus Rinse. Electronic devices also exist (see below).Studies support this claim.Though patients can purchase saline packets, patients...
Friday, 12 March 2010
Researchers at Vanderbilt and Harvard University have determined that short-term hearing deprivation during childhood may lead to persistent hearing deficits, long after hearing is restored to normal. Their research published in the March 11 issue of Neuron revealed that in rats, a "lazy ear" can develop when balanced auditory signals are not transmitted from each ear to the brain during a critical period for auditory cortex development. In humans,...
Friday, 5 March 2010
The New York Times published a story on pediatric allergies on March 5, 2010 titled "A Child’s Allergies Are Serious but Can Be Treated Effectively."Some treatments mentioned in the article include allergy shots, medications, and avoidance.Our office is able to provide allergy shots, allergy drops, medications, as well as allergy testi...
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