MABs

Monoclonal antibody therapy is definitely one of the most promising areas of medicine, both now and in the future - Kat Arney

Maca Root

Sometimes food is medicine, and sometimes that medicine is an aphrodisiac. Such is the case with Andean staple maca - Jeanne L D Osnas

Macro Diet

The macro diet has gained popularity over the past few years, with individuals able to consume any foods that fit within their daily macronutrient (‘macro’) requirements. Instead of solely focusing on counting calories, there is an emphasis on counting and tracking macronutrients - Tai Ibitoye

Macrocyclic Peptides (Zosurabalpin)

Zosurabalpin is highly effective against the bacterium carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (Crab), which is classified as a “priority 1” pathogen by the World Health Organization due to its growing presence in hospitals - Jonathan Cox

Macrolides

Since the discovery of the progenitor macrolide, erythromycin, in 1950, many derivatives have been synthesised, leading to compounds with better bioavailability and acid stability and improved pharmacokinetics - George P Dinos

Macrophages

Macrophages provide a first line of defense in the innate immune response to pathogens. They have the unique ability to engulf material (phagocytosis) and eliminate debris. In addition, they release biologically active proteins called cytokines and recruit other immune system cells to stop the infection from spreading - Lauren Martin MS CNS

Macros (Macronutrients)

Getting enough of all of these essential nutrients is vital to health. Figuring out the best ratio for you depends on several factors and may change depending on your age and exercise routine - Dana Angelo White MS RD

Macular Degeneration

While about four of every five people with AMD have the dry form of the disease, it’s the so-called “wet” form that most concerns ophthalmologists, because it accounts for 80-90 percent of all legal blindness associated with the disease - Stanford Med

Macular Dystrophy

Macular dystrophies, one of the major causes of vision loss affect central vision which results in difficulty seeing straight ahead, reading, driving, & performing many day to day activities. The good news is total blindness is not likely - Stacy Matson

Macular Dystrophy & Glenn Beck

Macular dystrophies affect central vision which results in difficulty seeing straight ahead, reading, driving, as well as performing many day to day activities. The good news is total blindness is not likely

Mad Cow Disease

Scientists believe new ways to treat Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's disease could emerge from research into another neurodegenerative disorder: mad-cow disease - Amy Dockser Marcus

Magazines

While health professionals might hope the public seeks its advice from professional channels, the reality is the media is destined to remain an influential source of information for many people - Amanda Wilson

Maggots (Fly Larvae)

A truly revolting treatment Is having a renaissance - Marion Renault

Magic Mushrooms (Shrooms)

If you’re looking to play it safe when it comes to illicit substances, look no further than the humble shroom. It’s non-addictive, hard to overdose on, and you can grow it yourself - Sara Chodosh

Magnesium

Magnesium has never been a nutritional superstar, but in recent years, research has confirmed its many crucial roles in the body and uncovered new potential benefits. Notably, it’s involved in energy production, cell growth, blood pressure, bone health and the functioning of the heart, nerves and muscles - Berkeley Wellness

Magnesium Laxatives

Magnesium has a temporary laxative effect. It works to help relax the muscles of the intestines, which encourages easier passage of stools. Because it naturally draws water into the intestines, it increases the size of the stool and softens it, triggering a bowel movement - Macie Maislin

Magnesium Supplements

Magnesium is so important to so many vital body functions, and its deficiency is integrally involved in so many diseases, that more than one researcher has dubbed magnesium a miracle in its ability to resolve or improve numerous disorders - Katherine Czapp

Magnetic (Electromagnetic) Therapy

Is it all about money and a placebo effect or is the cynical, skeptical scientific community missing something? Richard C Senelick MD

Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography

It has now an established role in the investigation of many biliary disorders, serving as a non-invasive alternative to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) - Nyree Griffin

MAID (Medical Assistance In Dying) Canada

Canada’s euthanasia program, known officially as Medical Assistance in Dying, or MAiD, is one of the most permissive assisted suicide regimes in the world — and set to become even more so in March 2023, when euthanasia for the mentally ill will become legal - Jane Stannus

MAID in Canada

Times have changed, however, and now there’s a new kid on the block when it comes to determining one’s end of life. Medical Assistance in Dying or MAID, is an option either already available or soon to be accessible to anyone of sound mind who feels it would be better to end it than to continue on suffering with no hope of recovery. - Shilo Zylbergold

Maintaining a Healthy Balance of "Fair and Balanced"

Not all opinions are created equal. So why do news media so often go out of their way to place those hocking scientifically unsupported fringe beliefs on the same footing as those espousing the near unanimity of the scientific community?

Making Earth Day Matter

Earth Day is nearing 50, yet it seems to have been more impactful in its formative years. What needs to happen for “the largest civic-focused day of action in the world” to be more than a huge empty gesture?

Malaria

If there’s any one disease that can be described as “global” in its reach and in the impact of its consequences - it’s malaria - Malaria Hotspots

Malaria & Cheryl Cole

Malaria is a potentially fatal disease but the good news is that it is preventable, so plan wisely and prepare for healthy and happy travels - GlaxoSmithKline

Malaria Are We Approaching Eradication

A non profit company, Institute for OneWorld Health is doing its part to help eradicate malaria from the face of the earth by developing affordable medicines

Malaria Vaccines

A highly effective vaccine for malaria is still probably a ways away, with lots of huge technical hurdles ahead — and in the frustrating world of pharmacology, no mouse result is ever worth staking too much confidence on - Kelsey Piper and Rachel DuRose

Malathion

Malathion, another of the organic phosphates, is almost as familiar to the public as DDT, being widely used by gardeners in household insecticides, in mosquito spraying, and in such blanket attacks on insects - Rachel Carson

Male Baldness

I don't consider myself bald, I'm just taller than my hair - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Male Birth Control

Whether it's an IUD, a shot, an implant, or a daily pill, birth control is a regular part of many adult women's lives. It has left a lot of women asking: Why not men - NPR

Male Cancer

Though sporting a hideous mustache is in no way comparable to the physical pain and mental suffering men with these diseases endure, Movember still forces participants to challenge their manhood on a daily basis... David Sax

Male Contraception

Whether it's an IUD, a shot, an implant, or a daily pill, birth control is a regular part of many adult women's lives. It has left a lot of women asking: Why not men - NPR

Male Fertility

As with most sensitive health issues, myths and rumors are common place regarding male infertility. While some of these have truth behind them, not all are based in reality - David Samadi MD

Male Masturbation

If a woman does it, it’s empowering. If a guy does it, it’s dirty. So goes the old, tired, and false narrative about masturbation - Mystery Vibe

Male Reproductive System

The male reproductive system is one of the humans' most complicated and drawn-out body systems - Sana Shujat

Malignant Hyperthermia

Malignant hyperthermia (MH) can be caused by any inhalational anesthetic, other than nitrous oxide. MH usually occurs intraoperatively or in the very early postoperative period (up to an hour after finishing anesthesia) - Josh Farkas

Malignant Otitis Externa

Otitis externa, colloquially known as swimmers ear or tropical ear, is an infection of the external auditory canal (Figure 1). In the elderly, diabetics, AIDS patients, and the immunocompromised it may progress to Malignant Otitis Externa (MOE). Also known as Necrotizing External Otitis, it is an aggressive form of OE. Prognosis has improved with antibiotics but MOE still has a high rate of mortality - Elizabeth Yetter MD

Mallet Finger

Nonoperative management has been advocated for almost all mallet finger injuries; however, complex injuries are usually treated surgically. There is still controversy regarding the absolute indications for surgical intervention - Gregory A. Lamaris

Mallory Weiss Syndrome

Mallory-Weiss syndrome (MWS) is one of the common causes of acute upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, characterized by the presence of longitudinal superficial mucosal lacerations (Mallory-Weiss tears) - Prashanth Rawla

Malrotation with Volvulus

In the undifferentiated sick neonate, always consider a surgical emergency such as malrotation with volvulus - Dr. Tim Horeczko

Maltitol

Of all the sugar alcohols, maltitol’s properties are the most similar to sucrose - Food Insight

Maltodextrin

Maltodextrin is commonly spotted hiding near the bottom of ingredient lists of packaged or processed foods. It’s a white, powdery, nearly flavorless starch derived from rice, corn, potatoes, or wheat - Greatist

Maltose (Malt Sugar)

Maltose is kind of a mimic of sugar, so to say. Also, it has existed for at least as long as grain -in thousands of years. It was discovered when Homo sapiens arrived, who used it for invert beer - Simon

Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to be a Cowboy or a Canuck

Football is an exciting, violent sport. And, no offense to the Aussies and Canadians, so is rugby and hockey. Head related injuries have always been part of the game. But do they need to?

Mammogram Conundrum

Mammogram screening for women in their 40's may do more harm than good! However, the list of celebrities and people you know who have survived breast cancer is very long and none of the women would be here if they had followed the new guidelines

Mammograms

Mammograms are really sort of a gift. You can either catch something early or count your lucky stars because nothing was discovered. Either way, you're ahead of the game - Charlotte Ross

Mammograms are Lousy Women Deserve Better

Putting special interest groups aside, don’t we owe it to ourselves to raise our voices and our pink ribbons in support of the development of even better methods and means of screening for breast cancer for the women we love?

Mammograms Is There an Alternative

Women deserve better! It's time to replace the mammogram, the gold standard for breast cancer screening. The problem is there's nothing on the horizon, yet

Man Made Disasters

Chernobyl, Fukushima, Deepwater Horizon, Exxon Valdez—these names live in the collective global consciousness as warnings about what can happen when we are careless stewards of our environment and negligent neighbors to our fellow man - LI Herald

Manage Agitation

Though psychiatric illness can be associated with presentation of acute agitation, experts reinforce that new onset agitation in a patient without clear history of psychiatric disease should be presumed to be from a medical etiology until shown otherwise -Courtney Kein MD

Manage Alcohol Intoxication

In general, alcohol is cleared at a Zero Order rate which means nothing you do will cause a person to sober faster. Although it is difficult to study the rate of metabolism is believed to be around 25 mg/dl/hour - Zahir Basrai MD

Manage Altitude Sickness

Altitude sickness and its more serious altitude-related illnesses, High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE), are processes we may not see often, but when they appear we need to know what signs to look out for, how to manage treatment, and how to prevent the conditions from worsening - Linda Keyes,MD

Manage Amniotic Fluid Embolism

Amniotic fluid embolism: a leading cause of maternal death yet still a medical conundrum - N J McDonnell

Manage Angioedema

Angioedema may be divided into histamine-mediated versus bradykinin-mediated etiologies. This is an essential differentiation, because the treatment for these two entities is entirely different - Josh Farkas

Manage Arterial Gas Embolism

AGE is one of the most serious medical emergencies a diver may experience. It can occur following a rapid ascent without adequate exhalation and is one of the reasons for the golden rule of scuba: never hold your breath - DAN

Manage Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

The lifetime chance of getting BPPV is one in three. There are no known cause and no guidelines currently in place to prevent the condition. It arrives for some with age, while others see symptoms as the result of head trauma or inner ear infection - Alli Maloney

Manage Brain Aneurysm

The decision making for unruptured aneurysm treatment is usually more complex, and has to be tailored to the individual patient based on multiple factors - Gaber Toth

Manage Bronchiolitis

Bronchiolitis will continue to be studied and these studies will continue to yield conflicting results - Sean Fox MD

Manage Brugada Syndrome

Brugada syndrome is a cardiac disease cause by an inherited ion channelopathy (Na, K, and Ca channels affected) with a propensity to develop Vfib, Vtach, Afib, and rarely SVT leading to sudden death. Most events happen between midnight to 6am - in Thailand, Brugada Syndrome is known as "Lai Tai" or "death during sleep" - Kevin Zeng

Manage Burns

There is just too much info around burns (from cyanide poisoning,,, to awake nasotracheal intubation - Kestrel Reopelle

Manage Button Batteries

Make no mistake – these seemingly innocuous items can be utterly devastating - Natalie May

Manage Carbon Monoxide Toxicity

A great mimicker due to the presentation of poisoning being diverse and nonspecific - WikEM

Manage Cardiac Arrest

Much of the management of cardiac arrest has been researched, and strong recommendations exist. Over the past few years, there has been a significant paradigm shift in management from A-B-C to C-A-B, placing increasing importance on minimizing interruptions during chest compressions and decreasing the time to defibrillation - Shyam Murali MD

Manage Cat Bites

Why are cat bites to the hand so dangerous? It’s not that their mouths have more germs than dogs’ mouths — or people’s, for that matter. Actually, it’s all in the fangs - Sharon Theimer

Manage Chronic Pain

Pain should not be ignored, rather, explored. We should seek and demand a deep dig for the source of the complex nature of pain. We need to understand its roots - Lillie Rosenthal

Manage CO Poisoning

A great mimicker due to the presentation of poisoning being diverse and nonspecific - WikEM

Manage Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)

Congenital heart disease is the most common form of all congenital malformations and, despite advances in prenatal and newborn screening, it may present undiagnosed to the emergency department. Signs and symptoms of congenital heart disease are variable and often nonspecific, making recognition and treatment challenging - EB Medicine

Manage Croup

Goal #1 is to identify kids with complete or partial upper airway obstruction. If a child in distress with stridor is moving air, and is at least somewhat comfortable LEAVE THEM BE - Brad Sobolewski MD

Manage Cyanide Toxic Exposure (HCN)

Empiric treatment with a cyanide antidote in a fire victim should be considered, especially when there was a history of loss of consciousness or the patient has significant acidosis - Elise Alves Graber MD

Manage Decompression Sickness (The Bends)

Decompression sickness is more appropriately categorized by the organ system affected, as even minor manifestations can progress to more serious forms - Tyler Humphrey MD

Manage Delirium

The fluctuating presentation of delirium makes it difficult to recognize but we should be attentive to certain hallmarks, including alterations in attention and awareness and acute changes in cognition. These can be associated with hallucinations or other perceptual disturbances - Nery Porras MD

Manage Dementia

Differentiating dementia and delirium can be a difficult but important distinction to make... nd the best tool to help differentiate the two disease processes is the history - Diana Kay Coleman MD

Manage Dental Avulsion

The idea is to get the tooth back in the mouth as quickly as possible - Gene Solmundson DDS

Manage Diabetes

For those living with diabetes, managing the disease can be onerous. It can require lifestyle modifications, insulin therapy, oral medication, and the monitoring of blood sugar levels many times each day - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Manage Diplopia

Diplopia, or double vision, can be a tricky and complicated disorder. There are various forms of double vision and many etiologies, ranging from non-serious to life-threatening - Kristine Laing CCPA

Manage Dislocations

The epidemiology of acute traumatic dislocations is the least studied issue in orthopaedic practice - Mir Sadat-Ali MD et al

Manage Diving Emergencies

The effects of the change in air volume and the other gas laws form the basis of decompression illness (DCI), which includes arterial gas embolism (AGE), and decompression sickness (DCS), commonly known as the bends - Drew Wohl

Manage DKA

Many definitions of DKA may be found in the literature, most of which are antiquated. The Canadian DKA guidelines are therefore correct in asserting that “there are no definitive criteria for the diagnosis of DKA - Josh Farkas

Manage Dog Bites

Of note, prophylactic antibiotics as well as primary v. secondary wound closure, are ongoing controversies, with scant evidence to guide treatment. It is also not known how often dog bites become infected and whether primary closure affects the rate of infection - Alexander Morzycki ,

Manage Drowning

terms such as “near drowning,” “dry or wet drowning,” “secondary drowning,” “active and passive drowning,” and “delayed onset of respiratory distress” are no longer used - Chris Nickson

Manage Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB)

Medical therapy is the principal tenet of treatment - Yovanni Casablanca MD

Manage Ectopic Pregnancy

The threshold should be very low to enter a patient with early pregnancy and symptoms or signs potentially referable to ectopic pregnancy into a rule out ectopic process - Emergency Medicine Updates

Manage Elder Abuse

This is an unpleasant topic, but rather than bury our heads in the sand and pretend it doesn’t happen, let’s face it and see what we can do to intervene and help - Christina Shenvi MD PhD

Manage Electrical Injuries

Electrical injuries are rare, representing less than 1% of burn center admissions. So there is a paucity of robust evidence for the management of these patients - Lorraine Lau

Manage Encephalitis

Encephalitis is defined as inflammation of the brain parenchyma and differs from meningitis because of its associated brain dysfunction. However, these diseases often overlap and can be referred to as meningoencephalitis... It is usually differentiated from other causes of brain dysfunction by its associated fever and CSF findings - Brit Long MD

Manage Epistaxis

Knowledge of the pearls, pitfalls, and troubleshooting tips around managing nosebleeds often can be the difference between a frustrating versus straightforward ED stay for patients - ALiEM

Manage Flail Chest

A flail chest is predominantly regarded as a marker for chest trauma severity and is almost always associated with other thoracic injuries, which are also major contributors to respiratory insufficiency - Ayla Al Kabbani

Manage Frostbite

Cold related injury can be broadly divided into freezing and non-freezing conditions based on their clinical presentation and the degree of injury. Frostbite is the major injury involving tissue freezing - Geoff Comp DO

Manage GBS (Guillain-Barre Syndrome)

The loss of deep tendon reflexes in the patient with acute loss of symmetric ascending motor power should be considered GBS until proven otherwise - Saswata Deb & Priyank Bhatnaga

Manage Gout Flare

Colchicine is used to treat gout, Mediterranean fever and pericarditis. It is a natural alkaloid (found in autumn crocus) and it binds tubulin, preventing microtubule formation thus inhibiting miosis. Therefore any tissues with a high cellular turnover are affected (Gastrointestinal tract, bone marrow) - Neil Long

Manage H. pylori

Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common human pathogens and it has been estimated that about 50% of the world’s population is currently infected. The present consensus is that, unless there are compelling reasons, all H. pylori infections should be cured - Hiroshi Matsumoto

Manage Head Trauma

With head trauma you have to worry about the primary injury, from the blunt trauma itself, and about secondary injuries, from the swelling, edema, and neurotoxin release - RUSH Emergency Medicine

Manage Headaches

Primary headaches are not life-threatening, but they can cause significant morbidity. These headaches include tension, migraine, cluster, paroxysmal hemicranias, hemicrania continua, trigeminal neuralgia, and medication overuse. Secondary headaches are dangerous and may result in death if not diagnosed and treated - Brit Long MD

Manage Heat Related Illness

Heat related illness has become an increasing source of morbidity and mortality due to environmental injuries from rising global temperatures and increased interest in outdoor activities - Sean Watts MD

Manage Heat Stroke

Heatstroke is a clinical diagnosis and AMS or other CNS derangement in a hyperthermic patient, even if no longer >104°F should still be treated as an acute heatstroke - Vincent Costers

Manage Hemophylia

All the guidelines you know about pediatric or adult head trauma, fractures, etc go out the window. They do not apply to patients with hemophilia - Leen Alblaihed

Manage High Blood Pressure (HBP)

The American Heart Association and the European Society of Hypertension/European Society of Cardiology (ESH/ESC), as well as various meta-analyses, all concluded that the amount of blood pressure reduction is the major determinant of reduction in cardiovascular risk in both younger and older patients with hypertension, not the choice of antihypertensive drug - UpToDate

Manage High Pressure Injection Injury

These injuries are important to recognize because the initial injury can involve damage to ligaments, tendons, and neurovascular structures. Pressure increases, from the injected material and subsequent tissue swelling, can result in vascular injury and compartment syndrome - Mary Rometti MD and Patricia Mangel MD

Manage Human Bites

Human bites are the third most common cause, only behind cat and dog bites. However, human bite wounds have a much higher incidence of infection and can cause serious complications if not treated appropriately - Omid Rashidbaigi et al

Manage Hydrocarbon Toxicity

Hydrocarbons cause direct lung injury, as well as displace oxygen and disrupt surfactant. Hydrocarbons can sensitize the myocardium to catecholamines, which can result in ventricular dysrhythmias and sudden death - Adam Thomas

Manage Hyperthermia

Non-infective causes of hyperthermia include heat illness and drug-induced hyperthermia. Heatstroke is the most severe form of heat illness, and is of two forms: Classical heatstroke (CHS) occurs after exposure to extreme environmental conditions; for example, in heat waves. Exertional heatstroke (EHS) may occur after strenuous physical activity, and may be seen in endurance athletes, the military, and others. Hyperthermia is associated with a number of pharmaceutical agents. Immediate cooling is the mainstay of treatment - Edward James Walter

Manage Hypothermia

Consider the broad differential for hypothermia if it is not an obvious environmental cold exposure - McKenna Furgurson MD

Manage In Hospital Cardiac Arrest

In-hospital cardiac arrest is common and associated with a high mortality rate. Despite this, in-hospital cardiac arrest has received little attention compared with other high-risk cardiovascular conditions, such as stroke, myocardial infarction, and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - Lars W. Andersen MD

Manage Infections

Infectious diseases are frequent in patients presenting to the ED, and these conditions can be complicated as they are caused by different types of organisms (e.g. bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.), affect patients of all ages, can cause variable degrees of disease severity (e.g. minor, moderate, life threatening), and can affect nearly all organ systems - Kayvan Moussavi PharmD

Manage Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Despite the poor prognosis of these patients overall, there is some evidence to suggest that early aggressive medical management may improve outcomes - Anton Helman

Manage Intussusception

This can be a difficult diagnosis to make as your patients... are commonly between 6 and 12 months and unable to provide a great history - Bob Stuntz

Manage Mammalian Bites

Mammalian bites are common and potentially preventable. Permanent injury, infection and psychological trauma are frequent sequelae - Claire Dendle

Manage Mastoiditis

Once diagnosed on contrasted CT scan, early treatment with vancomycin plus ceftriaxone or ampicillin/sulbactam is recommended - Mariah Bellinger, MD and Andrew P Coleman

Manage Meningitis

Patients who are very young, very old, or immunocompromised may present with atypical signs and symptoms - Michael T. Fitch MD PhD.

Manage Meningococcal Disease

Meningococcal infection should be suspected in any child who presents with a non-blanching rash as 80% of bacteriologically proved cases will develop purpura or petechiae - A J Pollard

Manage Methanol Intoxication

Methanol also called methyl alcohol is found in windshield wiper fluid, de-icing products, paint removers, photocopying fluid, shellacs, and embalming fluid. A rarer place that a patient would consume methanol is in contaminated moonshine - Ian Bodford

Manage Miscarriage

Miscarriage is exceedingly common – one in four women will suffer early pregnancy loss (EPL), or fetal demise in the first trimester at 13 weeks gestation or fewer - Kelly Quinley MD

Manage Monkey Bites

Monkeys carry many diseases that infect humans. Exposure to monkey bites and scratches puts one at risk for herpes B virus and rabies. Rabies prophylaxis – Monkey bite victims usually need rabies post-exposure prophylaxis -

Manage Myocardial Infarction (MI)

The mainstay of treatment for STEMIs are reperfusion therapies such a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or thrombolytics. PCI has been shown by solid studies to have enhanced survival and a lower rate of intracranial hemorrhage compared to fibrinolytics. There is also a lower rate of recurrent MI - Travis Smith

Manage Myocarditis

So, here's the deal. We are stuck with a disease process that has no specific or sensitive markers to rule it out in the ED. What do you do? "Fire everything," as they say on Star Trek - Blake Briggs, MD

Manage Necrotizing Fasciitis

While lab findings and imaging findings can be supportive of the diagnosis, negative lab and imaging studies cannot rule out necrotizing fasciitis and should never override clinical judgment - Anton Helman

Manage Neonatal Cardiac Arrest

Effective positive pressure ventilation is the key to correcting bradycardia and should be the priority. The administration of drugs is a secondary consideration - NeoResus

Manage Neonatal Jaundice

Premature neonates are at greater risk! Also, the nomogram only pertains to those greater than 35 weeks gestational age - Sean M. Fox

Manage Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

Although uncommon, NMS remains a critical consideration in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with fever and mental status changes because it requires prompt recognition to prevent significant morbidity and death - Brian D Berman MD MS

Manage Organophosphate Toxidrome

Organophosphates (OP) form the basis of many insecticides, herbicides and also nerve agents. OP accounts for at least 50% of worldwide pesticides - Darren Whitelaw

Manage Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

If you have a stroke, your odds of survival are similar whether you are in Boston or Boise. But not so if you fall victim to cardiac arrest - Kira Peikoff

Manage Pediatric Burns

The primary cause of burn injuries in patients under five years of age is scalding. Inhalation is less prevalent than in adults, but in the setting of structure fires children are less capable of escaping from confined spaces, and therefore are more susceptible to inhalation injury - Megan Cobb MD DPT

Manage Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

Only a small fraction of pediatric arrests have a primary cardiac etiology, and the presenting rhythm is often PEA or asystole (both of which carry a poor prognosis) - Joe Ravera MD

Manage Pediatric Rashes

Knowing that the skin is the largest organ, it seems only appropriate that we should take these complaints seriously. Unfortunately, often I feel a little inadequate when trying to decipher the code of the Pediatric Rash - Sean M. Fox MD

Manage Pericarditis

Time to play everyone’s favorite game! Pericarditis vs STEMI. One goes home, the other goes to the Cath lab. No pressure, right - Blake Briggs MD

Manage Peritonsillar Abscess

The peritonsillar space lies between each tonsil and the wall of the throat. An infection can cause a pus-filled swelling (abscess) to develop in this space. Peritonsillar abscesses, also called quinsy, usually occur as a complication of tonsillitis - Harvard Health

Manage Placenta Abruption

Placental abruption classically presents with painful, often sudden third trimester bleeding, but you may not always see vaginal bleeding if the abruption is concealed - Dalbir Bahga MD

Manage Placenta Previa

Placenta previa classically presents without abdominal pain, helping to distinguish it from spontaneous miscarriage and other causes of vaginal bleeding in pregnancy - David Habib MD

Manage Pneumomediastinum

The source for pneumomediastinum needs to be identified, as the morbidity/mortality, and treatment differ greatly - Jessica Nguyen MD

Manage Pneumopericardium

An initial diagnosis of pneumopericardium can be made on the basis of a chest radiograph or CT scan. Once the diagnosis is established, management depends on the hemodynamic status of the patient - Bharadwaj Satyavolu

Manage Post Tonsillectomy Bleed

Most commonly seen at Post-op Days #5 – #10, when the fibrin clot sloughs off - Sean M Fox

Manage Postpartum Hemorrhage

Remember the “4 T’s” as possible underlying causes of PPH with uterine atony, by far, being the most common. Try to fix uterine tone first by utilizing the typical sequence of bladder decompression, uterine massage and uterotonic agents - A Pickens

Manage Psychosis

The great majority of presentations with acute psychosis are because of a new psychiatric disease (most often schizophrenia), or an exacerbation of pre-existing psychiatric disease, or are drug induced. Medical causes of psychosis, while uncommon, should be considered when the presentation does not fit the criteria for acute psychiatric disease - John Raftos

Manage Ptosis

Ptosis is a common condition and, fortunately, the majority of etiologies are benign. However, a few history and examination points can rule out dangerous causes of ptosis. The simple mantra of “upper lid, pupils, and EOMs–if one is abnormal check the other two” cannot be overemphasized - Jurij R. Bilyk MD

Manage Pulmonary Edema

The most common etiology for pulmonary edema is myocardial infarction. Some of the less common causes of pulmonary edema include infectious cardiac disease processes, such as acute myocarditis or endocarditis; induced heart failure from drugs/medications like cocaine, beta-blockers or tricyclic antidepressants; trauma-related, such as a myocardial contusion; or metabolic derangements that result in cardiac arrhythmias, such as sustained tachycardias or bradycardias - EMS World

Manage Pulmonary Emergencies

It is rare to have a definitive diagnosis for dyspneic patient in the initial minutes in the resuscitation room. Empiric therapy is often started without a diagnosis - Justin Morgenstern

Manage Rashes

Examine all parts of the body, even inside the mouth – this can be the difference between benign and life threatening rashes - Ellsworth Wright

Manage Retinal Detachment

Findings on bedside ultrasound consistent with RD include a hyperechoic membrane floating in the posterior chamber. RD usually remain tethered to the optic disc posteriorly and do not cross midline, a feature distinguishing them from posterior vitreous detachments - Adnan Riaz MD

Manage ROSC

The post arrest phase may potentially be as hectic as the arrest phase. You have multiple systems to think about and often must be thinking about them all simultaneously - Aaron Tiffee MD and Joel C. Mosley MD

Manage RSV

Bronchiolitis will continue to be studied and these studies will continue to yield conflicting results - Sean Fox MD

Manage Serotonin Syndrome

Perhaps adding to the diagnostic challenge is the fact that a huge number of drugs — prescription, over the counter, recreational and herbal — can trigger the syndrome - Jane E Brody

Manage Sinusitis

Acute sinusitis is a common medical problem, but unfortunately, the diagnosis is applied quite liberally by patients and physicians. Treatment decisions are often guided (or misguided) by incorrect assumptions about the etiology of the disease, shaky diagnostic criteria, and dubious benefits to antimicrobial therapy - David Karras MD

Manage Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO)

While POCUS doesn't replace CT, it can give you a diagnosis within minutes (literally) rather than hours and can help guide/expedite management - Lauren McCafferty MD

Manage Snake Bites

Fortunately it is rare to have a severe envenoming as many bites will have insufficient venom injected (dry bite). However, due to the potential lethality of snakebites they should be managed with a time-critical robust approach - Neil Long

Manage Status Asthmaticus

Acute severe asthma, formerly called status asthmaticus, is defined as severe asthma unresponsive to repeated courses of beta-agonist therapy or subcutaneous epinephrine. It is a medical emergency that requires immediate recognition and treatment - Salim Rezaie

Manage Status Epilepticus

Among the presentations seen in the ED, few command the same respect as status epilepticus. It is, in itself, both a diagnostic dilemma and, at times, a therapeutic nightmare - Lorrain Lau & Winny Li

Manage STEMI

The mainstay of treatment for STEMIs are reperfusion therapies such a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or thrombolytics. PCI has been shown by solid studies to have enhanced survival and a lower rate of intracranial hemorrhage compared to fibrinolytics. There is also a lower rate of recurrent MI - Travis Smith

Manage Tension Pneumothorax

Tension pneumothorax – time to change the old mantra - Fraser Brims

Manage Thyroid Storm

Thyroid storm is a clinical diagnosis of a severe and exaggerated form of thyrotoxicosis - Justin Arndt

Manage Traumatic Cardiac Arrest

Historically, cardiopulmonary arrest linked to acute traumatic injury has had incredibly poor survival rates, which resulted in resuscitative efforts in the setting of Traumatic Cardiac Arrest (TCA) being deemed futile by many. Given the reversible nature of several potential causes of TCA, intervention by emergency medical providers in a standard, protocol driven fashion could potentially result in continued improvement of survival among this patient population - Bryant Allen MD

Manage Vitreous Hemorrhage

The prognosis and management of VH depends on the underlying pathology. VH clears slowly, on the order of 1% per day - Allie Simpson & Thomas A. Oetting MS MD

Manage Volvulus

Decompression alone accomplishes the goals of relieving the obstruction and assessing for viability, though it is hindered by high recurrence rates of up to 70%. Therefore reduction of the volvulus should not be considered definitive therapy, and should be followed with surgical repair in almost all patients after adequate resuscitation and correction of metabolic derangements - M. J. Martin

Manage VTE

The care of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is currently undergoing a paradigm shift in the US with an increasingly large percentage of patients being discharged home from the Emergency Department (ED) - Salim Rezaie

Manage Weak & Dizzy

Unlike many chief complaints, dizziness seems to be especially vexing. The approach to patients with dyspnea or chest pain seems more straightforward - Jonathan A. Edlow MD

Manage WPW

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is a relatively uncommon congenital heart defect. A large percentage of WPW patients will present a tachyarrythmia. Of this subgroup of patients, 20 percent will have atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation in WPW is particularly dangerous because the normal rate-limiting function of the AV node is bypassed with an accessory tract - EKG Club

Managed Care

Odds are you have managed care -- but do you understand it? At its core, managed care is about money - Keith Speights

Management Acne

From over-the-counter creams to prescription pills, few purported zit-busters have been compared to see which is most effective—and for whom. More than half of acne med studies had what the researchers called "serious flaws," which make it especially hard to determine what approach might provide the biggest pimple-blasting bang for the buck - Katherine Harmon

Management Alzheimer's

Alzheimer’s disease is complex, and it is unlikely that any one drug or other intervention will ever successfully treat it in all people living with the disease. Still, in recent years, scientists have made tremendous progress - National Institute on Aging

Management Asthma

Promoting the use of long-term controller medications as part of a patient’s management plan is key to managing this disease - Tiffany Budzinski FNP

Management Benign Prostate Hypertrophy

The good news is there are now quite a number of ways to alleviate the symptoms of B.P.H. short of surgery to remove part or all of the prostate, which can cause other problems, including erectile dysfunction - Jane E. Brody

Management C. diff

Prior recommendations of metronidazole for first-line treatment in mild CDI are now replaced with oral vancomycin in adults, although metronidazole may still be considered as first-line in otherwise uncomplicated pediatric patients and as an adjunct IV therapy in fulminant CDI with oral vancomycin = Brandon Carius MPAS PA-C

Management Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

At the end of the day, the only proven way to treat CHS is to stop using marijuana. Permanent cessation of marijuana leads to the only assured cure - Desirae Quinlan

Management Community Acquired Pneumonia

The vast majority of pneumonias are caused by only 2 bacteria: Streptococcus pneumonia and Haemophilus influenzae. All strep pneumonia and most H flu are susceptible to penecillin or amoxicillin - Alexander Hartt and Anton Helman

Management Crohn's

The goal of medical therapy is to induce remission with medications, followed by the administration of maintenance medications to prevent a relapse of the disease. The concept of induction of remission and maintenance of remission is very important, as there is an overlap of medications used to induce and maintain remission - Ajay K. Gade

Management Diabetic Foot Infections

An accurate identification and differentiation among different types of DFI still represent a challenge for the clinician. The appeal to multimodality imaging and a multidisciplinary approach are mandatory in order to plan the most appropriate therapeutic strategy for the single patient - Chiara Lauri

Management Diabetic Foot Ulcers

The standard practices in DFU management include surgical debridement, dressings to facilitate a moist wound environment and exudate control, wound off-loading, vascular assessment, and infection and glycemic control - Estelle Everett and Nestoras Mathioudakis

Management Epiglottitis/Supraglottitis

Epiglottitis should be high on your differential for the bounce-back patient who continues to complain of worsening sore throat - Matt Rogers MD

Management Fentanyl OD

The opioid toxidrome includes three prominent findings - CNS depression, miosis, and most importantly, respiratory depression - but presentations may be variable - Chris Lipp

Management Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia: maligned, misunderstood and (finally) treatable - Bret Stetka

Management for Hanging Injuries

Non-judicial hangings are those that occur in homes and jails. They are usually not associated with any significant drop and frequently lead to incomplete suspension, with part of the victim’s body still in contact with the ground. For this reason, near-hangings are associated with very different pathophysiology and injuries than complete, judicial hangings - Ashley Menne MD

Management HAP (Hospital Acquired Pneumonia)

Health-care associated pneumonia (HCAP) is the term used to describe patients presenting with pneumonia who may be at higher risk of multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens than other patients presenting from the community due to recent contact with the health care system - Emily Heil PharmD

Management Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

When a child presents with diarrhea, it is often tempting to treat with antibiotics and fluids and subsequently discharge the patient, as complications from infectious etiologies of diarrhea are relatively rare. One of the rare complications is Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), which can lead to significant morbidity and even death - Drew Long BS and Brit Long MD

Management Ingrown Toenail

The best method for treating patients with an ingrown toenail has long been debated - Dr. Daniel Poratt & Dr. Amanda Oakley

Management Lyme Disease

While the treatment of its early and late stages is relatively simple with 10-14 day and four-week courses of doxycycline, respectively, the main problem rests in the understanding of the etiology and pathology of post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) - Norris C. Talbot

Management POTS

While some people with POTS will require medications, most will improve with three behavioral changes alone: higher sodium (salt) intake, compression garments, and gradual exercise - Dara K. Lee Lewis MD

Management Recurrent C. Diff

The main risk factor for CDI is taking antibiotics, which is why doctors discourage unnecessary antibiotic use. Ironically, first-line treatment for CDI is also antibiotics. About 20% of people treated with antibiotics will develop recurrent infections, and the best way of clearing recurrent CDI is with FMT - Jessica Allegretti MD MPH

Management Shigellosis

Despite the potentially serious complications, most cases of S. sonnei shigellosis are mild and symptoms typically resolve in 2 to 3 days, making it a self-limited disease. However, the carrier state can be prolonged, lasting as many as 4 weeks. Antibiotics can help reduce the duration of symptoms and decrease the length of the carrier state - Brian C. Phillips MD

Management Substance Use Disorders

There are many great options, but more research is needed to give us more tools; in doing so, however, we have a tremendous opportunity to improve the lives of patients with substance use disorder - David Pepper MD

Management TB

The world is sorely in need of new ways to prevent TB, not just treat it. Drugs to stave off the infection do exist, but the monthslong regimens are difficult and people often do not finish the prescribed courses - Apoorva Mandavilli

Management Tear Gas & Pepper Spray

Initial management involves copious irritation of the affected area with water. There is limited evidence that decontamination with milk, milk of magnesia, or baby shampoo is better than water. Always consider projectile or blunt trauma - Hong Kim MD MPH

Management Tick Bites

The symptoms of tick-borne illnesses are often nonspecific and are easily misdiagnosed early in the course of illness... however, most of these illnesses will present with a fever and rash - Jennifer Bellis MD MPH

Management Tobacco Use Disorder (Quit Smoking)

We're not here to criticize your choices, or tell you not to smoke. We're here to arm everyone – smokers and non-smokers – with the tools to make change - Truth

Management Toxic Shock Syndrome

Systemic illness plus blanchable, diffuse rash or ‘pain out of proportion’ should clue the clinician into TSS, either from S. aureus or S. pyogenes. Half of the cases are from tampon use, while other common precipitants include nasal packing and surgical wound infections - Cameron J. Gettel MD

Management Ulcerative Colitis

The goal of these treatments is to put you into a remission and keep you there - Benjamin Cohen MD

Management Varicose Veins

Typical treatment for varicose veins is safe, minimally invasive, minimally painful, and usually performed on an outpatient basis - Ava Shamban MD

Management Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

In an effort to minimize patient harm and exposure to unnecessary antibiotics and reduce the development of antibiotic resistance, we recommend that the antibiogram data be utilized to decrease the unnecessary use of dual gram-negative and empiric methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) antibiotic treatment - Andre C Kalil

Mandates Covid-19

Mandates may certainly seem like an attractive option to help stem the spread of the disease, as long as everyone affected has equal access (and credible exemptions are possible).. But perhaps a more foundational effort is necessary to rebuild trust in science – potentially making mandates unnecessary - John Letzing

Manganese

The derivation of its name from the Greek word for magic remains appropriate, because scientists are still working to understand the diverse effects of manganese deficiency and manganese toxicity in living organisms - Linus Pauling Institute

Manicures & Pedicures

Both manicures and pedicures have been increasing in popularity among men...Although it has been traditionally seen as a “feminine” treatment, having clean and presentable nails has become more acceptable and attractive in men, and even encouraged - Bfab

Mantoux tuberculin skin test (PPD test)

While widely used, the TST has limitations, such as cross-reactivity with BCG and the potential for false positives due to non-TB mycobacterial exposure. Despite these challenges, the TST remains a valuable tool in skin test of tb diagnosis, complementing other methods and contributing to global skin test of tb control efforts - My Care Labs

Manure

Our planet has a poop problem. The extreme excrement production of farmed animals directly affects your health, goes largely unregulated, and you’re actually paying for the privilege of being poisoned. This is one public health crisis we should all give a crap about - Emily Moran Barwick

Manure Fertilizer

Who needs a flashy package of tiny granules when you can feed your plants with manure? Pound for pound, the nutrient content of manure may be lower than most synthetic fertilizers; manure, however, provides the carbon compounds (organic materials) that build soil structure—something synthetic fertilizers cannot do - Brian Aldrich

MAOIs

Indeed, most professionals I talk to consider the diet to be the principal danger, when in fact the interaction with other truly contraindicated drugs produce the most dangerous reactions - Philip Grossi MD

Maple Syrup

No longer just reserved for pouring over pancakes; maple syrup has had a surge in popularity over the last few years, with many ‘clean-eating’ chefs and food bloggers swearing by this as a staple alternative to table sugar in cooking and baking -

Marathon Man, Meet Marathon Goddess

Running 52 marathons in 52 weeks to raise money and awareness to stop pancreatic cancer was an incredible journey. But we’re not done yet! Pancreatic cancer still needs to be stopped - Julie Weiss

Marathons

The marathon can humble you - Bill Rodgers

Marathons 100 Marathons in 100 Days

Everyone has goals or something important they want to do before they die. But what motivates people to commit and ultimately achieve their goal?

Marburg virus

A cousin of Ebola, the Marburg virus has erupted periodically in Africa in sudden, gruesome epidemics, only to disappear just as mysteriously - Sharon LaFraniere & Denise Grady

Marcus Gunn Pupil

A Marcus Gunn pupil, also known as a relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD), is a non-specific sign on physical examination that indicates partial optic nerve dysfunction. It is mainly due to unilateral optic neuropathy (e.g. optic neuritis), or rarely optic chiasm or optic tract lesions - Yuranga Weerakkody

Marfan Syndrome

Turns out that Marfan’s is a disorder of the connective tissue in the body which, basically, holds us together. Kind of important stuff - Brooke Siler

Margarine

The truth is, there never was any good evidence that using margarine instead of butter cut the chances of having a heart attack or developing heart disease. Making the switch was a well-intentioned guess, given that margarine had less saturated fat than butter, but it overlooked the dangers of trans fats - Harvard Health

Marijuana & Breastfeeding

I am not trying to promote its use. I think what I would say is, it is not advisable to use it while you are breastfeeding at all. We do not know all of the long-term consequences - Thomas W. Hale PhD, Founder, Medications and Mothers’ Milk

Marijuana & Epilepsy

In more recent times, cannabis has returned as a possible treatment for epilepsy thanks to parents who have turned to the plant after anti-epileptic drugs failed to help - Mari Lodi

Marijuana & Hollywood

Marijuana is not addictive, does not kill brain cells, does not induce violent behavior, does not cause side effects, and is relatively inexpensive. Yet, 800,000 people are arrested annually. So, what's La-La land doing about it?

Marijuana & Pregnancy

More pregnant women are using marijuana. We don’t know if that’s safe - Julia Belluz

Marijuana (THC)

Recreational use of marijuana is more or less tolerated in most countries. Even the United States is turning over a new leaf what with several states allowing the lawful use of marijuana - HWN

Marijuana Breathalyzer

Unless there’s a scientific breakthrough to find a biometric that indicates intoxication that’s currently unknown, marijuana breathalyzers may never work - Chris Roberts

Marijuana Edibles

Eating edibles isn't the same as smoking cannabis, as some people have found out the hard way - Phillip Smith

Marijuana Synthetic

Most people, though, think ‘spice’ is a seasoning for your food like paprika or pepper. They think ‘K2’ is a famous mountain. And that’s exactly what the makers of this dangerous drug want non-users to think - Spice Addiction Support

Marine Envenomations (Bites)

Marine envenomations can cause a diverse array of clinical syndromes. Systemic and life-threatening reactions, as well as delayed presentations, can occur - EB Medicine

Marine Medicine

Ancient people worshipped, prayed, and sacrificed to the ocean for the powers of healing and power it possessed. While the mentality has changed, the influence over people and medicine today has not - Gabi Goodrich

Maritime Medicine

Maritime emergencies of all types and magnitude occur on a regular basis. From ship wrecks to piracy, from fire to a medical emergency, there are many situations that can arise on board that pose a risk to the seafarer, the ship itself, the ship owner and insurance company and the environment - Suzanne Stannard

Marriage

When we divide good marriages from bad ones, we learn that it is the relationship, not the institution, that is key - Stephanie Coontz

Marriage & Family Counselors

Be an informed advocate and support ― Asa Don Brown

Martial Arts

Martial arts are often equated with the phrase, “mind, body, and spirit” because they allow an individual to explore all three - Andrea Harkins

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr. famously claimed that health inequity “is the most shocking and the most inhumane” of all forms of inequality. Dr. King also knew that undoing that inequity, or unraveling the many negative effects of racism on human health, was no easy task - Enrique W. Neblett Jr. PhD

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Beyond Vietnam, A Time to Break Silence, April 4, 1967

Martina Navratilova - Get the Bloody Mammogram

This may be an opportune time to consider replacing the controversial and imperfect 'gold standard' mammogram with a less invasive screening tool. There must be something out there!

MASH

The popularity and social impact of MASH can’t be denied. It is one of the most widely syndicated TV series in the world

Mask Mandates

Masks right now appear to be a highly effective, low-cost measure in the fight against COVID-19. Everyone should consider that, but lawmakers must not ruin it - Kevin Pham MD

Maskne

With masks come something else: mascne, or mask acne, an unfortunate side effect of daily mask-wearing - Medea Giordano & Louryn Strampe

Masks & Children Covid-19

It’s clear from the data that masking children is irrelevant to Covid outcomes - Ashley E. McGuire

Mass Shootings

If guns don't kill people, why do mass killers arm themselves with guns - DaShanne Stokes

Massage

While massage may have developed a reputation as a decadent treat for people who love pampering, new studies are showing it has a wide variety of tangible health benefits - Andrea Petersen

Massage Therapist Careers

Employing their unique set of tools, "magic hands" and a "magic touch", massage therapists relieve pain, reduce stress, unwind bound-up muscles, and just plain make people feel better - U.S. News & World Report

Massage Therapist CE

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself - John Dewey

Massage Therapist Jobs

Job market is expected to be highly favorable for massage therapists who have completed formal training and examinations - Health Career Web

Massage Therapists

Massage is the study of anatomy in braille - Jack Meagher

Massive Hemorrhage Protocol

When a patient is exsanguinating, having a standardized massive hemorrhage protocol (MHP) enables rapid and coordinated delivery of life-saving blood products, medications. Every one-minute delay in receiving the first pack red blood cells (pRBC) in a bleeding trauma patient is associated with a 5% increase in mortality - Saswata Deb & Priyank Bhatnagar

Massive Transfusions

When a patient is exsanguinating, having a standardized massive hemorrhage protocol (MHP) enables rapid and coordinated delivery of life-saving blood products, medications. Every one-minute delay in receiving the first pack red blood cells (pRBC) in a bleeding trauma patient is associated with a 5% increase in mortality - Saswata Deb & Priyank Bhatnagar

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

In people affected by MCAS, chemicals called mast cell mediators are released too frequently or abundantly, and/or in response to triggers that are not typically considered to be harmful, for example; foods or chemicals in the environment. This can lead to which causes a wide range of symptoms that affect multiple parts of the body - Mast Cell Action

Mast Cells

Mast cells are (in)famous for their role in allergic diseases, but the physiological and pathophysiological roles of this ingenious cell are still not fully understood - Joakim S. Dahlin

Mastectomy

Women now have the choice of mastectomy (including a nipple-sparing technique) or lumpectomy with radiation. How and why women make these decisions is complicated and always personal - Karuna Jagger

Mastectomy Angelina Jolie - Beauty Redefined

The whole world is once again talking about Angelina Jolie and not because she's adopted another baby, donated money to another charity, built another school, or has finally married her partner, Brad Pitt. No, it's because...

Mastitis

In the past, mastitis has been regarded as a single pathological entity in the lactating breast. However, scientific evidence now demonstrates that mastitis encompasses a spectrum of conditions resulting from ductal inflammation and stromal edema - Katrina B. Mitchell

Mastocytosis

Diagnosing these disorders is often a long, complicated process involving many areas of specialty medicine. Many patients suffer declining health for up to 10 years or longer before finally being diagnosed - Mastocytosis Society Canada

Mastoiditis

In spite of modern standards in the treatment of AOM and wide use of antibiotics in the treatment of this disease AM is still relatively frequently encountered, and in some cases, can lead to intracranial or intratemporal complications - Józef Mierzwiński

Masturbation

Masturbation is almost certainly the most common human sexual practice. Though statistics about private sexual behavior vary widely, there's little dispute that the vast majority of both men and women will masturbate over the course of their lifetime - Hugo Schwyzer

Matcha

While the science behind matcha green tea may remain shrouded in mystery, popular culture seems to have adopted the green powder as part of a movement toward improved health and wellness - Jessica Reveles

Maternal Health

For all our progress in human development, a searing indictment remains, and that is our collective failure to address the unremarked, undiagnosed and unforgiving death of a thousand women a day giving birth - John Stackhouse

Maternal Mortality

Maternal mortality levels are a key indicator of the status of women in society. They show how well a country’s health service is performing and what cultural position women hold in society - Katey Grusovin

Maui Wildfire

It is now the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in over a century, and the worst natural disaster in Hawaii’s history - Solcyre (Sol) Burga

Maui Wildfire Relief

Everybody on the island feels this pain, there's no escaping it - Carver Wilson

Maura Tierney & Breast Cancer

While there is no way to prevent breast cancer there are things women can do that might reduce their risk

Maxillofacial Trauma (Fractures)

In the setting of maxillofacial trauma, airway compromise and severe hemorrhage are the most common life-threatening complications - Taming the SRU

Mayo Clinic Diet

Overall, a healthy approach to diet and fitness is promoted — which are ultimately the two key factors in helping us lose weight and improve fitness levels - Matthew Plowman

MCAT

The new MCAT will encourage students to study more about the humanities, social & brain sciences, & determinants of health. But the change we need for a new crop of doctors requires more than reshuffling the questions... Allan Joseph & Karan Chhabra

MCT Oil

With their unique health benefits, it’s not surprising that medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) have become a staple of many diets. However, as is the case for many other supplements, the increasing popularity of MCTs has given rise to plenty of confusion and misinformation as well - Craig Clarke

MD

Someday research will lead to a cure. "A new small molecule developed by researchers at the University of Illinois has been shown to break up the protein-RNA clusters that cause the disease in living human cells

MD Careers

First of all you must be aware of the time commitment involved in becoming a physician. Medicine is a career that requires many years of preparation

MDIs (Metered Doses Inhalers)

MDMA (Therapeutic)

No one is suggesting that patients take MDMA every day, like Wellbutrin, or as needed to combat acute distress, like Xanax. Instead, MDMA is a drug that one might take in combination with therapy, during sessions—less a treatment than a treatment enhancer - Rachel Riederer

ME

Doctors are getting a new way to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome — and influential government advisers say it's time to replace that hated name, too, to show it's a real and debilitating disease - Lauran Neergaard

ME/CFS

Doctors are getting a new way to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome — and influential government advisers say it's time to replace that hated name, too, to show it's a real and debilitating disease - Lauran Neergaard

Meal Delivery

From pre-packed dinner boxes delivered to your front door, to perfectly portioned and cut ingredient boxes that minimize prep time, there's something here to make healthy dining easier for everyone - Kate Morin

Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)

MAP is preferred in guiding therapy - Josh Farkas

Measles

For health agencies tracking global vaccine coverage, the disease is the canary in the coal mine - Seth Berkley

Meat

The outlook for meat and your health may be looking increasingly grim, but in the long run, what's 3.6 years? Only you can decide—and only you can assess the worth of a cheeseburger in terms of your time on Earth - Wyatt Marshall

Meat Allergy

An unusual reaction to mammalian meat is challenging the immunological understanding of allergies - Bianca Nogrady

Meatless Protein

We had to wait for the ’90s for it to become more palatable. But now it’s a 3rd generation with new tech and the consumer does not have to sacrifice taste any more: people are just enjoying it because it’s good, not because it’s plant-based - Dan Malek

Mechanical Thrombectomy

Now we know that acute stroke treatment works, and for the first time we have data that these devices can salvage patients that sometimes the IV treatment can't save - Patrick Lyden, MD

Meckel's Diverticulum

It occurs in 2 percent of the population, but only 2 percent of those with a Meckel’s will ever have any complications; the vast majority of those who do will be under the age of 2 - Lisa Sanders MD

Medetomidine

Medetomidine is an alpha-2 agonist, belonging to the same family of drugs as xylazine and clonidine - The Center for Forensic Science Research & Education

Medi-Cal (California)

California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is the largest state Medicaid program in the nation. Insuring almost one-third of California’s more than 38 million residents,1 Medi-Cal is a key source of health coverage in the state and the main source of coverage for low-income children, adults, and people with disabilities. It also provides wrap-around coverage for many elderly Medicare beneficiaries in the state - Margaret Tater, Julia Paradise and Rachel Garfield

Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS)

MALS is a congenital anatomical anomaly that occurs when the diaphragm is located too low in the body. This causes the median arcuate ligament to compress the celiac artery and the nerves of the celiac plexus - MALS Awareness

Medicaid

More than three out of ten people presently covered under Medicaid are non-elderly adults living with disability, who in turn account for 42 percent of the program's expenditures - Laura Kiesel

Medical Assistant Careers

Overall, medical assisting is a steady, solid job. Choosing a career that gives you the flexibility to work in many different roles makes you marketable to future employers - Rachel Ballard

Medical Assistant Jobs

Resources for finding your first job or moving on to newer and better things. And it helps if somebody assists you. Then again, what are friends for?

Medical Assistants

I hope your career is full of great days and fantastic experiences. I hope you are trained and taught by the most caring physicians who build your skills and promote who you are as a professional - Rachel Ballard

Medical Bills

In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one should go broke just because they get sick - Barack Obama  

Medical Breakthroughs

I firmly believe that the next great breakthrough in bioscience could come from a 15-year-old who downloads the human genome in Egypt - Thomas Friedman

Medical Coma

It often is done as a last resort. It has certain complications and it is not uniformly effective. But it can be effective in carefully selected cases - Dr. James Bernat

Medical Cures

Thanks to clinical research and the dedicated efforts of medical professionals, many diseases have been eradicated over the last 100 years. Modern treatments exist for smallpox, polio and leprosy, and researchers have even developed therapies for previously fatal illnesses such as pneumonia - Orlando Clinical Research Center

Medical Devices

Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Medical Discovery

I firmly believe that the next great breakthrough in bioscience could come from a 15-year-old who downloads the human genome in Egypt - Thomas Friedman

Medical Discovery - Michael Milken: From Robber-Baron to Do-Gooder

With his checkered Wall Street past, Michael Milken may seem the unlikeliest of philanthropists. But he's also proven to be one of the best.

Medical Discrimination

Discrimination is most often attributed to race, sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity, but can be directed toward individuals or communities with a variety of physical and social attributes such as age, body size, ability, social class, or religion—as well as the multiple intersections thereof - Bridgette A. Davis

Medical Discrimination & African Americans

After decades of exploiting Black bodies, medical institutions must rebuild Black patients’ trust — starting with an open dialogue - Sophie Varma and Christina McCarroll

Medical Errors

Errors will happen anytime you take a complex system and put human beings inside of it - Dr. Brent James

Medical Errors Are We in Safe Hands?

Medical mistakes happen. Medical professionals are only humans who can err. One gets to wonder how many medical misadventures go unreported!

Medical Ethics

Some would argue that what began as a multi-disciplinary field of study is now a full-fledged discipline in its own right. Bioethics has a burgeoning literature, with journals and publishers - Center for Practical Bioethics

Medical Evacuation & Care

Be prepared. We all get sick or injured when we least expect it - HWN

Medical Examiners

I see autopsy as the most exhaustive, and final, medical exam that a doctor can provide for a patient. I don’t see autopsy as something horrendous and macabre. Yes, it’s not pleasant, I can tell you. I don’t like it - Miguel Reyes-Múgica

Medical Fraud

Financial losses caused by health care fraud are only part of the story. Health care fraud has a human face too. Individual victims of health care fraud are sadly easy to find. These are people who are exploited and subjected to unnecessary or unsafe medical procedures - National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association

Medical Gaslighting

If you’re in an underrepresented group or have an “invisible” illness, you may be particularly prone to medical gaslighting - Kelsey Kloss

Medical Harm

The evidence is compelling that we in the developed countries (especially the US) are overtesting for disease, overdiagnosing it, and overtreating. Wasteful medical care of milder or nonexistent problems does more harm than good to the individual patient, diverts scarce medical resources away from those who really need them, and is an unsustainable drain on the economy - Allen Frances MD

Medical Induced Coma

It often is done as a last resort. It has certain complications and it is not uniformly effective. But it can be effective in carefully selected cases - Dr. James Bernat

Medical Journals & Journal Clubs

Online journal clubs have recently become popular, but their effectiveness in promoting meaningful discussion of the evidence is unknown - Lina Al-Imari MD

Medical Lab Professional Careers

More complex procedures are reserved for clinical lab technologists, who must possess a bachelor's degree. Techs, who must hold at least an associate's degree, often work under the supervision of technologists - U.S.News & World Report

Medical Lab Professional Jobs

Medical Laboratory Science (also called Clinical Laboratory Science) is one of the most under-recognized health professions – with excellent job prospects - Rodney E. Rohde, PhD

Medical Lab Professional Journals

May there never develop in me the notion that my education is complete but give me the strength and leisure and zeal continually to enlarge my knowledge - Maimonides

Medical Lab Professional Organizations

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual - Vince Lombardi

Medical Laboratory Professionals

For the past few decades, medical laboratory technology has been characterized by rapid and dramatic innovation, including the development of new tests and advances in equipment and testing techniques - Irwin Rothenberg, MBA MS MLS

Medical Malpractice

The bottom line is that no health care system is perfect. Doctors are human beings and therefore subject to imperfection - Ashley Wren Collins

Medical Marijuana

Marijuana as medicine might seem like a relatively novel concept to many, but ancient Asian cultures were on to the palliative properties of the plant well before prohibition was ever considered - Justin Boyle

Medical Marijuana: The Debate Rages On

Some countries have legalized the therapeutic use of marijuana under strict prescription control. So why not the United States?

Medical Museums

Medical museums were once private affairs...But more recently, many permanent collections that revolve around deformed body parts floating in formaldehyde rather than pretty paintings have opened their doors to the public - Matt Hickman

Medical Pollution

Coronavirus has made medical waste more visible than ever, but the environmental footprint of healthcare goes much further – and reducing it could save lives - Hope Ngo

Medical Reparations

Reparations will not end racism, but I believe that [they] can bring us closer to the goal to which many of us in public health have committed our life’s work—that is, to end racial health inequities - Mary Bassett

Medical Residents

Residency programs have a way of indoctrinating new recruits into believing that misery is somehow noble - Aaron E Carroll

Medical Schools

A thriving medical school will have strong commitment to the health and well-being of its community, and its students will be actively engaged in volunteer activities to help their neighbors - Richard Gunderman et al

Medical Scribes

May the scribes record it - Wayne Gerard Trotman, Veterans of the Psychic Wars

Medical Spas

With the increase in lifestyle stress and other factors causing general unbalance in health, a regular visit to a medical spa is a fantastic way to ensure your health stays on track - Healing Holidays

Medical Spas Are They Really Medical

Spas are trying to gain 'medical' credibility in an era when consumers are more health savvy whereas traditional medical clinics are trying to create a 'medical spa' atmosphere

Medical Student Careers

First of all you must be aware of the time commitment involved in becoming a physician. Medicine is a career that requires many years of preparation

Medical Student Organizations

As a doctor, you don’t practice medicine, rather you become the medicine yourself ― Abhijit Naskar, Time to Save Medicine

Medical Students

In an age when most young doctors barely look up from their laptops and depend on multiple expensive test results for diagnostic clues, medical educators have had to get creative to reteach the art of looking - Olga Oksman

Medical Supplies & Equipment

The big-picture reason that a lot of these tech companies are getting into health care now is because the market is too big, too important and much too personal to their users for them to ignore - John Prendergass

Medical Supplies & Equipment Seniors

To be the best, you have to have the right equipment at your disposal - Hafthor Bjornsson

Medical Supply Chain

There’s a great possibility consumers, clinicians and healthcare provider organizations can look forward to, and competitors will dread, another Amazon business unit yet to be named - John G. Baresky

Medical Tests

Medical exams can be important, life-saving events. This is not, however, true of every medical test that modern medicine has at its disposal - Sarah Kliff

Medical Tourism

Medical tourism is no longer about cheaper procedures and holiday trips. It is also about the quality of doctors and technology, and care models that many of these countries are pursuing that make this form of health tourism different - Reenita Das

Medical Tourism - Have You Decided?

Are you still undecided about getting that medical procedure done outside the country instead of back home? Esmeralda's experience may help you

Medical Tourism - What about Mexico?

Thinking about going to Mexico to get your health care? Definitely, a lot of Canadians and Americans do. But make sure you know the players and the rules

Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare - Where Are You Going?

Medical tourism is primarily driven by lower health care costs and facilities and health care professionals that are comparable to back home. The added benefit is you get to travel but are you getting your money's worth?

Medical Tourism Clinics

Given the magnitude of income from medical tourism, it is not surprising that a number of cities and countries actively solicit medical tourism - James E. Dalen MD

Medical Transcriptionists

With all this challenges we are sure that Medical transcription is still a blooming industry with tons of job offers with high quality pay - TheMTAssist.com

Medical TV Shows

When a television show becomes a huge part of popular culture, it can influence even those who don't watch it - Julie Beck

Medical Waste

Coronavirus has made medical waste more visible than ever, but the environmental footprint of healthcare goes much further – and reducing it could save lives - Hope Ngo

Medical Watchdogs

Medical watchdogs have been warning the public about various hazards. Why don’t we listen - Shilo Zylbergold

Medical-Industrial Complex

If anything, the ‘medical industrial complex’ as it is increasingly referred to, is even bigger and more powerful than the military industrial complex - Edward Goldsmith

Medicare

Why didn’t ObamaCare simply extend Medicare to cover everyone - HWN

Medicare Advantage

Unlike traditional Medicare, where enrollees carry separate coverage for Part A hospital care, Part B physician care, Part D drug benefits, and often Medicare Supplement (Medigap) insurance, MA beneficiaries get all their health insurance in one place - Howard Gleckman

Medicare Coverage Options

It’s a lot to consider, with loads of fine print on caps, co-pays and whatnot, and there are more than 40 Advantage plans to choose from - Steve Lopez

Medicare for All

Add it all up and Medicare for All is actually the cheaper option for good-quality care in the U.S - Robert Pollin

Medication Abortion

Every year, millions of women all over the world choose a medication abortion as a safe, private, and effective at-home method to end an early-term pregnancy. But information about this safe & effective method has not been widely shared in the US - Plan C

Medication Assisted Treatment (Alcohol Use Disorder)

While there is no silver bullet for alcohol use disorder, several medications have been approved to treat it, including pills like acamprosate and disulfiram, as well as oral and injectable forms of naltrexone. - Anahad O’Connor

Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

While medication-assisted treatment might seem like the golden ticket to make addiction problems quickly disappear, it’s better to be proactive and collaborative - Tracey L. Kelley

Medication Errors

Medication errors should be seen as opportunities to assess practice, find out what went wrong, learn from mistakes, and make changes - American Porphyria Foundation

Medication Overuse Headaches

Paradoxically, liberal use of analgesics to treat primary headache disorders, especially migraine, often results in the development of a daily headache, which itself is indistinguishable from the original headache and frustratingly refractive to analgesia - Benjamin R Wakerley

Medications

Drugs are complicated. Most come with side effects and risk-benefit calculations. What may work for one person may be absolutely inappropriate, or even harmful, for someone else - Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein

Medications & Breastfeeding

It is seldom required that a breastfeeding mother discontinue breastfeeding just to take a medication. It is simply not acceptable for the clinician to stop lactation merely because of heightened anxiety or ignorance on their part. The risks of formula feeding are significant and should not be trivialized. Few drugs have documented side effects in breastfed infants, and we know most of these - Thomas Hale RPh PhD, Founder, Medications and Mothers’ Milk

Medications Limit Your Expense

Options are available to limit your out of pocket drug costs. You just have to know what questions to ask your partner...your doctor

Medifast

Medifast has been helping people lose weight and keep it off since the 80s. That’s a long time in the changing lives game - DudeMom

Medigap

The best way to explain Medigap is that it covers all or a portion of your medical bills that you would otherwise be responsible for paying. All the Medicare Supplement plans are standardized. The standardization of Medigap plans means that a Plan F in California is the same coverage as a Plan F in Florida. While coverage remains the same, the monthly premium cost does vary - Lindsay Malzone

Meditation

When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation - Ramana Maharshi

Meditation Apps

How to turn your smartphone into your own meditation center - WSJ

Mediterranean Diet

By combining the Mediterranean diet with consistent physical activity—think taking the stairs instead of the escalator, walking versus sitting back for the ride—the Diet is a healthy option for your modern lifestyle and overall wellbeing - Mediterra

Meglitinides

These meds are cousins of sulfonylureas, and they’re often called “nonsulfonylurea secretagogues” (try out that term at the next family reunion!) or “glinides.” Like sulfonylureas, these meds increase insulin secretion from the pancreas - Amy Campbell MS RD

Melamine

You may not be aware of it, but we are exposed daily to melamine. Many things in our home have been manufactured with the use of melamine, from Formica counter tops, to certain fabrics, to plastic kitchenware (melaware)- HWN

Melamine Is Our Food Safe

The Chinese melamine scandal in 2008 pointed out the vulnerability of the global food supply. Make it a habit to determine where your food is coming from. Or better yet, become a locavore!

Melanoma

Melanoma accounts for only around 1% of skin cancers, but it’s by far the most deadly and has a reputation for quickly developing resistance to chemotherapy. Moreover, rates of melanoma have been increasing over the past few decades - Fiona McMillan

Melatonin

If you’re having trouble sleeping, melatonin is a popular and easy remedy. It’s effective for many people, doesn’t have any serious safety issues, and is available as pills or gummies for pennies a dose. It’s also misunderstood - Beth Skwarecki

Meldonium

Edge-seeking athletes are increasingly turning to drugs typically prescribed to aging cardiovascular patients - WSJ

Melena

Melena (Black Tarry Stools)

The most common cause of melena is peptic ulcer disease. Any other cause of bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract can also cause melena - Rajan Narula DO

Memantine (Namenda)

Memantine is an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA, the inspiration for the drug’s brand name Namenda) antagonist that is designed to counteract the process believed to cause brain damage and the death of neurons in the brain - Frances Gatta

Memorial Day

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived - General George Patton

Memory

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us - Oscar Wilde

Memory Loss

As brain functions go, forgetting may be almost as important as remembering; it would be inefficient for our brains to try to retain every bit of information we’re exposed to throughout life - AARP

MemTrax

MemTrax is especially well suited for assessment of very early AD, including early mild cognitive impairment, a time when the focus should be on prevention of AD pathology, not removal of AD pathology - J. Wesson Ashford MD PhD

Men & Covid-19

The disproportionate toll this virus is taking on males isn’t an anomaly. When it comes to survival, men are the weaker sex - Sharon Moalem

Men's Cancer

Though sporting a hideous mustache is in no way comparable to the physical pain and mental suffering men with these diseases endure, Movember still forces participants to challenge their manhood on a daily basis... David Sax

Men's Health

In the health world, men have a bad rap. Out of the 15 leading causes of death, men lead women in 14 of them. The only disease that women are more likely to get than men is Alzheimer’s disease - Evie Carrick

MenACWY Vaccine

The main aim of giving this vaccine is to protect young people against four different types of meningococcal disease. 15-19 year olds are more at risk from meningococcal disease than any other age group except the under 5s - Vaccine Knowledge Project

MenB Vaccine

We want teens, young adults and their parents to know that as of 2014, MenB vaccination is available, and we want to make to make sure they know to ask their healthcare providers to administer it to them - Patti Wukovits RN, director of the Kimberly Coffey Foundation

Meniere's disease

Here, for all of you hypochondriacs, are the symptoms: fullness in one ear, tinnitus (ringing ears), vertigo and occasionally? migraines - Roz Warren

Meningioma

Women have a much higher incidence of meningiomas, one theory currently being explored is the relationship between meningiomas and hormones

Meningitis

Meningitis is an awful disease. It comes on suddenly, kills frequently, disables its survivors for life, and devastates families economically and emotionally - Dr. Orin Levine, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Meningococcal Disease (Neisseria meningitidis)

Meningococcal disease is a term used to describe two major illnesses – meningitis and septicaemia* (blood poisoning). These can occur on their own or more commonly, both together. It is a life-threatening infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis. Men B is the most common strain in the UK, but other strains include MenA, MenC, MenW and MenY - Meningitis Now

Meningococcal Meningitis

For a small but growing number of college students, the undergraduate experience now may include a close brush with one of the most frightening infections on the planet: meningococcal disease - NOVA

Meningococcal Vaccines

Meningococcal Disease is a vaccine preventable disease – but you do need to get both vaccines in order to prevent it – Alicia Stillman

Meningococcemia

While all causes of meningitis can progress to septicemia (bacterial, viral, fungal), Neisseria meningitides is one of the most dreaded and serious etiologies of meningitis and sepsis - Nima Rejali DO

Meniscus

Semilunar-shaped structures, known as medial and lateral meniscus, are an indispensable part of the knee joint. The etymology of the word originated from the Greek word meniskos. The name refers to the shape and means crescent moon - Maciej Pasiński

Meniscus Tears

Surgery is not always the best option for repairing a damaged meniscus - Dr. Lewis Maharam

Menopause

There are no 'flashy' or simple answers when it comes to Menopause - HWN

Menopause Diet

To be successful, weight loss during menopause demands a new strategy. It takes more than cutting calories to lose weight during this life transition - Staness Jonekos

Menopause No Flashy Answers

In the long run going natural and aging healthy, like our ancestors, may be the best way to go. When it comes to menopause there are no 'flashy' or simple answers!

Menopause Three Cheers for Hot Flashes

Research indicates that the more severe your hot flashes, the less likely you are to develop breast cancer!

Menopause, 'Freshman 20' Again

Entering menopause is a mixed bag for many women. While putting periods, cramps and PMS behind you may be a bonus, new challenges take their place including a thickening middle

Menstrual Cups

You never have to ask around for a pad. You never have to worry about stains. You never have to run around looking for open medical shops. You never have to hold that stupid black plastic bag of shame again - Shreyasi Bose

Menstruation (Menses) Period/Cycle

I mean if there was any justice in the world you wouldn't even have to go to school during your period. You'd just stay home for five days and eat chocolate and cry - Andrea Portes, Anatomy of a Misfit

Mental Asylums

Recent cases of violence by the mentally ill highlight the need to reconsider a long-maligned institution that now offers a promising solution - David Oshinsky

Mental Health

Experts often say that a crucial part of staying mentally health is social connectedness - Denise Brodey

Mental Health & Covid-19

The coronavirus crisis poses the greatest threat to mental health since the second world war, with the impact to be felt for years after the virus has been brought under control - Ian Sample

Mental Health Apps

Regulating our emotional lives via an app is a lot to ask of our stone age minds, which perceive others’ emotions based on facial expression, voice, body language and touch - Matthew Hertenstein

Mental Health Crisis

All over the world, people are trying to cope with similar distress—and existing mental health care systems are not always equipped to help them - Alexandra Ossola

Mental Health Discrimination

Throughout history and across cultures, many characteristics have been stigmatized, including physical deformity or disability, diseases like leprosy (now known as Hansen's disease), minority status with respect to race or religion, any sexual orientation other than heterosexual, being adopted, or having a mental illness - Stephen Hinshaw

Mental Health Journals

Mental health is a continuum, and people may fall anywhere on the spectrum - Amy Morin

Mental Health Professional Careers

There are many options to choose from within the field of mental health, and this can be especially confusing given that there are significant overlaps between mental health professionals - Leanne Hall

Mental Health Professional Jobs

Close to a quarter of the world’s disability burden is attributed to mental and behavioral disorders combined - The Mental Health Social Worker

Mental Health Professional Organizations

The internet holds potential solutions to pernicious mental health issues. Harnessing that potential is proving complicated - Emma Grey Ellis

Mental Health Professionals

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with - Adam Ant

Mental Health Therapists

Studies suggest online tools do just as well—if not better—than traditional therapy for some patients - Heidi Mitchell

Mental Hospitals

For decades, patients with serious mental-health conditions were shunted to isolated psychiatric hospitals, far from ordinary medical care. Thankfully, this long era of separation and indifference seems to be coming to an end - Ezekiel J. Emanuel

Mental Illness Epidemic

All over the world, people are trying to cope with similar distress—and existing mental health care systems are not always equipped to help them - Alexandra Ossola

Menthol Cigarettes

Menthol is the “ultimate candy flavor. It helps the poison go down easier - Phillip Gardiner

Meperidine (Demerol)

Meperidine, has gone from a frequently used drug to being used only when patients exhibit atypical reactions to opioids (e.g., morphine and hydromorphone), to being taken off the World Health Organization List of Essential Medications and receiving strong recommendations for overall avoidance - Lavinia R. Harrison

Meralgia Paresthetica

MP is often considered an elusive diagnosis since it can mimic the neurological symptoms (e.g. numbness, paresthesias) that present with other more common causes of anterolateral thigh pain - Scott W Cheatham et al

Mercury Exposure

The continued release of mercury into the environment from human activity, the presence of mercury in the food chain, and the demonstrated adverse effects on humans are of such concern that in 2013 governments agreed to the Minamata Convention - WHO

Mercury Fillings

In this day and age when we know that mercury is devastating to human health and we know that humans will get incidental exposures from food, air and water, no purposeful exposure to mercury should EVER occur - Eric Uram

Merkel Cell Carcinoma

You may have heard about the three most common types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. A lesser-known form of skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma has been steadily increasing in number over the last few decades - Galt Dermatology

MERS-CoV

MERS is something of a medical mystery. The disease is widely found in dromedary camels, which have long carried the virus...But most MERS patients have had no contact with camels or camel products—and where did the camels get the virus - The Economist

Mescaline

Peyote has been the source of much controversy ever since European explorers encountered it during the 16th century. Today, recreational use of the drug is prohibited. Peyote use is exempted in the context of religious ceremonies...Peyote.net

Mesenteric Ischemia

The wide variety of presentations and symptoms of this disease creates a diagnostic challenge - Brit Long MD & Alex Koyfman

Mesomorph

Mesomorphs don’t have to worry too much about what they eat and they can gain muscle mass and lose weight fairly quickly with relatively easily. This combination allows the mesomorph to achieve fantastic definition of the body - Wellnessed

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a horrible cancer. Those of us who have cared for these patients have witnessed the devastating effects this disease has on patients and their families. There is a desperate need to find better treatments that will improve the lives of asbestos victims - Lee M. Krug MD

Mesothelioma & Merlin Olsen

Mesothelioma is probably the only cancer where we know the exact cause. Currently there are hundreds of class action law suits against the manufacturers of asbestos products and the companies that used them

Metabolic Acidosis

The MUDPILES mnemonic for anion gap metabolic acidosis is out of date. The GOLDMARK mnemonic for anion gap metabolic acidosis is more useful - Tom Wade MD

Metabolic Alkalosis

Most cases of metabolic alkalosis don't require specific therapy directed at immediately reducing the bicarbonate. Instead, resolving the underlying cause is generally sufficient - Josh Farkas

Metabolic Confusion Diet

Metabolic confusion, commonly known as calorie shifting, is the practice of alternating your calorie intake between higher and lower amounts to “confuse” your metabolism - Maria Fischer

Metabolic dysfuction Associated Steatohepatitis (Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis)

Marked by the accumulation of an unhealthy amount of fat and scar tissue in the liver, NASH is quietly reaching epidemic proportions across the globe - Lisa M Jarvis

Metabolic dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease)

The increasing prevalence of obesity has made nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) the most common chronic liver disease. As a consequence, NAFLD and especially its inflammatory form nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are the fastest increasing etiology of end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma - Dirk J. van der Windt

Metabolic Emergencies

Endocrine and metabolic emergencies are very common in clinical practice and a not insignificant portion of the emergency medicine core curriculum; and finally, people don’t understand these emergencies well - Amal Mattu MD

Metabolic Encephalopathy

Metabolic encephalopathy (ME) is one of the most common and broadly defined diagnoses encountered by physicians. ME is a group of neurologic disorders characterized by an alteration in mental status caused by the direct physiological consequences of a general underlying medical condition and/or pharmacogenetics - Jinny O Tavee MD & Margaret Yu MD

Metabolic Syndrome

The concept of a metabolic syndrome originally seemed promising: it carried the hope of better identifying patients at risk, contributing to establishing an etiology related to insulin resistance... These ideas haven’t panned out - Harriet Hall

Metabolism

Metabolism is the entire process of converting calories into energy to power all your bodily processes...Your metabolism determines the number of calories you need daily to maintain your weight - Trinh Le MPH RD

Metabolism Boosters

As far as foods and supplements go, nothing’s been shown to have a meaningful impact on metabolic rate - Amanda MacMillan

Metacarpal (Hand) Fractures

Metacarpal fractures: location matters - Sean M. Fox MD

MetaMed

If knowledge is power, then MetaMed may prove strong enough to change the diagnostic paradigm in the world of medicine by harnessing teams of doctors and researchers to help individual patients find out what's wrong.

Metastatic Breast Cancer

A growing number of experts believe it's time to focus research on new treatments for metastatic cases. A cure for breast cancer has yet to be found, they argue; nor do we know how to prevent it. But if scientists can learn how to convert stage IV disease from terminal to manageable, at least no one has to die from breast cancer - Concepcion de Leon

Metatarsalgia

Metatarsalgia isn't as serious as it sounds. It simply refers to minor pain and inflammation of fatigued and overused metatarsal bones (the long bones in your feet) - PA Foot & Ankle Associates

Metformin

Metformin, used to treat type 2 diabetes, is one of the most widely-prescribed pharmaceutical drugs across the globe - Ginger Vieira

Meth

The scourge of crystal meth, with its exploding labs and ruinous effect on teeth and skin, has been all but forgotten amid national concern over the opioid crisis - Frances Robles

Meth & Andre Agassi

Crystal meth is one of the biggest threats facing us. The most interesting part of Andre Agassi's new autobiography 'Open' (besides the mullet wig) is clearly his ultimate victory over meth addiction

Methadone

The scientific evidence supporting the usage of methadone is indisputable and has been for years. So why is it not being used more often when there are millions of opioid addicts... This problem can be summed up in a single word: STIGMA - Derek Simon, PhD

Methamphetamine

The scourge of crystal meth, with its exploding labs and ruinous effect on teeth and skin, has been all but forgotten amid national concern over the opioid crisis - Frances Robles

Methane

By emitting just a little bit of methane, mankind is greatly accelerating the rate of climatic change - Steve Hamburg, EDF Chief Scientist

Methane (Natural Gas) Exposure

In addition to its high risk of flammability and combustibility, it also acts as an asphyxiant. Exposure and symptoms can range from mild to severe and acute to long-term depending upon its concentration and the length of exposure time. At high concentrations for a prolonged time, methane gas poisoning can be lethal - NevadaNano

Methanol

Methanol intoxication may regularly be seen endemically or sometimes epidemically because alcohol may contain methanol in countries where alcohol consumption is prohibited or the price of the commercially available alcohol is high - Sanaei-Zadeh Hossein MD

Methemoglobinemia

Methemoglobinemia is a rare cause of hypoxia and can be a diagnostic challenge early in the disease course. The incidence of medication-induced methemoglobinemia is more common than congenital-related methemoglobinemia. The most common cause of methemoglobinemia is exposure to household detergents, illicit drugs, or medications with nitrate or sulfonamide chemical groups. The 2 main medications accounting for up to 45% of medication-induced cases are dapsone and benzocaine - Kahtan Fadah DO

Methionine

Met is ESSENTIAL in the dietary sense – you need to get it from food because you can’t make it - The Bumbling Biochemist

Methotrexate

The chronic illness community may be experiencing an unexpected side effect of abortion restrictions — issues accessing methotrexate - Susan Jara

Methylcellulose Wood Pulp

We all know that trees are commonly chopped down and used to produce paper, but did you know that wood pulp by-products are also present in toothpaste, nail polish, towels, and even your favorite foods - Joseph Rauch

Methyldopa (Aldomet)

Methyldopa is a centrally acting antihypertensive agent, which was commonly used in the 1970's and 80's for blood pressure control. Its use at present has largely been replaced by antihypertensive drug classes with less side effects, but it is still used in developing countries due to its low cost - Greg T Mah

Methylene Blue

Methylene blue is the antidote for a serious disease called methemoglobinemia but has also been studied for other medical uses. Since it has significant side effects and may interact with many medications, the routine use of methylene blue should be avoided - Kelly Johnson-Arbor MD

Metoclopramide (Reglan)

Metoclopramide – a central dopamine receptor blocker with peripheral muscarinic agonistic action and anti-emetic effects – is widely regarded as an effective choice for alleviating pain and nausea, therefore, considered an effective single agent for the treatment of migraine in ED - Hanaa Abdelmonem

Metofluthrin (Thermacell)

Metofluthrin is part of a category of pesticides called pyrethroids, which are relatively new to the market. Pyrethroids are recommended by the World Health Organization for combating Zika virus and malaria - Samantha Lande & Emily Johnson

MeToo

But the #MeToo moment has become something larger: a lens through which we view the world, a sense of blinders being taken off - Jessica Bennett

Metoprolol

Metoprolol is a selective beta-blocker at dosages usually prescribed to lower blood pressure or relieve the symptoms of angina. Two different salts are available, metoprolol tartrate and metoprolol succinate. These are not interchangeable. Metoprolol should not be stopped abruptly - Carmen Pope BPharm.

Mg2+

In recent decades, levels of naturally-occurring dietary Magnesium have plummeted due to municipal treatment of drinking water, mineral-deficient soils (due to commercial farming), and extensive food processing - Magnesium Advocacy Group

MI

Nobody ever expects to have a heart attack. But they happen, and statistically many people are a heartbeat away from disaster

Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemias (MAHA)

TTP, HUS, and DIC are emergent, potentially life-threatening conditions, and should be treated as such. While the specific treatments for these conditions differ, supportive care is universal to all the conditions - Enola Okonkwo MD; Nicholas Lewis BS; Claire Dalby BA; Lorena Martinez DO

Microbes (Microorganisms)

It’s the start of a new era, when people are finally ready to embrace the microbial world - Ed Yong

Microbiologist Journals

What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life's history is a constant domination by bacteria - Stephen Jay Gould

Microbiologist Orgs

You can find bacteria everywhere. They're invisible to us. I've never seen a bacterium, except under a microscope. They're so small, we don't see them, but they are everywhere - Bonnie Bassler

Microbiology (Microbiologists)

Section devoted to microbiologists

Microbiome

Scientists are continuing to learn what the microbiome does for our health, and how certain diseases and disorders are associated with changes in your microbes - Shayla Love

Microbiota Transplantation

So the funny thing is that this same procedure has actually been used in veterinary medicine for a very long time. They particularly use it for thoroughbred horses - Maryn McKenna

Microcephaly

For doctors, the diagnosis means an ailment with no treatment, no cure and no clear prognosis - Catherine Saint Louis

Microdeletion Syndromes

Microdeletions and duplications are genetic abnormalities that involve the loss or duplication of a small segment of DNA from a chromosome. Unlike bigger genetic abnormalities like Down syndrome, which involve having an extra copy of an entire chromosome, microdeletions and duplications affect only a tiny portion of genetic material - Maria Katz MS

Microdosing Psychedelics

Some people microdose for better mental health, or personal and spiritual growth. Scientific evidence for microdosing, though, is scarce and has been mixed - Jane C. Hu

Micronutrients

Nutrients are not drugs and they can't be studied as drugs. They are part of a biological system where all nutrients work as a team to support your biochemical processes - Mark Hyman

Microphthalmia/Anophthalmia

Microphthalmia and Anophthalmia are eye diseases in which there is a decrease in the size of an eye along with other problems such as, malfunctioning of the eye in the orbit and absence of an eye respectively - Eye Mantra

Microplastics

The distribution and abundance of microplastics into the world are so extensive that many scientists use them as key indicators of the recent and contemporary period defining a new historical epoch: The Plasticene - Claudia Campanale

Microscopic Colitis

Many of the guidelines recommended for other IBDs do not work very well for MC, if they work at all. And unfortunately, much of the information about the disease that is available on the Internet is misleading & incorrect - Microscopic Colitis Foundation

Microsoft & Healthcare

Microsoft seems to be narrowing its focus for the time being on the cloud and connecting healthcare data more efficiently - Medial Futurist

Microtia/Anotia

Microtia is defined as a malformed structure of the ear, and anotia is the absence of any form of the ear - Justin Bays

Microvascular Angina

Cardiac syndrome X is not a benign condition as was believed as recently as ten years ago, and is a red flag for a heart attack. Mortality rates are similar for cardiac syndrome X to those with chest pain due to blocked arteries - Dr Robin Roberts

Middle East Conflict

Terrorism’s power to upend peace processes, trigger dangerous escalations, and set countries on the path to far more destructive, lethal, and consequential wars has so often been dismissed - Bruce Hoffman

Middle-Aged Suicide

Men have historically been more likely to commit suicide than women, but a new, vulnerable group is emerging from their ranks: middle-aged men - Alison Bruzek

Midlines

Midline catheter placement is feasible in the ED as an alternate approach to central lines or standard US guided lines - Salim Rezaie

Midodrine

Midodrine is an oral alpha-1 agonist, with the same mechanism of action as phenylephrine. It is a fairly safe drug which has been used among outpatients for decades - Josh Farkas

Midwifery

Soon, the general public will hear ‘midwife’ and not think hippie, exclusive home birth, uneducated, far-out alternative option - Ginger Breedlove

Mifepristone (Mifeprex)

These pills are among the reasons that we are not going back to the era of coat hangers - Jia Tolentino

Migraine Drugs

Treating chronic migraine is often a two-pronged approach: Try to prevent migraine attacks by managing the underlying cause, and stop attacks when they strike - Karen J. Bannan

Migraine Management

Treatments for migraine include acute and preventive medications and a range of non-pharmacological therapies. Despite these treatment options and the comprehensive diagnostic criteria, clinical care remains suboptimal — misdiagnosis and under-treatment of migraine are substantial public health challenges - Anna K. Eigenbrodt

Migraines

For migraine sufferers, picking the right medication can be a real headache - Sarah Emerson

Migraines & Cindy McCain

Women are three times more likely to have migraines than men and 50% are more likely to be misdiagnosed. Cindy McCain decided to open up about her migraines because of the stigma attached to them, especially for women

Migraines Emergency Management

Remember that the mere improvement of the headache with therapy does NOT exclude serious pathology - Lucas Chartier

Migrant Charities

The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything - Albert Einstein

Migrant Crime

While the majority of illegal aliens seek a better life, the undeniable link between increasing illegal immigration and crime poses a significant threat - Hannah Davis

Migrant Health

It is vital to remember that migration is a public health issue. The challenges that migrants face during their journey and upon arrival have significant impacts on both individuals and the wider population at the border - Joaquin Moreno

Migrants

There are more displaced people and refugees now than at any other time in recorded history — 60 million in all — and they are on the march in numbers not seen since World War II - Rod Nordland

Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

Military Medicine

While some wars are viewed as more influential on medical practice and innovation than others, the carnage and waste of war outweigh any positive aspects of conflict, even for medicine - Science Museum

Military Medicine Journals

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace - Ulysses S. Grant

Military Medicine Orgs

War does not determine who is right - only who is left - Bertrand Russell

Milk

More and more evidence is surfacing, however, that milk consumption may not only be unhelpful, it might also be detrimental - Aaron E Carroll

Milk Allergy

According to a special communication published in JAMA Pediatrics, while 14% of babies are reported to have cow’s milk allergy, only about 1% actually do have it - Claire McCarthy MD

Milk of Magnesia MOM

Milk of magnesia is generally considered to be one of the more gentle laxatives, as opposed to stimulant laxatives such as Dulcolax - IBS Tales

Milk, Bread and... Medical Care? Healthcare goes Retail

Retail medical clinics have done what the healthcare industry has been unable or unwilling to do - give consumers what they want...fast, convenient and affordable care for minor problems

Milk-Alkali Syndrome

Milk-alkali syndrome is an often unrecognised cause for hypercalcaemia, but is the third most common cause of admission for hypercalcaemia - Mawson Wang ,

Millet

Like amaranth and quinoa before it, millet – a hardy, gluten-free ancient seed – has become an "it" grain in recent years. Once dismissed as birdseed, millet can now be found sprinkled on top of mashed potatoes at top-rated restaurants, cooked into baby foods, and generally extolled for its nutritious virtues. Some have even dubbed millet "the new quinoa." - Jeremy Cherfas

Milrinone

Milrinone is a phosphodiesterase-3 (PDE3) inhibitor. PDE3 is present in cardiac myocytes and vascular smooth muscles; it ultimately leads to cardiac smooth muscle relaxation and peripheral vasoconstriction. Therefore, PDE3 inhibition results in potent inotropy, in addition to diastolic relaxation and vasodilation - Sarah Brubaker MD

Mind

Denial of the power of the mind, and by extension the spirit, in the treatment of patients with mental and even physical disorders, has led to poor treatment outcomes in many cases - Dr. Caroline Leaf

MIND diet

The Mediterranean-Dash Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, or MIND diet, is a combination of the Mediterranean eating pattern as well as the DASH eating pattern. Researchers have looked at the possibility that a combination of these two eating patterns could potentially delay or prevent Alzheimer’s disease - Nicole Blanton

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now w/o wishing it were different,enjoying the pleasant w/o holding on when it changes which it will,being with the unpleasant w/o fearing it will always be this way which it won’t - James Baraz

Mineral Water

Turns out, there's a legit definition behind mineral water and even some potential health perks - Brierley Horton

Minerals

Although most mineral supplements are readily available over the counter, taking too many can be extremely dangerous. It’s best to get your minerals from food unless you suffer from a serious deficiency - Tony Amidor

Mini Facelift

To make a long story short, a mini face-lift is the less invasive version of a full face-lift. It’s sometimes called the ponytail lift, the weekend face-lift, or the lunchtime facial, as it’s a relatively quick procedure that offers less downtime than its counterpart - Sheryll Donerson

Mini Stroke

The risk of stroke after a TIA is highest in the first few days to weeks after the TIA - UpToDate

Mini-Cog

The Mini-CogTM serves as an effective triage tool to identify individuals in need of more thorough evaluation - Deirdre M. Carolan Doerflinger PhD

Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)

It is considered the most widely used test for standardized cognitive assessment in the clinical setting, especially with the elderly population - Miguel Gallegos

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

MIS of the spine is not just simply about using smaller incisions, but a combination of techniques and the mastering of a learning curve that comes with many minimally invasive spinal surgeries - Anthony T Yeung MD

Minimally Invasive Surgery

The rapid acceptance of the technique of laparoscopic surgery by the general population is unparalleled in surgical history. It has changed the field of general surgery...Spaner SJ, Warnock GL

Minimally Invasive Surgery Face

Getting poked in the face with needles didn't use to be something considered part of one's regular beauty routine, but in recent years that's been changing - Sarah Y. Wu

Minimally Invasive Therapy Varicose Veins

Varicose veins are one of the more unsightly signs of aging. But new, less-invasive treatments are making it easier to remove them painlessly, bypassing a difficult surgical procedure that was often the only option in the past - Laura Landro

Minipill (Progestin-only)

POPs aren't the most user-friendly birth control option. Most ob/gyns will always give you a combination pill—they just generally work better. But if you can't take estrogen because it's a health risk or you're breastfeeding, a progestin-only pill may be a good option - Amy Marturana Winderl CPT

Minor TBI

Anybody can sustain a concussion, but those who engage in contact sports have an increased risk of repeated and serious concussions that can manifest as dementia in later life - HWN

Miosis (Constricted Pupil)

In addition to a Horner pupil, anisocoria can be more pronounced in the dark with physiologic anisocoria, miosis due to posterior iris synechiae, pharmacologic miosis due to a parasympathomimetic agent (i.e., pilocarpine), traumatic miosis, iris ischemia, and a chronic Adie tonic pupil - Emily Witsberger MD

Miracle Berry Could Be a Miracle

The miracle berry really is a bit miraculous in its effect and is certainly a good bit of fun as well. Ultimately it may even turn out to be beneficial

Miralax & Children

No studies have shown that the drug’s active ingredient — polyethylene glycol 3350/PEG — has severe side effects. But there is a growing chorus of questions about why it has been used and prescribed for children for so many years - Catherine Saint Louis

Miralax (Polyethylene Glycol)

PEG was originally FDA approved only to be used for seven days at most in adults, but it is now used daily by many people (even children). PEG is not approved for use in children - John Brisson

MIS-C

It’s becoming clear that MIS-C also has a range of illness, from milder forms that resemble Kawasaki disease to more severe forms that affect multiple organs and result in shock - Ritu Banerjee

Miscarriage

Given that one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, it's surprising that we hear so little about it. There should be no shame or guilt in miscarriage - Stacy Matson

Miscarriage & Lily Allen

Given that one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, it's surprising that we hear so little about it. Most miscarriages typically happen within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy

Misdiagnosis

Misdiagnoses are a leading cause of medical malpractice suits in the U.S., and they don’t have simple causes or solutions - Laura Landro

Misoprostol (Cytotec)

If we have a cheap and readily available drug that can prevent and treat the two largest causes of maternal mortality worldwide—postpartum hemorrhage and unsafe abortion—why have we not taken more advantage of it?

Mites & Bites

Mite bites can leave you with intense itchy red rashes on your skin that cause a lot of discomfort. Mites are tiny, microscopic creatures that can inhabit your oil glands, hair follicles and other skin areas. There are a number of species of mites that bite humans and cause red itchy rashes - Jenny Hills