Glomus tympanicum tumors are chemodectomas that arise from the glomus bodies that run with the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve. They are are the most common primary neoplasms of the middle ear located along the jacobson nerve. Our case shows a small glomus tympanicum in the hypotympanum.
Reported by Teleradiology Providers.
From Sumer’s Radiology Site http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com [...]

We’ve all played rock, paper, scissors.  In fact, Happy’s hospitalists group has taken it to the next level with the bear hunter ninja game.  But did you know there is a USA national championship match for rock, paper,scissors being held in Acapulco, Mexico this month?  That’s right.  The winner can walk away with $25,000 to [...]

Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).

Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
– Sir Francis Bacon.

The next edition of Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) is less than two weeks away and it is seeking submissions! Can you help by sending URLs for well-written science, medicine, and nature blog essays [...]

An academic research unit that is apparently serving as the “Duke University branch” of Philip Morris has just put out a study which perpetuates the blinding focus on nicotine biology, thus obscuring the importance of an approach to smoking cessation that actually works and would make a dent in Philip Morris’ profits.
The work was carried [...]

Well, that didn’t take long.
Remember when the grande dame of the anti-vaccine movement, Barbara Loe Fisher, decided that she would try to harass, intimidate, and silence Paul Offit through the filing of a frivolous libel suit against Dr. Offit, Amy Wallace (the journalist who interviewed Offit for an excellent article last year), and Condé Nast, [...]

Source: Stanford University Medical CenterDate: March 10, 2010
Summary:
About four out of every 10 cells in the brain are so-called oligodendrocytes. These cells produce the all-important myelin that coats nerve tracts, ensuring fast, energy-efficient transmission of nerve impulses. Mixed among them are proliferating but not particularly proficient precursor cells that are destined to become [...]

If you’ve never seen an Italian greyhound jump, be prepared for some amusement. They can jump really high. Marty and Cooper stayed without my sister-in-law last month when we went to Orlando for the week. As you can see in the video, they were quite excited to see us. That’s what [...]

You’re probably wondering why this blog was dark during last week’s HIMSS conference. Because this blog is not, I repeat, is not, my primary responsibility, nor is it a source of income for me. A lot of people have the idea that I’m nothing more than a blogger. I’m a professional journalist, have been for [...]

So I’m taking care of a lady with either arm bruising or a rash on both arms.  She’s in with multiple medical problems and multiple questions.  She turns her attention to her arms.  She’s been putting “an expensive suave” on her arms for months at the direction of her dermatologist

Happy:  I take one quick [...]

Check out this great post by Mary M on biofortifed. In it she reviews a new research paper that describes how the use of Bt could potentially save the lives of millions.

You can download a video about the researchers and their work here.
From Mary’s post: “For some people, a great deal of the conflama around [...]