The Statistics of Throat Cancer Risk Factors

Image by Nikita2706 in Wikipedia Pretty much everybody knows that smoking and alcohol increases risk of throat cancer. Some even realize that oral sex contributes to increased risk of throat cancer due to the HPV virus . However, what is more hazy is how high these risks are compared to individuals who do not partake of such activities. So, here are some statistics of throat cancer risks (references listed below). Using a calculator , a specific risk of cancer can be calculated based on…

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Deputy Performs Life-Saving Tracheostomy on 12 year old in Car Accident

Image from WYFF4 On Nov 8, 2014, there was a terrible car accident that claimed the lives of 3 young adults and another barely hanging on. EMS workers who arrived on the scene found 12-year-old Cheyenne Queen trapped in the car and barely breathing. A deputy coroner on the scene was called to assess Cheyenne and determined that a trach was the only way to give her a fighting chance at survival. An emergency on-the-field tracheostomy was performed and was felt to have saved her life. On D…

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Spider Found Living in Woman's Ear for 5 Days

Thanks to @beubank for alerting me to this story about a spider who lived in a woman's ear for 5 days before being removed. As an aside, in typical media blunder of factual error, in the Huffington Post , a picture is shown of the spider stating an "x-ray photo"... COME ON!!! The picture is NOT an x-ray in any way shape and form!!! It's just a regular ordinary picture one takes with a camera. On that note, August 9, 2012 must be the time for all media to report on all s…

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Chronic Cough Could be Due to Lung Cancer

BBC News recently reported that chronic cough may be due to lung cancer. Here are my two cents on this condition in support of this assertion. I often seen patients for chronic cough ... not the kind that has been going on for only a few weeks, but the kind of cough that has gone on for over 1 or more years. Even 10-20 years. It is not unusual for such patients to have seen an ENT, GI, pulmonary, and allergy specialists to try and stop their cough. In particular, such patients may be…

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