We tend not to hear much about Presidential health, even though nearly half of them in our nation’s history have had significant illnesses or injuries while in office. In 1893, Grover Cleveland underwent a “craniotomy-like” procedure. During his second term as President and on the brink of a Depression, he had a large tumor on…
Although my wife is a vegetarian and detests seeing the holiday fowl’s carcass dehydrating on the counter surface of which she just prepared her vegetables, my kids fight each year over who gets the chance to make their dearest wish come true. The infamous wishbone competition. The Etruscans, an ancient Italian civilization, may have been…
Some patients report they smoke more because they have spine pain or anxiety. Studies have shown that smokers increase their cigarette consumption when their pain increases. 42% of persons experiencing medically unexplained pain in the last year smoke. 54% of treatment-seeking chronic pain patients smoke. Furthermore, these smokers tend to have more maladaptive pain behaviors,…
“Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most” -Mark Twain If you’ve never visited the Chicago Field Museum, I suggest checking it out if you are in town. The most complete T. rex skeleton ever found, “Sue”, awaits you in the entrance gallery. She looks like a tyrant, scaled, and crouching…
Leona Lewis’s, “Bleeding Love”, was released in 2007 and was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammy’s. However the British pop song may creatively illustrate some points from a recent article in, Operative Neurosurgery, regarding misconceptions of cerebral aneurysm treatment. A brain aneurysm is an outpouching of…