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Osteoporosis

When bones turn soft Osteoporosis, a condition characterized by low bone mineral density and weakened bone structure, is a significant public health concern, affecting millions of people worldwide. Osteoporosis is effectively the loss of calcium from bones, either due to

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Did you get hit on the head?

As neurosurgeons one of the commonest issues that we see and treat are Head injuries. These can range from mild concussions to severe traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). The economic burden and emotional devastation that they cause are immeasurable and in

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Cleanliness is next to impossible

“Cleanliness is next to godliness.” – John Wesley A bad joke about the brand of povidone iodine scrub that I like to use got me thinking on how we prevent infections during surgery. Covid, of course, brought out an astronomical

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Dusting off…

Time to dust off the inertia and expound on subjects of the Brain, Spine and Neurosurgery. WordPress sent a friendly reminder that it had updated itself and my domain provider also sent a similar friendly request for the annual subscription.

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World Brain Tumor Day

The 8th of June is World Brain Tumor Awareness Day. This was first instituted by the German Brain Tumor Association in the year 2000 and is an annual tribute to patients of brain tumors and their families.A diagnosis of brain

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Leisure Reading

HA! Leisure reading, like anyone has even time for that. When I finished medschool and residency, I entered the world armed with the knowledge and skills and the unbridled confidence of a young doctor. And a healthy disdain for the

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Atlas and Axis

The Atlas and Axis bones are 2 of the most distinct bones in the spine. Also the first and second bones of the neck so they are often referred to as C1 and C2. And since they lie just below

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Spine. 101.

The spine is a wonderful thing. Its flexible, yet strong, made of all of the possible types of connective tissue – bone, ligaments, cartilage, fibre and closely associated with enough muscle and tendon to consider the muscles an integral component

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Decisions, decisions…

What makes a doctor come to a conclusion about a diagnosis and a treatment? What determines the need for a surgery or whether some other modality of treatment is an option?Is surgical decision making binary? The internet is a scary

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What is it we do?

If you act like you know what you’re going, you can do anything you want – except neurosurgery.

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