"Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's are not diseases. They are reactions to disease." Over the past two decades, I have studied fat embolism and related mechanisms of tissue injury. Through this work, I have developed a hypothesis that challenges traditional views of plaque formation and the body's response to injury. This proposed model suggests that plaque formation is not simply a metabolic consequence of elevated cholesterol, but rather a reactive biological...

Medical ultrasound plays an integral role in providing patient care. This is in part because ultrasound can be used on every part of the body. Organs like the kidneys, liver, gallbladder, and the heart are all commonly assessed with ultrasound. It is even possible to scan the brain, the lungs, the arteries and veins. HOW DOES IT WORK? Ultrasound began with sonar. Sonar is what is used to see in the water. The sound waves are sent out and when it hits an object, the waves reflect back to a...

Although the terms ultrasound and sonogram are commonly used as interchangeable, they do not mean the same thing! This is a common misconception, but comes with a very simple explanation. A medical ultrasound is the actual procedure of sending high frequency sound waves into the body to create diagnostic images of human anatomy. A sonogram is the image that is produced from the ultrasound. To illustrate, an ultrasound is like a camera, and a sonogram is like a photograph. Most ultrasound...