Laryngospasm & You: Enquiring Minds & Inspiring Throats Want to Know So…as most of my Facebook buddies know…I recently had what I perceived to be a near-death experience due to something called laryngospasm (don’t bother Googling, I’ll explain all in a minute or two) caused by a combination of a bad upper respiratory infection and… Read More…
Rosen Vein Lecture105: Diagnosis, part 1…Recogizing the Problem
Rosen Vein Lectures 105: Diagnosing Vein Disease Former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said something like “pornography is hard to define, but you know it when you see it.” That’s not always true when it comes to vein disease. It isn’t always about what you see at the surface. In fact, some patients with significant… Read More…
RosenVeinLecture 104,Pt2: Why Bad Veins Happen To Good People
Venous Pathophysiology, Part 2 The whole of the Chicagoland area…including Northbrook where Rosen Vein Care is located…was once burdened by a sheet of glacial ice that oppressively flowed southward from Wisconsin. But hey…that’s just a theory. It’s not as if there was a video camera catching the evidence as it happened over hundreds of thousands… Read More…
Rosen Vein 104:Pathophysiology or “Veins Gone Wild!”,Part 1
Venous Pathophysiology, Part 1: The North Suburbs of Chicago seems an idyllic place. Great schools. Lovely parks. The beautiful state-of-the-art Rosen Vein Care office in The Professional Plaza at Northbrook Court. But despite all the local trappings and amenities, we live in an imperfect world. The second year of med school deals with learning about… Read More…