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Lake Tahoe (CA) Boat Tragedy: How a Sudden Storm Left Eight Dead

JEMS

Many struggled to get their boats ashore against the relentless waves: In some case, onlookers helped frantic passengers get to safety , while other unmanned vessels broke free of their moorings, some sinking or crashing into nearby piers or other boats. Several buoys washed ashore. Wallace called it an “unspeakable tragedy.”

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SGEM Xtra: Jerome Hoffman – Legend of Emergency Medicine

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Feature image on this blog post was painted by the artist Annie Hoffman and is called Malibu Pier at Noon. Remember to be skeptical of anything you learn, even if you heard it on the Skeptics’ Guide to Emergency medicine.

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Episode 161 Allergies Part 1: Pollens, nuts, & bugs

This Podcast Will Kill You

Falcone, and Piers D. The atopic march: progression from atopic dermatitis to allergic rhinitis and asthma. Journal of clinical & cellular immunology , 5 (2). Pritchard, David I., “The evolution of IgEmediated type I hypersensitivity and its immunological value.” ” Allergy 76.4 2021): 1024-1040. Davidson, Wendy F.,

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Pierre Marie

Life in the Fastlane

Mike Cadogan Pierre Marie Pierre Marie (1853–1940), French neurologist and endocrinologist; defined acromegaly, described progressive aphasia, and helped shape modern neurology.