Archive for February, 2014
Issues connected with depending on Dr. Google
Date: February 8th, 2014
The experience is made excruciatingly unbearable by the fact that some parts of your body are not working normally. You find yourself tiring easily as your muscles twitch and pain in all the time.
Mistakes in med-school play part in educating doctors
Date: February 7th, 2014
There has somehow been a way to accommodate it despite the evident harm and repercussions brought about even by the smallest mistakes. Confidence in doctors is often built in an environment where the margin of error is basically the difference between life and death. They begin to fit perfectly into their shoes the more they get used to the demands of saving and losing lives.
Supporting any contention in defensive medicine
Date: February 6th, 2014
It’s wrong as the term actually means the act of a physician requesting for an intense test so as to reduce liabilities on their part should they be accused of negligence.
A cardiologist explains about vascular disease screening
Date: February 5th, 2014
Just a few days ago, there was a full page ad appearing in a newspaper for several medical screening tests– echocardiogram, EKG and aorta ultrasound among others.
Is it wise to consider genetic testing
Date: February 3rd, 2014
It is essential that you keep in mind the fact that most cases of cancer aren’t related to the history of your family.
Radiation and the effects of cell phone towers
Date: February 2nd, 2014
Today, people all over the world are living surrounded by sources of radiation and bathe daily in radioactive rays.
What the fluctuation of blood pressure means
Date: February 1st, 2014
Introducing white coat hypertension
Some patients visit my office with their blood pressure being abnormally high and can be over 130/90 at times. This is what we call the ‘white coat hypertension’.