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3 scientific breakthroughs you should know about

Jan
15

Date: January 15th, 2014

Recently, I have been focusing a lot on underappreciated and little known miracles in the world of medicine. It still remains a great mystery that some of these miracles go unappreciated,

Solving the various behaviors that cause obesity

Jan
14

Date: January 14th, 2014

Perhaps your biggest issue is portion size and moving is hard for you even though you know too well that you require some exercise. Perhaps you are stressed out completely and you need a good night’s sleep.

The drawbacks of using Google for self diagnosis

Jan
13

Date: January 13th, 2014

Of late, things have been quite tough for most people as the economy continues to bite and everyone seems to be feeling the pressure. To add salt to the injury, your body has all along been acting weirdly in was it didn’t before.

Is learning from the ones we love possible in medicine?

Jan
12

Date: January 12th, 2014

Inhalation, Perspiration, Exhalation, self- abnegation, equivocation, urination, devastations, etc. are just a highlight of the many things I have in my struggle to get to a medical school.

Gradual growth of skin, food allergies in young ones

Jan
11

Date: January 11th, 2014

Since releasing my novel titled Altamont Augie, so many people have asked many times what being a doctor and a fiction writer have in common colleagues and patients were quite shocked to the idea that the doctor they came to depend on for delivery of technologically health care services to patients suffering from kidney failure and other problems could manage to produce something like a novel.

High blood pressure at the office could be a white coat hypertension

Jan
10

Date: January 10th, 2014

When some patients visit a doctor, they tend to argue that they always have a normal blood pressure at home. Most patients who come to see me have abnormally high blood pressure, sometimes well over 130/90.

This is referred to as the ‘white coat hypertension’. Even though it is believed to be the anxiety of having to see a doctor, it has been proved that long established patients without any anxiety conscious usually exhibit high blood pressure while in the office. Since blood pressure fluctuates naturally and that a visit to the office is not usually a ‘normal’ setting, patients with hypertension or high blood pressure should have their blood pressure cuff at home.

Impacts of baby boomers on end of life care

Jan
09

Date: January 9th, 2014

Baby boomers are America’s largest generation and have spent a significant proportion of their life transforming cultural expectations, ideas and expectations.

The best way to find dangerous physicians

Jan
08

Date: January 8th, 2014

The ability of doctors to prescribe drugs and medications is what makes them different from other kinds of providers. While this not hold true anymore, still, doctors write most of the prescriptions.

Who should know about your test results first?

Jan
06

Date: January 6th, 2014

Right now, health care evolution is going through a push pull situation where everything is all about you. People are debating a pretty simple question of whether you can handle to be the first person to know about your test results.

How to make hospitals a better place for patients

Jan
04

Date: January 4th, 2014

Life as a clinical student means that you get to experience certain hardships as you go about your day to day activities.