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_ Medical CareIs Your Doctor Listening? By Sondra Forsyth articleAnalysis of clinical encounters shows that doctors spend little time listening to their patients and interrupt them often, according to … Read More→
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_ Brain HealthDehydration Can Negatively Affect Cognition By Sondra Forsyth articleAnyone lost in a desert hallucinating mirages knows that extreme dehydration discombobulates the mind. But just two hours of vigorous … Read More→
_ ParentingChildren with Existing Allergies Should Be Screened for an Emerging, Severe Chronic Food Allergy By Sondra Forsyth articleChildren with known skin, food, and respiratory allergies should be screened for an emerging, chronic food allergy called eosinophilic esophagitis … Read More→
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_ MedicareStudy Debunks the Notion That Large Chunks of Medicare Go to Lost Causes By Sondra Forsyth articleAround 25 percent of Medicare spending in the U.S. occurs in the last year of people’s lives. This is sometimes … Read More→
_ A Pretty Plant Produces a Promising Anti-Diabetes Compound By Sondra Forsyth articleA release from the American Society of Plant Biologists reports that scientists from the University of British Columbia and the … Read More→
_ Medicare Patients Are Less Likely to Die in a Hospital By Sondra Forsyth articleWhere are Medicare patients most likely to die? A 2018 study done by Joan M. Teno, M.D., M.S., Oregon Health … Read More→
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_ Mental & Emotional HealthSelf-Care and Social Ties Can Help Men Recover from the Suicide of a Male Friend or Loved One By Sondra Forsyth articleRecovering from the suicide of a friend, partner or family member can be emotionally challenging for men, largely due to … Read More→
_ Pain ManagementBreakthrough Treatment for Common and Painful Jaw Disease By Sondra Forsyth articleA first-ever tissue implant to safely treat a common jaw defect, known as temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), has been successfully … Read More→
_ ParentingEffective Tips to Protect Children from Extreme Sun Exposure By Sondra Forsyth articleDr. Alberto Pappo, director of the Solid Tumor Division at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, says there are important things … Read More→