_ Medical Care A Doctor's Belief May Influence A Patient's Response By Jane Farrell article How your health care provider interacts with you is important. Their style can shape how you feel about your treatment. … Read More→
_ Medical Care Chronic Illness and Mental Health By Jane Farrell article Depression is a real illness. Treatment can help you live to the fullest extent possible, even when you have another … Read More→
_ Medical Care Understanding Adverse Drug Reactions By Sondra Forsyth article For most treatable health conditions, patients expect to take at least one prescription drug if not multiple depending on the … Read More→
_ Medical Care Are You Taking Your Medicine? By Jane Farrell article Researchers from Johns Hopkins are at work on a program that physicians can use to identify “nonadherent” patients – those … Read More→
_ Medical Care Study: Having More than One Outpatient Orthopedic Procedure in A Day Is Safe By Jane Farrell article Having more than one outpatient orthopedic procedure on the same day is safe for patients, according to a new study. … Read More→
_ Medical Care Why Patients Lie to Their Doctors By Sondra Forsyth article When your doctor asks how often you exercise, do you give her an honest answer? How about when she asks … Read More→
_ Medical Care When Blood Transfusions Can Be Fatal By Jane Farrell article Although blood is meant to save lives in emergency situations, that might not always be the case. Major trauma victims … Read More→
_ Medical Care Strengths and Weaknesses of Emergency Departments and Urgent Care By Sondra Forsyth article Yelp reviews reveal that emergency departments are viewed as being higher quality but lacking in service as compared to urgent … Read More→
_ Medical Care Medical Procedures The Risky Business of Medical Procedures By Jane Farrell article How cautious are you in deciding on a medical treatment? In exploring that question, a team of European researchers found … Read More→
_ Medical Care Parenting Is Your Medicine Cabinet Ready for Winter? By Sondra Forsyth article We spend more time indoors during fall and winter, which means everyone in the family is at greater risk for … Read More→
_ Medical Care Responding to a Consumer Drug Recall By Sondra Forsyth article The summer of 2018, American consumers saw a number of larger drug recalls, including the contaminated valsartan medication found in … Read More→
_ Medical Care The Dangers of Mixing Prescription and OTC Drugs with Alcohol By Sondra Forsyth article There’s a reason why prescription and some over the counter medication packages are marked with a “Do not mix with … Read More→
_ Medical Care Very Surprising Uses for Botox That Have Nothing to Do with Forehead Wrinkles By Sondra Forsyth article When most people think of Botox the first thing that usually comes to mind is wrinkle reduction. Indeed, Botox is … Read More→
_ Medical Care Hundreds of Patients with Undiagnosed Diseases Find Answers By Sondra Forsyth article More than 100 patients afflicted by mysterious illnesses have been diagnosed through a network of detective-doctors who investigate unidentified diseases, … Read More→
_ Medical Care Survey Finds Significant Gaps in Doctor-Patient Conversations By Sondra Forsyth article Many Americans experience a disconnect between how they personally define health and how they talk about their health with their … Read More→
_ Medical Care Would You Record Your Doctor Visit? By Jane Farrell article Most people have never recorded a visit with their doctor, while 28 percent of doctors have done so for their … Read More→
_ Medical Care Urgent Care Visits Increase as Emergency Room Visits Fall By Jane Farrell article Thanks to convenience and cost, more and more people are visiting urgent care centers for non-critical illnesses or conditions, while … Read More→
_ Medical Care Study Finds Multiple Sclerosis Drug Slows Brain Shrinkage By Sondra Forsyth article Results from a clinical trial of more than 250 participants with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) revealed that ibudilast was better … Read More→