Scenario 1: You’re in the exam room, sitting in an open-backed gown. You and your doctor have discussed your high blood pressure (stay on the same medication) and your diet (you reluctantly agree that you need to try to make healthier choices to control cholesterol). Your doctor makes a note on the computer screen, jumps up, and heads to the door. With a hand on the doorknob and a “see you next…
A common medical term is sequela. You pronounce it like this: seh-QWEL-uh. And it means the after-effects of a disease. In other words, a medical…
Many of us live in a fast-paced, hyper-caffeinated digitally driven culture of intermittent constant interruptions, unreasonable demands.
Almost 100 years ago, Harvard University enrolled several hundred individuals in a long-term study of why some people live longer than others. This study is…
Not too many decades ago, in the history of medicine, healthcare providers were culled from the ranks of the clergy. These practitioners, often with marginal…
Not too many decades ago, in the history of medicine, healthcare providers were culled from the ranks of the clergy. These practitioners, often with marginal…
Having lived a somewhat nomadic existence in childhood because of family commitments, I understood the chaos and the emotional energy and the physical energy from…
Not too many decades ago, in the history of medicine, healthcare providers were culled from the ranks of the clergy. These practitioners, often with marginal…
Not too many decades ago, in the history of medicine, healthcare providers were culled from the ranks of the clergy. These practitioners, often with marginal…
Many of us live in a fast-paced, hyper-caffeinated digitally driven culture of intermittent constant interruptions, unreasonable demands.
Many of us live in a fast-paced, hyper-caffeinated digitally driven culture of intermittent constant interruptions, unreasonable demands.
