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Some Doctors are Firing Patients Who Refuse Immunizations
submitted by: admin on 10/19/2019
Many pediatricians are firing patients and their families if they refuse vaccines for their children! Two studies on this subject showed that 20-30% of pediatricians have fired patient because of this. Patients are beginning to do their own research about the validity of immunizations and there is clearly room for controversy. Yet our pediatricians simply follow...
Stage 4 Chemotherapy Benefits Over-estimated by Patients and Doctors
submitted by: admin on 06/25/2016
Patients with advanced cancer have the mistaken belief that chemotherapy can cure their illness according to a New England Journal of Medicine article published in October of 2012. This Dana-Farber Cancer Institute study showe that 69% of advanced lung cancer and 81% of advanced colorectal cancer did not understand that chemotherapy was not at...
Supporting People With Cancer
submitted by: admin on 10/16/2013
Only a minority of patients over 40 with cancer are referred for emotional support. Yet we all need support. Support groups, psychotherapy, and hypnotherapy are very important forms of therapy. There are many studies showing that support groups can work better than chemotherapy. We have much to learn about supporting dying patients and about allocating money...
Telemedicine
submitted by: admin on 11/24/2024
Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could email your physician when you're too sick to go to his office! I do this regularly in my practice and don't even charge for emails. Patients love it and it saves time and builds excellent rapport with them; and that builds my practice. Email makes it possible to communicate when it is convenient to doctors and patients. Connection...
The Art of Medicine with Martin Rossman, MD
submitted by: admin on 11/24/2024
Physicians get so technical and so scientific in medicine that they think of medicine as a pure science. In actuality, medicine is more art than science. During their medical training physicians are taught that medicine is a science. They are taught to be scientists, to be objective, and to not get connected to their patients. For Dr....
The Doctor-Patient Relationship with Emmett Miller, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
Dr. Miller explains that without respect for patients you cannot be a healer. This respect needs to be addressed in medical school and applied to students as well. Listening and caring are indispensible ingredients for everyone.
The Hip Resurfacing Scandal
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
According to an article in the NY Times in January of 2013, it appears that Johnson and Johnson, the manufacturer of the DePuy metal on metal hip resurfacing prosthesis, knowingly and willingly sold this product even though they had full knowledge that it was defective and would cause widespread disability, suffering, and even deaths. More that 10,000...
The Importance of the Doctor Patient Relationship
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
Drs. Welby and Kildare are now a thing of the past for the most part. Today's fragmented health care has lost the personal relationship between doctor and patient and is oriented to saving money and getting people back on their feet and back to work as quickly as possible. The personal relationship where a healer listens and cares has become "unaffordable"...
Traumatic Stress Linked to Elevated Inflammation in Heart Patients
submitted by: admin on 02/19/2015
Greater lifetime exposure to the stress of traumatic events is linked to higher levels of inflammatory markers in a study of about 1000 patients with heart disease. Heart disease patients with higher levels of inflammation tended to have worse outcomes. Traumatic stress can have a longterm negative effect even if PTSD is not apparent. People with a history of...
Vitamin D
submitted by: admin on 02/16/2015
Over the past decade we've come to understand that vitamin D is vital for normal cell biochemistry. When levels of vitamin D are low we are at high risk for many diseases that include type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart attacks, strokes, osteoporosis, autoimmune disorders, many cancers, depression, muscle and joint pains, Alzheimer's disease, and many...
Vitamin D3 Protects Against Viruses, Cancer, and Autoimmunity
submitted by: admin on 05/26/2016
A report in the journal, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, showed that levels of vitamin D3 below 20 ng/ml led to a higher incidence of viral infections, cancer, and autoimmune disorders. This, of course, suggests that supplementing with vitamin D3 could help prevent or treat these conditions.
Low levels of vitamin D3 lead to higher production of antibodies...
What Do Patients Want From Their Primary Care Physician?
submitted by: admin on 11/24/2024
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Why Defensive Medicine Won't Go Away
submitted by: admin on 10/17/2013
Defensive medicine leads to ordering too many tests that are often costly and potentially dangerous. It leads to skyrocketing insurance premiums but it tends to protect physicians from malpractice suits. What is needed is a more personal relationship between physicians and patients that includes patients in the decision-making process in assessment...
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