Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Five Ways to Handle When the Doctor is the Patient

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It’s bound to happen if you are a healthcare provider. One day, you will evaluate a doctoral-level healthcare provider in your office, be ...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Non-Partisan Review of Obamacare Healthcare Reform

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These days, it is difficult to read anything about health care reform on line without political spin. To help people who are interested in...
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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Medical Equipment and Supplies for Your Home

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Medical emergencies can occur at any time and often happen at home. Investing in home medical supplies brings added peace of mind to you a...
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Monday, October 22, 2012

Poop Transplants to the Rescue!

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One of the worst types of infections someone can experience is C. diff , which is short for the bacteria, Clostridium difficile . It is kn...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Five Ways to Get in to See a Medical Specialist Faster

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So you have an appointment with that medical specialist you were told you should see. You heard great things about this doctor and have b...
Monday, October 15, 2012

Five Ways to Relax if You Think You May Have Cancer

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At some point, it happens to most of us. One way or the other, you discover that there is something not quite right with your body and the...
Friday, October 05, 2012

10 Ways Doctors Can Protect Themselves When Attorneys Try to Influence Patient Care

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The prior blog entry discussed ways that attorneys try to control a patient’s medical care to win a case. Below are ten steps that doctor...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

When Attorneys Control Patient's Medical Care to Win a Case

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Consider the following scenario. A 40-year-old man arrives to your office seeking medical treatment for a mild personal injury suffered se...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

If Andy Williams Drank Tea Would He Still Be Alive?

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Today, legendary singer Andy Williams (age 84) died of bladder cancer , a condition he announced being diagnosed with less than one year ...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Treating Tonsil Abscesses with Immediate Tonsillectomy

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In the current issue of Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Drs. Nicolas Albertz and Gonzalo Nazar summarized 10 years of experience in treating patie...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Japanese and American Differences in Modesty Eliminated by Money

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New social psychological research from Japan is shedding light on differences is modesty between people from American and Japanese culture...
Sunday, September 09, 2012

Want to Boost Your Health? Try Healthy Supplements

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Are you looking to improve your health? You've probably started by getting more exercise and switching to a healthy diet full of fresh...
Thursday, September 06, 2012

How Too Much Exercise Can Harm You and Your Heart

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A regular normal amount of exercise is known to reduce many diseases and improve heart health. However, some people have taken the “Let’s ...

Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Improve Achilles Tendon Tears?

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the application of 100% oxygen in a specialized chamber to treat medical conditions, most commonly dec...
Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Improving Sleep in Intensive Care Units

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Intensive care units (ICUs) are not fun places to be. By definition, people placed on such a unit need intense medical care for a seriou...
Monday, September 03, 2012

Michael Clarke Duncan Turns Vegetarian, Loses Weight, and Dies of a Heart Attack

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On 9/3/12, famous actor, Michael Clarke Duncan, died after complications from a heart attack that he suffered on 7/13/12. Some people may ...
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

EXTREME Body Parts: Part 4

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The most popular feature of the MedFriendly Blog is back: the world's most extreme body parts. If you have not seen this interesting fea...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

Ten Ways to Avoid the Death of Your Baby or Child

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There is nothing sadder than the death of a child. Some deaths, such as due to pediatric cancer , are unavoidable. But other deaths are a...
Monday, August 13, 2012

How Jogging Can Kill You

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It continues to amaze me how some people jog for health benefits while simultaneously placing their bodies (and those of others) in peril....
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Tuesday, August 07, 2012

A Psychological Profile of Wade Michael Page: The Sikh Shootings

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Only a few weeks after the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, the U.S. experienced yet another mass shooting in a public place, this time ...