| Some Advanced Practice Nurses Earn More than Doctors | | 2008-08-15 20:02:46 | | By Jennifer Larson, contributorAdvanced practice nurses are unquestionably among the highest paid in the nursing workforce. The average nurse practitioner working full time in 2007 made over $80,000. But some advanced practice nurses make salaries well into the six-figures—more than some doctors. The median total compensation for a full-time CRNA in 2007 was $148,450. Just ten years ago, the average annual salary for a nurse practitioner in the United States hovered in the mid-$50,000 range. Over the course of the decade, the average salary inched upwards until it broke the $80,000 mark in 2007.And for some advanced practice nurses, their take-home pay is even higher than that. Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), who are among the highest-paid advanced practice nurses, routinely make well over $100,000 each year.That topic even generated an animated discussion on the Wall Street Journal’s Web site recently. The fact that some advanced practice nurses are making more | | By: angelite nurses | | |
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| When Doctors Don’t Have All the Answers | | 2008-08-12 23:13:00 | | By Dena Rifkin, MDI recently ran into a colleague who was returning from an internal medicine review course. These expensive and elaborate affairs consist of a week or so of lectures, tips, and new techniques, usually taught by well-known academics. Many doctors take these courses before taking the medical board exam in their specialty, and some doctors repeat the course every few years, to keep up with new developments or prepare for recertification exams. To be “board-certified” in a specialty, doctors must take exams every 10 years, so I’ll be attending a course next week to review kidney diseases. A key part of the course is problem-solving. Just like when the audience votes in “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” the 400 doctors in the room press buttons to answer multiple-choice questions. The number of people who give each answer is displayed on a big screen. Read More
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| Doctors And Junkies Embrace! | | 2008-08-07 22:15:32 | | Western psychiatric dope dealers are big money. Yeah that’s right - they’re legal too - and they have employees. Larger than any coke farm in Cuba or all the crack houses in the ghettos of America combined. Psycho-pharmacology is a multi-billion dollar industry which has exploded the past 18 years and continues to grow. | | By: FM Popp(News) Financial Market News for Gen X,Y | | |
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| Why fewer medical doctors are doing research | | 2008-08-07 21:55:47 | | The road from disease research to disease cure isn't usually a smooth one. One role which bridges the laboratory and the clinic is that of the "clinician-scientist" -- a doctor who understands disease both in the patient and in the Petri dish. Yet an editorial published in Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM), http://dmm.biologists.org, contends that clinician-scientists in the UK and elsewhere are not prospering, but rather are "under threat in a hostile environment."
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| Doctors reporting-Have baby | | 2008-08-07 02:07:16 | | A man came into the ER and yelled, "My wife's going to have her baby in the cab!" I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted the lady's dress, and began to take off her underwear. Suddenly I noticed that there were several cabs - and I was in the wrong one.Dr. Mark MacDonald, San Antonio, TX | | By: Life Disguised in Humor | | |
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| Paying Doctors to Ignore Patients | | 2008-07-23 20:22:19 | | Without changes to the way Medicare pays doctors, the fights in Congress over raising or lowering payment rates will continue.
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| Why do doctors offices do these things? | | 2008-07-21 07:53:48 | | Obi Wan and Angel Girl were scheduled for check ups this morning but I realized yesterday I would have to reschedule. I called a few minutes ago hoping they wouldn’t inflict a monetary penalty for a late cancellation and was greeted by a receptionist who seemed more than happy to reschedule me.
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| How Doctors’ Day Has Gradually Grown | | 2008-07-19 00:00:00 | | This year you could help make a doctors day, by sending them a free e-card. The beauty about e-cards is obviously that they are totally free. E cards have gradually grown in popularity, becoming more popular as the internet has grown.
One of the main reasons behind this is that they can be sent from [...] | | By: Resources Zone | | |
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| Big Doctors Appointment Today - Details on Clinical Stem Cell Trial | | 2008-07-17 08:41:00 | | So today I go to see if I qualify for a clinical trial that would involve a fairly non-invasive blood and bone marrow transplant for my Crohn's. UPDATE: I AM IN! I GET MY FIRST INFUSION IN TWO WEEKS. TODAY I DID A TB TEST, EKG, BLOODWORK, B12, AND A 1 HOUR INTERVIEW. I HAVE A CT SCAN TUESDAY AND AS LONG AS THAT SHOWS ACTIVE CROHNS I AM READY TO GO. I should qualify based on my lack of response to most other treatments. I think the details below are for the actual study I would be getting involved in. Right now, I have been under quite a bit of stress and am on the brink or at the beginning of a flare-up. I've been eating pretty light and eased off the drinking a bit in an effort to get in shape and keep my Crohn's at bay. I am so used to dealing with the pain by now (without the aid of painkillers for the past few weeks) that I don't even realize how much I actually hurt. I think that mental focus and disassociation keeps me feeling better. As I move forward with my divorce and new rel | | By: Living with Crohn's Disease | | |
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| A Medical Doctors Credentials - How You Can Check Them | | 2008-07-15 00:00:00 | | The doctor-patient relationship is largely one of faith. As patients, we by-and-large accept the recommendations of our doctors whilst having absolutely no knowledge of the science behind the medicines they’re prescribing or the training behind the surgical procedures that they might be about to perform. Nonetheless, our health, or indeed our life is our greatest [...] | | By: Resources Zone | | |
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| Guest Blogger Leigh Rich — On Demons and Doctors | | 2008-07-13 21:58:31 | | While I may be too scared to dare hock horror with the likes of the ghoulish
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| Medicare billings tracked to 14 dead doctors here | | 2008-07-13 17:43:56 | | They might be dead — but the Medicare ID numbers of 14 Chicago area doctors were still being used to bill the government-run health program.
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| Doctors Say Vitamins Need Warning Labels | | 2008-07-11 10:47:00 | | Is taking high doses of vitamins the magic bullet for healthy eyes and many more health issues? Of course not. Newly released reports have shown that smokers who take high doses of beta carotene do have an increased risk of lung cancer. The report goes on to say many people take several different vitamins a day and have no idea how much of each ingredient they are getting.Here's what I read on Reuters Health:'Based on new research, smokers may want to check the beta-carotene content of any multivitamin supplements they are taking, especially if these supplements are promoted as being beneficial for eye health.There's strong evidence that high dose beta-carotene can boost smokers' lung cancer risk, but many multivitamins that contain large amounts of the nutrient carry no warning, Drs. Tawee Tanvetyanon and Gerold Bepler of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida in Tampa report in the journal Cancer."We need to make the public more awa | | By: Whole Food And More | | |
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| AMA to apologize to black doctors - Health- msnbc.com | | 2008-07-10 01:27:57 | | AMA to apologize to black doctors - Health- msnbc.com
I just wanted to point out this article. Just have a look at it if you’re interested. It’s a pretty big deal.. made front page of MSNBC.com. Anyways, I’ll save the commentary..
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| Report Links Dead Doctors to Payments by Medicare | | 2008-07-08 20:48:11 | | Medicare had paid millions of dollars to suppliers improperly using identification numbers of doctors who died years ago, according to a Congressional report.
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| Medicare scammers use identities of dead doctors | | 2008-07-08 15:37:11 | | Using the ID numbers of deceased doctors, fraud artists have been able to treat Medicare like an ATM machine, making withdrawals at will, according to federal investigators.
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| Probe: Dead Doctors Used In Medicare Scam | | 2008-07-08 14:56:38 | | Sellers of wheelchairs, drugs and other medical supplies collected as much as $93 million in fraudulent Medicare claims based on prescriptions from doctors who actually were dead, some for 10 years or more, a congressional investigation has found.
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| The Other Doctors | | 2008-07-07 12:00:00 | | It takes a lot of schooling to be a doctor. First you have to get your undergraduate degree, then... | | By: Scrivel | | |
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| Doctors Press Senate to Undo Medicare Cuts | | 2008-07-07 04:48:49 | | By ROBERT PEAR : WASHINGTON — Congress returns to work this week with Medicare high on the agenda and Senate Republicans under pressure after a barrage of radio and television advertisements blamed them for a 10.6 percent cut in payments to doctors who care for millions of older Americans.
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| Twin Pregnancies - Like Angelina Jolie's - Are Complicated, Doctors Say | | 2008-07-03 09:16:10 | | LONDON (AP) - A horde of paparazzi are the least of Angelina Jolie's worries these days. It's not easy giving birth to twins.
The actress has checked into a French Riviera hospital in Nice, France, to be kept under doctors' watch and rest before she gives birth. Doctors say that's not a bad strategy.
"The risk of nearly everything you can think of in pregnancy is increased with twins," said Dr. | | By: samondeath | | |
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| Medicare fees to doctors to fall starting Tuesday | | 2008-06-30 08:45:28 | | WASHINGTON (AP) - One unpleasant task lawmakers will have over the July 4 recess is explaining to seniors why they didn’t stop a 10 percent fee cut, going into effect Tuesday, for doctors who treat Medicare patients.
Physicians have been running ads hinting that patients may find doctors less willing to treat them.
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| What Everybody Ought To Know About Doctors, Diets And Weight Loss | | 2008-06-25 14:24:28 | | The day comes for your doctors visit and he does a physical on you and finds out you have very high cholesterol and triglycerides not to mention being very overweight. The doctor will give you a quick diagnosis and start writing a prescription for Lipitor or some other cholesterol lowering medication. Then he will tell you that you will need to be on these drugs for the rest of your life!The fact is that drug industry marketing is using tactics to persuade doctors, often through payoffs to prescribe drugs that patients do not need or should not use or for which there may be different alternatives.Do not get me wrong, doctors can provide some good services but with regards to your health and wellness they could care less. Go ahead and see for yourself. See your doctors and have them give you a physical. They will do a few small tests and then whip out a pen and paper and tell you to fill the prescription they hand you.Lets face it, weight loss and diet drugs are big these days and some | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
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| Rising number of caesareans worry doctors | | 2008-06-25 11:07:00 | | The rate of caesarean births is at an all-time high in Canada, putting more women at risk for complications and increasing the strain on an already overburdened health-care system, says the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. More than one in four newborns in Canada are now delivered by C-section, says the SOGC, which is looking for ways to halt and reverse that upward trend. "The | | By: News Alert | | |
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| Doctors; Don’t Leave Home without Your Epocrates! | | 2008-06-25 09:12:06 | | It feels good to have the information you need easily accessible at your fingertips. More so is the importance for people who are in the business of saving lives. Epocrates Online allows you to search for information about drugs using the drug search feature. To get more out of the service, you can decide to become a premium member to have access to information of more than 3,300 brand & generic drugs, Patient education handouts (English/Spanish), Health insurance & Medicare Part D formularies, & much more! For mobile convenience, the medical student, physician, or doctor can purchase the complete mobile clinical practice suite; a PDA medical software. The suite includes the Epocrates Essentials Integrated drugs, diseases, & diagnostics, Epocrates Medical Dictionary, & Epocrates Coder. Doctors; don’t leave home without it!This announcement was paid for by Epocrates. | | By: internet executive log | | |
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| Drugs Doctors Won’t Take – And Neither Should You | | 2008-06-25 03:54:00 | | Celebrex. Once prescribed to treat inflammation and pain, especially for those with arthritis, studies have shown that people who take 200 mg of Celebrex twice a day more than double their chances of dying from cardiovascular disease. In addition, Celebrex is linked to liver damage, kidney problems, and gastrointestinal bleeding. Although nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen could be safer alternatives, they, too, have been liked to intestinal bleeding. Consider acupuncture instead. German scientists found that treatments twice a week were twice as effective as conventional treatment plans, including drugs, physical therapy, and exercise.
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| Doctors Slow to Embrace Electronic Medical Records | | 2008-06-23 11:39:57 | | By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Electronic medical record systems are being touted as the wave of the future in health care and communication, but only 17 percent of U.S. doctors have embraced the technology, a new survey finds."When you use a good definition of what a record system is, very few physicians appear to have one," said lead study author Catherine M. DesRoches, at Massachusetts General Hospital's Institute for Health Policy, in Boston.The definition of a fully functional electronic medical record system includes a patient's complete medical records, medication lists, problems, and clinical notes from past visits. The doctor can also order prescriptions, laboratory tests and radiology tests electronically, DesRoches said.In addition, the doctor can review lab results and view X-rays, MRIs or other scans on the computer, DesRoches noted. There are also warnings about inappropriate prescriptions or abnormal lab results. And the syst | | By: angelite nurses | | |
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| CheapOair donated $5,000 to doctors without borders | | 2008-06-19 07:45:13 | | CheapOair donated $5,000 to Doctors Without Borders on May 26, 2008. CheapOair CEO, Mr. Jain was concerned about recent Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the Earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province, which has displaced many people and brought immense hardship to millions. The rising food costs and resulting problems in getting assistance to the affected people [...] | | By: CheapOair | | |
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| Doctors refuse continued care of terminally ill man | | 2008-06-18 09:04:00 | | A doctor in Winnipeg has agreed to treat a dying 84-year-old man amid a legal and medical row between his family and physicians who say keeping him alive is unethical, a published report said Wednesday.
Three doctors at the city's Grace Hospital have refused to continue providing care to the elderly patient, Samuel Golubchuk, who they say has no brain function and should not be kept physically | | By: News Alert | | |
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| Alberta loses 3 top doctors ... all at once | | 2008-06-12 08:32:00 | | Alberta is losing three of its top public health doctors just as the West Nile virus season is starting, and these medical experts will be very hard to replace, say colleagues. The Conservative government has yet to fully explain the departure of acting chief medical health officer Dr. Karen Grimsrud and two of her colleagues. Their departure has created a buzz among public health officials in | | By: News Alert | | |
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| 8 Drugs Doctors Say They Would Not Take | | 2008-05-30 10:09:00 | | I just read about these 8 drugs that doctors wouldn't take. Hmm, should we be taking them? Anyway, here's what Men's Health learned:Doctors count on the Physicians' Desk Reference to help them make smart prescribing decisions. Unfortunately, it seems some doctors rarely pull the PDR off the shelf. Or if they do crack it open, they don't stay versed on emerging research that may suddenly make a once-trusted treatment one to avoid. Worst case: You swallow something that has no business being inside your body.Of course, plenty of M.D.'s do know which prescription and over-the-counter drugs are duds, dangers, or both. So Men's Health asked them, "Which medications would you skip?" Their list is your second opinion. If you're on any of these meds, talk to your doctor. Maybe he or she will finally open that big red book with all the dust on it.AdvairIt's asthma medicine . . . that could make your asthma deadly. Advair contains the long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) salmeterol. A 2006 analysis o | | By: Whole Food And More | | |
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| Why Do Doctors Hate Ratings? | | 2008-05-26 23:26:21 | | The world and its consumers are advancing by leaps and bounds. We want to know how well we will be treated at the doctor’s office well before we make an appointment. When appointment time waits are well into a month, we want to find out all the information we can on a doctor before placing [...] | | By: Health World Web | | |
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| Google Health launched, Search Doctors in India too | | 2008-05-20 12:05:55 | | Just within a couple of months when we wrote about Google Health’s sneak peak, the Health product of Google is now finally launched as Google Health beta today, as previously declared the new app let you manipulate your health information as your personal repository for all your health records along with online tools and also [...] | | By: India Web 2.0 | | |
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| 6 Reasons Why Doctors, Nutritionists and other Dietary Experts Promote The Mediterranean Diet | | 2008-05-19 23:43:07 | | IntroductionIn recent years, doctors, researchers, scientists and nutritionists have taken a close look at the Mediterranean diet. Nearly universally, these experts and professionals have come away from their examination of the Mediterranean diet with positive perceptions of the dieting scheme.There are a number of reasons why experts of all sorts -- from doctors to researchers to nutritionists -- look favorable upon the Mediterranean diet regimen. By considering the benefits of the Mediterranean diet that have been identified by experts, you will be able to better determine if the Mediterranean diet is right for you.Low in Saturated FatOn the surface, a person giving only a cursory review of the Mediterranean diet might conclude that it is not a healthy diet plan because it is “high in fat.” Concluding that the Mediterranean diet is high if fat and harmful is an erroneous conclusion.While it is true that the Mediterranean diet does derive a significant percentage of its calo | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
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| Doctors’ Comments On Patient Charts | | 2008-05-11 06:25:32 | | “Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.”
“On the 2nd day the knee was better and on the 3rd day it disappeared completely.”
“The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1993.”
“Discharge status: Alive but without permission.”
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| Who should doctors let die in a pandemic? | | 2008-05-05 10:52:16 | | Which color gets stuck on your paperwork? Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won’t get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die. Now, an influential group of physicians has drafted a grimly specific list of recommendations for which patients wouldn’t be treated. They include the very elderly, seriously hurt trauma victims, severely burned patients and those with severe dementia&hell | | By: PhreQuency Ent. | | |
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| Doctors Shouldn't Marry Other Doctors | | 2008-05-05 10:51:00 | | I found an article here in CNNMoney about a husband and wife who are both residents and looking at a huge amount of debt. I know it's early but it is something to consider later on down the road. I think their case is extraordinary because they are both training to be physicians and are shouldering a huge amount of debt from medical school. I love how all these articles always paint doctors as these hard luck cases..."such are the lives of medical residents: med school graduates getting years of on-the-job training, putting in brutal hours for salaries that, on an hourly basis, work out to a little more than they could earn stocking the shelves at Costco." I actually read that the average resident makes 12/hr given the amount of hours they work relative to the pay. And no I am not making this number up out of thin air, I just can't remember where I read this. Another great quote in the CNNmoney article is "for this generation of doctors, and for Meg and Chris in particular, financial s | | By: Middle Age Medical School | | |
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| free download game G4H 2008: Serious Games Training Doctors To Communicate More Effectively | | 2008-04-28 04:26:56 | | Via: Games For Health - Sessions at Games For Health 2008Games for Health Session - Physician: Game Thyself - Using Game Worlds to Improve Dr. Communication SkillsSpeakers: Fred Kron, Noah FalsteinMedical Cyberworlds, a University of Wisconsin-Madison spin off started by Dr. Fred Kron, a family physician and a faculty member in the Department of Family Medicine at UW-Madison, is developing a massive multiplayer online game to train doctors to communicate more effectively with their patients.Dr. Fred Kron, the founder and CEO of the company and Noah Falstein, the lead designer, will present an update on the state of the project and discuss the challenging process of encouraging effective collaboration between physicians, academics, and game developers.Project Background The development of the game is a major step in the life of Fred Kron, whose career has gone from outpatient medicine to television writing to education. For some doctors, good bedside manner is just part of their persona | | By: Free Download 3D and PC Games | | |
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| Them Doctors’ (and nurses’) “Black” Days: Cebu’s Black Suede Canister in Rectum Scandal | | 2008-04-24 05:42:34 | | Now how would Teri Hatcher react if she watched the sick Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center video scandal, a.k.a “Cebu Black Suede Scandal”?
We can’t blame her; some Filipino health team workers don’t live up to the oaths they took as sworn to their profession, especially some doctors and staff of the above-mentioned hospital.
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| Doctors' Meeting | | 2008-04-23 07:38:11 | | A group of psychiatrists were attending a convention. Four of them decided to leave, and walked out together. One said to the other three, "People are always coming to us with their guilt and fears, but we have no one that we can go to when we have problems." The others agreed.Then one said, "Since we are all professionals, why don't we take some time right now to hear each other out?"The other three agreed.The first then confessed, "I have an uncontrollable desire to kill my patients."The second psychiatrist said, "I love expensive things and so I find ways to cheat my patients out of their money whenever I can so I can buy the things I want."The third followed with, "I'm involved with selling drugs and often get my patients to sell them for me."The fourth psychiatrist then confessed, "I know I'm not supposed to, but no matter how hard I try, I can't keep a secret..."
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| When Doctors Serve Up Bad Treatment | | 2008-04-22 21:44:18 | | In a recent communication from a HealthWorldWeb user this information was passed along to me:
I once vowed that I would never let a doctor get away with not returning my phone call with treatment concerns after numerous treatments. I broke my ankle and the emergency room referred me to a totally arrogant and demeaning doctor [...] | | By: Health World Web | | |
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| Older Doctors Hate Their Jobs!? | | 2008-04-22 14:35:00 | | "Fifty-seven percent of older physicians said they would not recommend medicine as a career to their own children. Similarly, 44 percent said they would not select medicine as career if they were starting out today."This is a quote from an article I found, Many older doctors plan to phase out their practice, while snooping around the Internet and it is really depressing for those of us who want to become doctors. It doesn't really say why more than half of all older doctors polled wouldn't recommend medicine as a career even to their own children. Is it really that bad? Why are they so disgruntled about their jobs? Why are we trying so hard to get to a place that they are trying so hard to get out of? It is really making me think twice about whether to even pursue this. I wonder what jobs they would opt for instead of medicine? I bet it's a lot easier to make that kind of a claim when you are pulling in $150,000 a year. I am sure they wouldn't be happy making $30,000 a year as a mouse | | By: Middle Age Medical School | | |
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| Urinary Tract Infection Natural Cure- Curing UTI with Secrets Doctors Won't Tell You | | 2008-04-22 06:08:47 | | Is there really a urinary tract infection natural cure that doctors are not telling you? Are pharmaceutical companies making billions off of an infection that can be cured with your diet and lifestyle changes? You might be surprised what research is now showing about a UTI natural cure. Using Natural Health I grew up in America and I once knew what it felt like to hear the words, 'natural remedy'. Living in the west, we are finally hearing those words that were once taboo in most developed countries. Unfortunately, natural health has been given a bad reputation and it might have come about because of pharmaceutical companies. Think about what you do when you get sick! You go to the doctor and then you go to the pharmacy to get your medicine. But, less than a hundred years ago this was not the case. In fact, most doctors used natural remedies to cure patients. Many of them worked and many of them didn't! However, as science and research has grown, we have discovered that many remedie | | By: Health Care Guide | | |
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| Citing Ethics, Some Doctors Are Rejecting Industry Pay | | 2008-04-15 00:03:38 | | By GINA KOLATA
With little fanfare, a small number of prominent academic scientists have made a decision that was until recently all but unheard of. They decided to stop accepting payments from food, drug and medical device companies.
No longer will they be paid for speaking at meetings or for sitting on advisory boards. They may still [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
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| Live in Massachusetts? Thinking about changing doctors? Think twice | | 2008-04-06 09:26:11 | | I wrote a bit last week about why Massachusetts' universal health care program was a budget-buster for this state, currently facing with a $1.3 billion budget deficit. Don't get me wrong-- I'm all in favor of universal health care, but not on a state by state level and not the one we have in Massachusetts.Now the New York Times reports that the Massachusetts system is struggling with the increased patient load It's not so much that there are fewer doctors (although that's true with primary care) but that more people are now seeking long-delayed care and treatment-- an additional 340,000 just in the last year. The average wait for a new patient to see an internist has gone from 33 days in 2006 to 52 days in 2007. Specialties fare no better. For the first time in my life, I have private health care; my primary care doctor scheduled a visit with an endocrinologist for me-- and it's six months away!Other problems with Massachusetts' system are emerging, some outlined in the NYTimes ar | | By: Michaelann Land | | |
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| What Doctors Don't Tell Diabetics About Fats And Carbs | | 2008-03-31 15:31:23 | | If you recently have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, chances are your nutritional advice has fallen into one of two mutually exclusive categories: 1. Eat fewer carbs. Your body turns almost all carbohydrates into glucose either quickly or slowly, so to get your blood sugar levels down, eat less carbohydrate. 2. Eat more carbs. You have diabetes because you are overfat, so replace the fat in your diet with carbohydrate.It's enough to make you wonder if doctors and nutritionists really know how to treat diabetes, but there is, despite what you may hear from true believers in one kind of diabetes diet or another, value in both approaches. The idea that diabetics should eat less carbohydrate makes inherent sense. Diabetes is a condition in which either the body is not making enough insulin or insulin does not work effectively. If you are not going to inject insulin or take drugs that sensitize cells to insulin or use medications that force the pancreas to produce more insulin, it ma | | By: Diabetes Treatment | | |
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| The Doctor’s Channel - A Media Snack for Doctors [Highlight HEALTH 2.0] | | 2008-03-28 14:35:46 | | “Media snacking” is a term used to describe the consumption of small bits of information, data or entertainment. Social networks such as StumbleUpon, Facebook and del.icio.us, text and media sites such as Twitter and Pownce, Flickr … the list goes on and on. People that consume bite-sized media chunks, short web videos, RSS feeds and [...] | | By: Highlight HEALTH | | |
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| Adult humor jokes-Country Doctors | | 2008-03-24 23:15:07 | | A young doctor had moved out to a small community to replace a doctor who was retiring. The older gent suggested the young one accompany him on his rounds so the community could become used to a new doctor.At the first house a woman complained, "I've been a little sick to my stomach." The older doctor said, "Well, you've probably been overdoing the fresh fruit. Why not cut back on the amount you've been eating and see if that does the trick?"As they left the younger man said, "You didn't even examine that woman. How'd you come to your diagnosis so quickly?""I didn't have to. You noticed I dropped my stethoscope on the floor in there? When I bent over to pick it up, I noticed a half dozen banana peels in the trash. That was what was probably making her sick.""Huh," the younger doctor said, "Pretty clever. I think I'll try that at the next house."Arriving at the next house, they spent several minutes talking with an elderly woman. She complained that she just didn't have the energy she o | | By: Life Disguised in Humor | | |
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| What Doctors Have To Say About Drugs | | 2008-03-24 10:49:00 | | If you have visited our blog more than once you know I'm against always using drugs at the drop of a hat. I believe in letting our body heal itself holistically through food, herbs and natural methods. Just a list has a great eye opening post about Quotes on drugs by MDs. I listed 4 here. "If all the medicine in the world were thrown into the sea, it would be bad for the fish and good for humanity" O.W. Holmes, (Prof. of Med. Harvard University)"Drugs never cure disease. They merely hush the voice of nature's protest, and pull down the danger signals she erects along the pathway of transgression. Any poison taken into the system has to be reckoned with later on even though it palliates present symptoms. Pain may disappear, but the patient is left in a worse condition, though unconscious of it at the time." Daniel. H. Kress, M.D."The person who takes medicine must recover twice, once from the disease and once from the medicine." William Osler, M.D."We are prone to thinking of drug ab | | By: Whole Food And More | | |
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| New Focus of Inquiry Into Bribes: Doctors | | 2008-03-22 08:02:41 | | A long-running federal investigation into the orthopedic device industry’s suspected kickback payments to hip and knee surgeons now has the doctors in the spotlight.
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| Doctors solve "freezing" illness | | 2008-03-10 11:09:00 | | For more than three decades, Rachel Doherty and her siblings have endured the ravages of a rare illness that chills their insides while covering their skin in a painful rash. Through her youth, the 62-year-old retiree from Prince Edward Island didn't even have a name for the condition that passed from one generation to the next, leaving most of her relatives feeling like they were "freezing | | By: News Alert | | |
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| Call The Doctors, Stat! | | 2008-03-10 10:11:19 | | I want to make a quick post about the Avalanche medical team before we let things go too far when it comes to criticism. I have to admit, we've given the medical team a lot of grief this season, especially for the Joe Sakic "it's a groin pull, oh wait, it's a major hernia" fiasco, not to mention the Kurt Sauer "it's whiplash, and uh, it's a concussion, too" incident. The Paul Stastny groin pull while rehabbing after an appendectomy didn't go over very well with us, either. And now, with Peter Forsberg out with a mysterious groin pull of his own, the temptation to lay into the Avalanche doctors and trainers gets even harder to resist. But, let's cut them just a bit of slack---if just for a second. The medical team, led by Dr. Andrew Parker (pictured doing his best Coach Q impersonation), an orthopedic surgeon with 20 years of experience (and no pending malpractice suits), are trained professionals and we're not. We didn't go to medical school, and we don't have | | By: Mile High Hockey | | |
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| MedPAC Examines ‘Bundled Payments’ To Hospitals, Doctors | | 2008-03-07 05:07:25 | | Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members on Wednesday discussed proposals that would provide “bundled payments” to hospitals and doctors for treatment as a way to reduce inefficiency and health care costs, CQ HealthBeat reports. One of the draft recommendations states that Congress should require CMS to “confidentially report resource use around hospitalizations.
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| More doctors! | | 2008-02-15 16:31:46 | | This morning found me at the doctor AGAIN! Justin had broken out in a horrible rash from head to toe. Turns out, he's allergic to penicillin! So he had to start on a whole new antibiotic. I also had Zachary checked for strep since he was funning a fever this morning, but it was negative. Everyone is well now, except for Justin's rash and tonsils, which still touch in the middle. Tomorrow we are going BACK to have Isaiah's stitches removed. No more doctors please!The rest of the day we spent at car dealerships because we might be getting a new van. Have you ever sat in car dealerships all day with 4 little boys while pregnant? I don't think I have to tell you what it's like.Needless to say, it's been a long day and I think I'll head to bed early. Goodnight! | | By: Homekeeping Heart | | |
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| How Doctors Treat Hypertension | | 2008-02-11 15:02:17 | | How your doctor treats your hypertension, or high blood pressure, really depends upon just how high your blood pressure is when your doctor discovers that it is too high. Here are the readings that doctors consider when they begin to treat you for hypertension:
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| Depression in Young Doctors Tied to Medication Errors | | 2008-02-09 08:08:00 | | (HealthDay News) -- Medical residents who are depressed are about six times more likely to make medication errors than those who aren't depressed, says a study that looked a 123 pediatric residents at three children's hospitals in the United States.Researchers found that 20 percent of the residents were depressed, and 74 percent were burned out. During the study period, the residents made a total of 45 medications errors, and those who were depressed made 6.2 times more medication errors than those who weren't depressed.There didn't appear to be any link between higher medication error rates and burnout. The study was published online Feb. 7 in the British Medical Journal.These findings suggest that doctors' mental health may play a more significant role in patient safety than previously suspected, the study authors said. In addition, the high burnout rate among residents in this study -- consistent with other studies -- indicates that methods of training doctors may cause stress that | | By: Integrative Medicine (CAM) Blog | | |
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| Clinical Anatomy for Students and Junior Doctors 11th Edition | | 2008-02-06 19:15:42 | | Clinical Anatomy: Applied Anatomy for Students and Junior Doctors 11th Edition
Clinical Anatomy has remained the word of the same author for nearly half a century. Initially written for clinical medical students on the wards, clinics and revising for Finals, since then it has sold all over the world in hundreds of thousands and in several languages. Its success has been its constant revision to | | By: free e book | | |
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| Britney Spears Now In Doctors’ Hands | | 2008-01-31 20:53:02 | | Related Posts: Dr. Phil, have you heard of… HIPAA?
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I really don’t want to turn this into a gossip column. And I definitely don’t want to turn this into a cebrinews site. But a couple weeks ago I did post about the medical debacle between Britney Spears and Dr. Phil.
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| chronic disabled relatives/doctors,nurses,careplans,insurance | | 2008-01-14 18:34:45 | | please pray for disabled family members and their doctors, and their transportation needs to be met. Please pray for doctors, nurses that make the care plans for my disabled family members. Please pray for clarity of mind for the disabled family members who are caregivers. Please ask God to release the finances necessary to meet [...] | | By: Prayers Online | | |
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| Meet The Doctors Of Ismile.com | | 2008-01-12 08:43:00 | | The Dental Clinic of Dr. Jeffrey Shapiro of New York City is one of the leading teams in Dental cosmetic surgery and hygienists. Dr. Shapiro, whose picture you see on the side, along with his team of dental professionals provide their customers with the highest possible quality of service and care using state of the art dental technology, excellent training and patient care. They are fast becoming one of the most sought after dental clinics in the Big Apple.Dr. Shapiro knows that excellent dental health is an asset not only for a person's self-confidence but also professionally. A great smile can go a long way in terms of winning a client, closing a lucrative deal or even just to persuade a customer. You may not have a face that can launch a thousand ships but an attractive smile can win hearts in your favor.His clinic and team offers customers a wide range of dental service from simple teeth cleaning to contouring and even full mouth reconstruction. He has 3 of his close friends also working with him to service all the needs of their patients. Dr. Paul Snisky is their full-time Periodontist and Implant Surgeon. Dr. Gregg Stein is an expert in General and Cosmetic Dentistry, Dr. Linda Shin specializes in Endodontics while Dr. Shapiro himself is one of the leading practitioners in Prosthodontics and Cosmetic Dentistry. Together with the latest dentistry technology, Dr. Shapiro's team has been getting a lot of raves and praises from happy satisfied customers. If you're looking for a Cosmetic Dentist NYC-area, look them up at www.ismile.com or call their office at (212) 267-1884.
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| Doctors Baffled By Green Sweat | | 2007-12-06 14:22:00 | | Doctors in China admit they are baffled after a man began to perspire green sweat.Cheng Shunguo, 52, of Wuhan city, says his sweat turned green in the middle of November. “I noticed that my underwear and bed sheets were all green, and even the water in the shower,” he said.Cheng says he feels no discomfort, but went to hospital because he was worried about his condition. Doctors thoroughly cleaned his armpits but it took only 10 minutes for his sweat to turn a piece of white gauze green again. They have carried out blood tests on Cheng, but found everything to be normal.“We can’t find the cause,” admitted a spokesman for the hospital which reported the case to the media in the hope of finding a solutionhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/naOQ | | By: Genius of Love | | |
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| Doctors remove a 3-inch toothbrush lodged inside woman's nose | | 2007-10-18 20:51:28 | | Doctors remove a 3-inch toothbrush lodged inside woman's noseDoctors in India have removed a 3-inch toothbrush lodged inside the nose of a 31-year old woman, a local paper reported.The report said that the housewife went to a hospital in Mumbai two months ago suffering from severe pain.During a CT scan, doctors were shocked to find the broken toothbrush prompting them to order an immediate surgery."I was brushing my teeth, my husband accidentally pushed me and the toothbrush in my hand broke,"| said the woman. "I was left holding the lower portion of the brush but couldn't locate the rest of it.""Soon after, I started bleeding profusely from the nose," she added. "But since that day, I began getting breathless and a foul-smelling discharge began to come out of my nose.""The odor from her nose was so bad that it could be smelt from a distance of two feet," said Kaushal Sheth, the doctor who performed the surgery. "If the object had fallen into her windpipe, she could have choked to death."Source : frostfirezoo.com
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| Air Ambulance and Flying Doctors | | 2007-10-11 15:32:18 | | Here in Sarawak, we have the Flying Doctors Services (FDS) runs by the Government to serve the rural communities who do not have access to basic medical and health care due to their remoteness. The flying doctor team comprises a medical officer, a medical assistant and two community nurses who visit interior locations once a month or once in two months. This is basically a helicopter service.
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