[spacer height="20px"]Some days it’s evident I learn more from my patients than they do from me. It’s one of my favorite parts about being a physician – patients of all ages and from all walks of life end up in front of me daily. I’m
[spacer height="20px"]Recently I had to undergo an outpatient procedure in the hospital, one that is fairly common and performed millions of times each day in the world. In the days leading up to it I thought nothing of it, knowing rationally that there was little
[spacer height="20px"]Because we all need reminding every now and then…….. [spacer height="20px"]It’s that time of year again! Kids are spreading colds in school, co-workers are coughing all over your cubicle and people are sneezing in the elevator. How can you protect yourself from the people around
[spacer height="20px"]I’ve always felt a tad guilty about my coffee habit. It began in medical school and, at its worst, this habit had me brewing two pots of coffee a day to keep me at my most alert and energetic. These days I have 2
[spacer height="20px"]We all know that kids are easy targets for commercials boosting not so healthy treats – “Choco Dracula” and multi colored juice drinks get kids excited and ready to beg mom or dad to buy them. [spacer height="20px"]Yet do parents know that we are actually
[spacer height="20px"]America is #1 – that is, in terms of the number of people on prescription medications. We outrank the rest of the word in terms of how many people take meds regularly and the number of multiple medications people are on! [spacer height="20px"]Don’t have time
[spacer height="20px"]Triphenyl phosphate, or TPHP, is used to manufacture plastic and to stop foam furniture from catching fire. It also happens to help make nail polishes more flexible and durable. It was added to polishes as a substitute for the toxic chemical phthalates that were
[spacer height="20px"]Everywhere you look you find news praising the health benefits of eating fish. Fish is a lean protein, packed with vitamins and minerals and low in saturated fat. The kind of fish containing high levels of omega-3 fatty acids are even better for us! By
[spacer height="20px"]One estimate suggests diagnostic errors affect at least 12 million adults each year, or about 5 percent of adults who go to doctors or clinics! [spacer height="20px"]Wrong or late diagnoses are actually more common than medication mistakes or surgery performed on the wrong patient or
[spacer height="20px"]If your fall allergies seem worse than ever this year – you’re right! The effects of more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are allowing pollen-producing plants to survive longer into fall and produce even stronger pollen. As a result, the American Academy of Allergy,
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