Survey: Half of US doctors use placebo treatments (AP) (Friday 24th of October 2008 04:58:45 AM)
About half of stars and bars doctors in a new survey say they per usual
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(more)Many think God's intervention can revive the dying (AP) (Tuesday 19th of August 2008 12:21:33 AM)
When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. An eye-opening survey
reveals boundless belief that divine intercession can revive dying patients. And, researchers
said, doctors "need to be prepared to deal with families who are ...
(more)Medical know-how raises suicide risk for doctors (AP) (Friday 09th of May 2008 02:00:29 AM)
There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical adeptness doctors learn to save
lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. An estimated 300 to 400 U.S. doctors
kill themselves each year — a suicide rate thought to be ...
(more)U.S. Health Care Ranks 37th In the World (Wednesday 30th of January 2008 09:41:00 PM)
U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM RANKS 37TH IN THE WORLD
Bernard Pyron"But tell me, this physician of
whom you were just speaking, is he an earner of fees, or a healer of the sick?" Plato, The
Republic."And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which ...
(more)Wii used to hone surgeons' fine motor skills (Friday 18th of January 2008 03:31:00 PM)
Filed under: GamingProving that drop one and the elderly are not the only groups seeing gravy
from Nintendo's Wii, a study on a small group of surgeons who had practiced gaming with a
modified controller showed them to achieve significantly more improvement ...
(more)Oral Antibiotics Effective To Treat Severe Urinary Tract Infections (Wednesday 17th of October 2007 08:00:00 AM)
Whereas
notes:although and though are interchangeable as conjunctions doctors habitually use
IV antibiotics to cure clientele with severe urinary tract infections (UTI), a new review from
suggests that oral antibiotics work just as well from treating ...
(more)Health Tip: Help Prevent Medical Errors (Monday 03rd of September 2007 11:55:21 PM)
Medical errors can occur when doctors don't have all of the scoop they need from a patient,
together with a comprehensive list of medications the patient takes, patient symptoms, and
advice the patient has received from other doctors.
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