Moms and dads, please don’t gawk at the college-aged and older men and women parked in the pastel-colored, animal-themed pediatrician’s waiting room. Sure, they stick out among the runny-nosed, bawling babies and wiggly little children. But these older patients are part of a reported trend that says a lot about contemporary health care and the….
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U.S. task force refines guidelines for women’s genetic cancer screening
Many more women would benefit if their doctors took time to put them through a relatively easy screening using readily available questionnaires to determine if they might need further specialist assessment and a medical test for a genetic mutation linked to breast and other forms of cancer. Women, however, should not routinely be subjected to….
Continue ReadingFor women, medicine can be about miscommunication and mistreatment
Doctors and medical scientists have their hands more than full these days, struggling to get out vital, evidence-based information to benefit the public’s health. They must cope with challenges ranging from battles with the growing problems of infections and vaccine “hesitance” to how to debunk celebrity humbug on diet and well-being. The medical establishment’s communication nightmares,….
Continue ReadingAmericans spend billions on illicit and recreational drugs. Their toll is rising.
All drugs carry costs, risks, and harms as well as benefits. Illegal ones too. Americans can’t escape the toll of harm as they use and abuse recreational and illicit substances, recent news reports show. With the long Labor Day weekend upcoming — the traditional summer’s end, with gatherings of friends and families for outdoor barbecues,….
Continue ReadingCan a Claim Exceed Policy Limits?
After a car accident in Washington D.C., you may be left with severe injuries and disabilities that require a lifetime of care. When this occurs, you will need to collect compensation for these injuries from the “at fault” driver’s insurance company. Yet, collecting the money you need after an accident isn’t always easy. In general,….
Continue ReadingBurn Injury Degrees
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1.1 million people suffer a burn injury every year that is severe enough to require medical attention. These burns range from relatively minor burns that require minimal medical treatment, to more severe and life-threatening burns. In 2016 alone, more than 40,000 burns were so….
Continue ReadingExcessive Sleeping after an Accident
In 2015, more than 2.1 million Americans were injured in car accidents across the country, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This was the highest number of injury accidents in nearly ten years. It is estimated that the average driver will be involved in at least four accidents throughout his or her lifetime…..
Continue ReadingPTSD After a Serious Car Accident
There are more than 6 million car accidents every single year in the United States. Those accidents range from minor fender benders to more severe and fatal head-on collisions. Every person who is involved in a car accident handles the emotional aftermath differently. While some can brush off the anxieties and fear, others may suffer….
Continue ReadingTo fight smoking and drug abuse, Uncle Sam will try gross images and screenings
The U.S. government will try to tackle two of the toughest health care challenges around with new pushes involving graphic imagery and smoking prevention and the encouragement for doctors to screen their adult patients to better detect, avert, and treat drug abuse. Both initiatives have their soft spots. But officials say they must act in as….
Continue ReadingDo health care’s perverse incentives lure MDs into deliberate misdiagnosis for profit?
When doctors become medical outliers, shouldn’t hospitals, colleagues, insurers, and the rest of us ask how and why an individual practitioner diverges so much from the way others provide care? Olga Khazan details for the Atlantic magazine the disturbing charges involving Yasser Awaad, a pediatric neurologist at a hospital in Dearborn, Mich. As she describes….
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