Posted by: admin on: July 11, 2011
Incompetence in a physician is a scary thing! Doctors deal with problems of life and death and try to heal you with dangerous tools. But how do you know who’s on their game and who’s falling down on the job? It’s tricky for patients because they often don’t know enough about medicine practice to judge […]
Posted by: admin on: July 8, 2011
By law, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans are reviewed and updated every 5 years to keep our health moving forward. The new guidelines, Dietary Guidelines for America, are different from previous versions in several ways. They are addressing a nation where most are undernourished when it comes to several […]
Posted by: admin on: July 8, 2011
A simple febrile convulsion is a brief (< 10 min duration) generalized convulsion in a febrile (> 38oC) child aged between 6 months and 6 years, with no previous afebrile seizures, no progressive neurological condition and no signs of a CNS infection. Management of the convulsion This is described in detail in the Convulsions guidelines.
Posted by: admin on: July 8, 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity Many people who are overweight and obese either don’t realize it or are in denial — and too few doctors are setting them straight, according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers analyzed data on roughly 5,500 people who took part in government health surveys between 2005 and 2008. […]
Posted by: admin on: July 7, 2011
If you woke up one day with an earache, you could call your doctor’s office for help. Or you could do what the majority of patients do today and Google what to do first. Type “earache” into your Web browser and the results can vary wildly. Search engines can return results saying that an earache can […]