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Routine Physicals: Are They Really Helpful?
Written By Deb Wilson on April 23rd • No Comments • UncategorizedThe question of whether or not a routine physical is really “necessary” came up in a question by a New York Times reader to their “Ask Well” columnist. While it is a very subjective type question, I found the...
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Board Certification: From the Doctor’s Perspective
Written By Deb Wilson on April 22nd • No Comments • UncategorizedBoard certification is one of the tools available to health care consumers to help choose a doctor who is qualified to practice in his/her field. While all of the states require licensing to practice medicine, the board certification designation...
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Smart Phones and Clinical Trials
Written By Deb Wilson on April 21st • No Comments • UncategorizedThis is really really cool. Researchers have developed applications, unfortunately only currently available to iPhone users, that allow an individual to participate in a clinical trial without having to travel to a facility or even their doctor’s office. Steven...
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Nickel: Not Just a Skin Allergy
Written By Deb Wilson on April 20th • No Comments • UncategorizedI consider myself pretty savvy when it comes to allergies, having a whole slew of them that I deal with on a regular basis, but an article in the Wall Street Journal about certain foods containing a “significant” amount...
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Inside the Doctor’s World of Testing
Written By Deb Wilson on April 19th • No Comments • UncategorizedI’m a huge fan of the New York Times contributing doctors who give us consumers of health care an insight into their world. In this case, it’s about all the testing and screening that has become part of the...
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Coordinated Health Care: Keeping All The Care Managers Coordinated!
Written By Deb Wilson on April 18th • No Comments • UncategorizedA New York Times columnist (Paula Span) recently hit upon an issue that is developing with the number of professional “care managers” now involved in today’s health care world. A hospital, insurance company and other “interested parties” may all assign...
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When a Child is Seriously Ill, There’s a Emotional Toll
Written By Deb Wilson on April 17th • No Comments • UncategorizedThe thought of a child suffering from a major illness is cause for sadness, even for strangers. Now imagine the emotional and psychological toll is must take on those closest to that child. The good news is that some...
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Skin Cancer: Update on Treatment Options
Written By Deb Wilson on April 16th • No Comments • UncategorizedThere is a new skin cancer treatment option, surface electronic brachytherapy, or eBx, that is starting to replace the more traditional approaches of scraping, freezing and surgical removal for non-melanoma skin cancers. While it is not without some controversy concerning...
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Telemedicine Practice: A Challenge in Texas
Written By Deb Wilson on April 14th • No Comments • UncategorizedAt the beginning of this year the Texas Medical Board issued an “emergency rule” that declared the use of online questionnaires, or questions and answers exchanged through email, electronic text or chat, or telephone evaluation of a patient to...
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Minimally Invasive Surgery: Needs to be Considered More Often
Written By Deb Wilson on April 13th • No Comments • UncategorizedMany common surgeries can be performed using minimally invasive techniques, referred to as laparoscopic or keyhole surgery, or the more traditional “open” surgery. It would seem to be common sense that if a technique could be safely performed that...
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