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There’s an irony at the heart of the treatment of high blood pressure. The malady itself often has no symptoms, yet the medicines to treat ...
Read More »Drug Test Spurs Frank Talk Between Hypertension Patients And Doctors
Doc: My Experience With A Physician Refresher Program
(Editor’s Note: Back in 2010, we published an article on a program at Drexel University concentrating on physician re-entry. Following is an editorial by a ...
Read More »FDA Tells Doctors To Watch Out For Fake Dugs
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are trying to help doctors spot counterfeit and unapproved drugs by raising awareness ...
Read More »Even Doctors Stigmatize Patients Taking HIV Prevention Meds
By Jim Burress, WABE In order to slow the spread of HIV, certain people who do not have the virus but are at risk should take medication ...
Read More »Why I Became A Primary Care Physician
By Steven Stroll, MD I’ve been around medicine my entire life. I am the son, grandson, nephew, husband, cousin and brother-in-law of doctors. After years ...
Read More »Winning An Oscar Will Help You Live Longer
Life and death may be at stake at the Oscars. And we’re not talking about who might survive in Gravity or American Hustle. The real ...
Read More »Olympics and Science: Can music improve athletic performance? (VIDEO)
Now that the Winter Olympics are underway in Sochi, Russia, AsapScience and the CBC have produced a series of videos to be released during the ...
Read More »Guns At Home Increase Risk Of Death
By Alan Lyndon Now it’s official — having access to a gun significantly increases the risk of homicide and suicide. Guns are more prevalent in ...
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