Tag Archives: patients

Morgan Gleason was 11 years old when diagnosed with Juvenile Dermatomyositis — a systemic, autoimmune inflammatory muscle disorder affecting just 3 out of every 1 million children. ...

By Brad Broker Q: What is the #1 online source of medical information for patients and health care professionals? Epocrates? Mayo Clinic? Facebook? No, no, ...

By Brad Broker Last November, two Pennsylvania state senators crossed the aisle to introduce a bill to legalize marijuana for medicinal use.  Senators Mike Folmer ...

By Brad Broker A new imaging technique that can scan a patient’s entire body can also reveal exactly where cancer is affecting the bones and ...

By Jenny Gold Kaiser Health News BALTIMORE — Mary Snyder found out during her pregnancy at her 19-week ultrasound that her baby had clubfoot; both of Alice’s ...

By Alan Lyndon Someone is mixing together a cocktail of heroin and the cancer painkiller fentanyl, selling it on the street under the name “Theraflu,” ...

A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found that 20 children are hospitalized every day due to firearm injuries. Among young children in the ...

A new survey shows that doctors have no idea what’s going on with Obamacare. QuantiaMD, a social learning network for physicians, recently polled its members ...

Study shows EHRs take too much of doc’s attention away from patient Healthcare professionals were slow to adopt computers in the exam room but they’re ...

Results from a new Medscape survey show that doctors may not practice what they preach, which can lead to a disconnected patient-physician relationship. Medscape’s 2014 ...