101 articles on "patients"

Why am I mad at Merck over Vioxx

What is disturbing to me, is that given years of evidence that there was a risk of stroke and heart attack from Vioxx, Merck did NOT set out to study the cardiac impact rather only when it had an opportunity to add a new market for the drug did the...

Legal  legal vioxx study merck patients safety heart
Contact Lens Options for Your Pediatric Patients

Contact Lens Options for Your Pediatric Patients by: Steve Cogger Pediatric patients are some of the most special patients we see in any practice. When infants present for contact lenses, we all know it is a medical necessity. The practitioners ...

Health  health lenses lens contact patients parents
Ten healthcare fields that can't wait to hire you.

Healthcare is one of the hottest career fields in America today. The aging and retiring of the largest population segment in the country, known as “baby boomers”, has left the healthcare industry racing to find enough employees to fill the void. ...

Business And Finance  business finance medical healthcare care patient positions patients
Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia by: John Smith What is Fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain syndrome, characterized by widespread muscle pain, fatigue, and specific tender areas of soft tissue. It is often difficult to diagnose, due to the lack of a s...

Health  health pain sleep patients fibromyalgia
Discover The Secrets Of How To Get Younger Looking Skin

Obagi is a skin health restoration system. It includes an assortment of bottles designed to do different things, with each complementing the others. Obagi line is a medical product, not a cosmetic product. It actually stimulates collagen the second ...

Women  women skin system obagi patients photolumines vitamin
Types of Schizophrenia

Types of Schizophrenia by: David Chandler Catatonic type schizophrenia Patients with this subtype of Schizophrenia may exhibit extremes of behavior including catatonia. Some may allow their posture to be rearranged, holding the new position (ca...

Health  health schizophrenia type patients behavior patient symptoms
Perception … What Are Your Patients REALLY Hearing?

Perception … What Are Your Patients REALLY Hearing? by: Livvie Matthews Never underestimate the power of perception! Perception plays a major part in what is actually said -vs- how it is heard. And to patients...perception is reality! For exa...

Marketing  marketing patient practice time appointment patients
Major Depression and Manic-Depression — Any difference

Countless number of patients and their family members have asked me about manic–depression and major depression. “Is there any difference?” “Are they one and the same?” “Is the treatment the same?” And so on. Each time I encounter a cho...

Self Improvement And Motivation  self improvement motivation patients depression manic major
Leaning Toward Lean: Clear Thinking For Better Health(Care)

Leaning Toward Lean: Clear Thinking For Better Health(Care) by: Maya Talisman FrostMindfulness is all about paying attention. It's amazing what can be accomplished when mindfulness is applied to systems that need all the attention they can ...

Health  health patients attention healthcare systems processes
Major Depression and Manic-Depression — Any difference?

Major Depression and Manic-Depression — Any difference? by: Michael G. Rayel, MD Countless number of patients and their family members have asked me about manic–depression and major depression. “Is there any difference?” “Are they one ...

Health  health patients depression manic major