Medical Notes: Week of March 25, 2018
A look at the top medical headlines for the week of March 25, 2018.
Health Care Sub-categories:
- Access to Care (16)
- Affordable Care Act (6)
- Alternative Medicine and Treatments (30)
- Diagnoses (71)
- Doctors (155)
- EMDR (1)
- Emergency Medicine and First Responders (50)
- Emergency Room (30)
- End of Life Care (2)
- Family Medicine (13)
- Fraud (6)
- Head/Brain Injury (23)
- Hospitals (51)
- Injury (57)
- Insurance (53)
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (8)
- Medical Imaging (1)
- Medical License (2)
- Medical Malpractice (1)
- Medical Records (10)
- Medicare and Medicaid (15)
- Medication (123)
- Misdiagnoses (18)
- Non-invasive Treatment (5)
- Nurse Practitioner (2)
- Nurses (12)
- Nursing Homes (5)
- Outpatient (5)
- Pain Management (15)
- Patient Care and Safety (115)
- Pediatrics (97)
- Physical Therapy (8)
- Physician Assistant (2)
- Physician Burnout (9)
- Prevention (155)
- Primary Care (24)
- Recovery (50)
- Rehabilitation (13)
- Specialist (34)
- Surgery (135)
- Symptoms (131)
- Telemedicine (5)
- Therapy (97)
- Treatments (140)
- Undiagnosed and Mystery Illness (22)
- Wound Care (4)
Big Data and Healthcare (2018)
Big data is changing the world, but it’s been slow in coming to healthcare. An expert in healthcare IT explains how that’s changing and what it could mean to treatment.
Medical Notes: Week of March 18, 2018
A new test for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, treatment for colicky babies, and the long-term effect of letting kids under age twelve try alcohol.
The Mystery of Anesthesia
Anesthesia is a bedrock of medical practice, yet doctors admit we don’t know exactly how it works. An expert discusses anesthesia’s back story and recent improvements.
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
Experts describe cyclic vomiting syndrome, and how the syndrome is often misdiagnosed and remains difficult to treat.
ADHD and Sleep Disorders (2018)
Experts discuss new research showing that most people with ADHD have a disordered body clock and how fixing the body clock could lessen the impact of both ADHD and other health problems.
A Real-Life Star Trek Tricorder
The developer of DxtER, a real-life version of the Star Trek Tricorder, discusses what the device is, how it could be used, and the scrutiny it is facing from the FDA to go on the market.
Dashing Old Stuttering Myths (2018)
New research has several findings about stuttering including a structural deficiency in the brain's wiring, an inability to perceive rhythms, and a successful way to treat stuttering.
Medical Notes: Week of February 18, 2018
A familiar tool in the fight against melanoma, proof we can tell if people are sick by looking at them, an unexpected benefit of going to church, and research on why women avoid certain majors.
Anxiety and Depression–Not a Chemical Imbalance?
For decades, doctors have believed depression and anxiety were the result of chemical imbalances. However, a journalist’s investigation shows there are many factors involved.
TBI’s and Personality Change
An expert explains traumatic brain injuries and how to prevent some of the consequences.
Silent Reflux
An expert discusses telltale symptoms and the dietary triggers that can cause silent reflux.
