We all have embarrassing health-related questions that just need to be answered. And chances are, more than half have to do with poop. Here’s one you may have pondered more than once while on your porcelain throne: Why am I so dang tired after I poop? Well, thankfully Dr. Sameer Islam is here to answer […]
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Sleep apnea devices need filter for use in COVID-19, doctor warns
A pair of Yale and Harvard professors have co-designed a circuit device to make machines used by sleep apnea patients safer for use by those infected with the COVID-19 virus. Many people being treated for sleep apnea use small devices known as positive airway pressure (PAP) machines to prevent interruption of breathing during the night. […]
Oregon doctor sues over donated sperm, says clinic used it for 17 kids
Dozens of IVF patients discover their fertility doctor is actually their child’s biological father A shocking investigation by the New York Times finds dozens of women who chose sperm donors are now learning it belonged to their doctors; reaction from reproductive attorney Melissa Brisman. PORTLAND, Ore. – A man who says his donated sperm was […]
The country doctor has to pay back 250,000 euros, because it treated too many patients
Kyra Ludwig neurologist in the country is in the Saxon town of Seifhennersdorf. Actually good news, because the country is known to be hands searched desperately Doctors. Too many patients, too few Doctors. Ludwig has, accordingly, many at for the treatment. Might you are now in the bankruptcy. Kyra Ludwig to pay around 250,000 Euro […]
Why you need to talk to your doctor before you start taking supplements
Before you start shopping for or taking supplements, it’s important to know that not all supplements are created equally. This is because supplements are not as closely regulated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) as prescription medicines and conventional foods are. “Supplements may carry harmful risks such as inaccurate dosing information and contaminated […]
DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Hip operation rationing is so cruel
DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Hip operation rationing is so cruel, it makes people like my gran suicidal Until a hip starts hurting, you don’t appreciate quite how much you depend on it to function. As your joint becomes increasingly worn or damaged, everything becomes painful. Walking hurts. Sitting hurts. Standing up hurts. Even lying […]
Shortening trainee doctor hours hasn’t harmed patients
When reforms shortened working hours for U.S. doctors-in-training, some worried: Was that enough time to learn the art of medicine? Would future patients suffer? Now a study has answers, finding no difference in hospital deaths, readmissions or costs when comparing results from doctors trained before and after caps limiting duties to 80 hours per week […]
DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: When it’s good to neglect your child
DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: When it’s good to neglect your child and why mollycoddling them stops them coping with life Our obsession with cleanliness is making our children sick. It seems a paradox, doesn’t it, that in an attempt to keep youngsters healthy by eliminating germs, we’re making them ill? Research this week showed […]
At Leipzig’s University hospital, New Gen tested:-therapy in a cancer patient
You should extend the life expectancy significantly or even lead to cures: a new Gene therapy against cancer. Now she came for the first Time at the University hospital of Leipzig, a – to a patient with cancer of the lymph nodes. The therapy have to beat him, and report to the Doctors. At the […]
Life after suicide — for an ABC News correspondent
James Longman, a successful foreign correspondent for ABC News, is in a club no one wants to belong to: suicide survivors. “There’s been a lot of secrecy in my family about it. This is not something that people want to talk about now, let alone all these years,” Longman told Dr. Jennifer Ashton on her […]