Humans didn’t evolve to stare at screens for an average of 10 hours a day. We evolved to hunt and gather on the plains, not to walk on asphalt or spend our days in high-rise buildings changing the colors of pixels on a computer screen. So it’s understandable that modern humans suffer in some way …
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As CDC Holds the Line, Doctors Debate Lifting Mask Mandates
Feb. 10, 2022 — New COVID-19 case numbers in the United States have dropped nearly two thirds from just weeks ago, and the drop has set off heated conversations across the United States on when and if mask mandates should stop. On Monday, governors from four states — Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, and Oregon — …
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31 Unbelievable Things Doctors Have Said To Women
22. “I was expressing frustration with difficulty losing weight no matter what I did when I was in for my annual. My doctor looked me straight in the eye and said, ‘Just stop eating.’ I was so upset that I got into a car accident on the way home. Luckily, I was OK.” “I was …
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Doctors Had To Replace Half Of This Woman's Tongue With Her Thigh Muscle, And The Results Are Mind Blowing
“I couldn’t smell for three months, and I couldn’t eat spicy things for the longest time.” View Entire Post › Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenniferadams2/tongue-thigh-surgery
Doctors Fight Tobacco Takeover of Inhaled Medicines
Jan. 21, 2022 — A tobacco giant has stepped into the health care business, and respiratory specialists are doing their best to thwart the move. The Forum of International Respiratory Societies, which has 70,000 members worldwide, has served “official notice” that its organizations and members “cannot condone” working with any firm “wholly owned by a …
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Fed-Up Doctors Have Had Enough Of Joe Rogan’s Covid Misinformation And Are Asking Spotify To Step In
Getty Image Joe Rogan is not a doctor. Still, millions of people (including UFC president Dana White and Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers) are listening to him for Covid advice. In 2021, Rogan came down with Covid and decided to take Ivermectin to treat it, and then he got mad about CNN reporting that …
42 Doctors On What They Really Think Of COVID Boosters
Multiple experts also pointed out how “long COVID” symptoms affect nearly every age group and some were quick to point out that COVID has killed many younger people as well. What’s more, Dr. Abraham said, “Another reason to get vaccinated is to protect your neighbors and family, and be a good citizen. Each and every …
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Many Doctors Uninformed on Rights of Disabled Patients
By Cara MurezHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 30 years after passage of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), many doctors still don’t know how to provide accessible care, a new study finds. “Despite the fact people with disabilities comprise 25% of the population, they often confront barriers to …
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CDC Defends New COVID Guidance as Doctors Raise Concerns
Jan. 5, 2022 – The CDC’s recently updated guidance on isolating and testing were tied to the public’s increased interest in testing, Director Rochelle Walenksy, MD, said during a White House briefing in Wednesday. Health officials recently shortened the recommended COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to 5, creating confusion amid an outbreak …
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29 People Who Broke Up With Their Toxic Doctors
29. “In my 20s, I was having horrible and increasing abdominal pain. I was bounced from primary care to OB-GYN and repeatedly told I wasn’t in as much pain as I claimed. I was labeled as ‘drug seeking,’ and it was very obvious that the providers thought I was exaggerating for effect. A OB-GYN put …
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What One Doctor’s Viral Tweet Shows Us about Gynecological Care
Dec. 16, 2021 — A doctor’s tweet that started as a simple question about office design has exploded into a viral vehicle for commentary on gynecological care — a corner of medicine that many believe often neglects the comfort of patients. Early this month, Indiana urogynecologist Ryan Stewart, DO, asked his followers on Twitter to …
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A Gynecologist Is Going Viral For Asking People What They Would Change About Doctors Offices, And I Literally Couldn't Agree More
Wider variety of speculum sizes, more diverse imagery and better gowns are definitely on the list. View Entire Post › Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/amatullahshaw/doctors-office-changes