How to Help a Suicidal Patient
In 2009, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death for Americans. The Centers for Disease Control estimated that during that year 1 million people attempted suicide and 37,000 passed away from it. The saddest part? Suicide is preventable. The catch? Not all that are suffering will ask for help. It’s the duty of friends, family, loved ones, and medical professionals to intervene before it’s too late. However, medical...
The Eerie Quiz for Predicting When You’ll Die
If you were able to take a short quiz that could potentially tell you when you were going to kick the bucket, would you do it? If you’re someone who is bold enough to ask one of the most morbid questions imaginable, you may just have found the answer you were looking for. Swedish scientists have put together a short quiz that just might be able to tell if you really need to be making any future plans…unless of course those...
20 Best Physician Assistant Programs in 2015
Although physician assistants have a lot of the same tasks as a regular doctor, they still are required to work under supervision. They also take a few years less studying, way less residency time, and lack certain medical freedoms (like prescribing medicine or delivering babies) depending on the policies of particular states. For many people seeking a medical career, they find that becoming a physician assistant is a better path for...
7 Ways to Teach Patients to “Trick Themselves” into Losing Weight
For anyone who has ever tried to go on a diet, you probably felt that strange phenomenon when the moment you tell yourself to eat better or less, you suddenly feel way hungrier than before. That’s because suddenly you’ve got food constantly on the brain. Personally, I’ve noticed that I’m more successful in weight loss when I don’t obsess over food at all. It’s really mind over matter when it comes...
Physician Professionalism: How Polished is Practice?
Doctors do more than just treat sick or injured people. They must also follow the highest standards of integrity, competence, and moral values while they work. I mean, it’s “healthcare”—not “healthdon’tcare”. Public trust is an essential part of any physician’s job. However, healthcare reform and technological advancements have left medical professionals scrambling to keep up. Continue...