Improve Doctor-Patient Relationships | Basic Tips
You’ll probably recall from medical school that instructors did focus on communications skills for things like interviewing patients, processing their concerns, and talking them through your evaluations. Undoubtedly, these are important aspects of your communicative role as a physician and things you’ve grown to master over the years. However, there are other communication techniques that are just as important but may not have been...
Why Sexual Assault Goes Unreported and How ER Doctors Can Help
As an emergency medicine locum tenens physician, you’re caring for patients in emergency departments across the country who arrive with all sorts of injuries and stories. Some of them most likely pass through quickly and uneventfully, while there are others that you probably think about long after your shift is over. For example, the young girl who arrived after a violent sexual assault and needs medical attention but does not want to...
Hearing Voices | TMS May Treat Schizophrenia
As one of the most debilitating and perplexing mental illnesses known to the field of psychiatry, schizophrenia has been difficult to get a handle on for the medical community. This is one condition that can present a large range of different symptoms, ranging within disturbances in someone’s behavior, cognition, mood, speech, and just their general psychological state. Although no one experiences the exact same symptoms, one of the...
Senolytic Drugs Could Change How We Age
Like death, taxes, and our president tweeting something controversial, aging is a something that’s inevitable. As we grow older, time seems to accelerate and with every passing day, more sore joints and achy body parts seem to arise. However, a handful of researchers dedicated to slowing down the aging process might have made a landmark breakthrough. A new type of senolytic drug just might do the trick when it comes to the aging...
Hearing Health Awareness During Fall Concert Season
With the Fall concert season rapidly approaching, you’ll see many music-lovers of all ages enjoying these outdoor concerts in a variety of different venues. However, one major health concern has been on the rise and it has to do with these popular gatherings. With the high-decibel music that occurs at the typical Fall concert, it’s no surprise that physicians are seeing a rise in hearing issues from those attending loud music...