Articles Tagged ‘Medicine’
BioPsychoSocial Health | By June 16, 2008 | By Jennifer Green, MS | 4 Comments
Mozart, MD - Music for the Mind and Body
Music not only soothes the savage beast; it heals the critically ill.
A study in Critical Care Medicine evaluated the mechanisms of music-induced relaxation in critically ill patients. The researchers measured blood pressure and heart rate, brain electrical activity, serum levels of stress hormones and cytokines, requirements for sedative drugs, and level of sedation before and after an hour of listening to piano sonatas through headphones. Read more →
- Medicine and the Law - Part 4: Informed Consent
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don’t We?
- Medicine and the Law - Part 3: Causation
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Mind/Body Connection
- Doctors Going “Non-Par” - A New Trend in Medicine
- The Difference Between Doctors and Lawyers
- Medicine and the Law - Part 2: Medical Malpractice
- Medicine and the Law - Part 1: Contract and Consent
- Drugs and Pharmacology, Sixth Edition
- Medical Tourism: Pathway to Outsourcing Physician Jobs
- Green Tea and the Fight Against Parkinson’s Disease
In my previous posts about Medicine and the Law we talked about the elements necessary for a patient-physician relationship — contract and consent as well as medical malpractice. We then went on to discuss causation and the different types. Continuing on in this series let’s talk about informed... Read more →
I spend my days poring over medical research reports and databases, looking for high-quality evidence to build compelling arguments. And, when it comes to mind-body treatment modalities, I can’t find it. I’m not sure I want what it will take to get it, either. I find small studies that lack... Read more →
Our series on Medicine and the Law continues. Previously, I wrote about what is necessary for a physician-patient relationship to exist — contract and consent. Then I went on to discuss medical malpractice and that a legitimate grievance from a patient must show that the physician has a duty to... Read more →
GAD or generalized anxiety disorder is defined as a disorder characterized by irrational, uncontrollable worry about everyday issues and events. While someone without GAD may find themselves anxious in certain scenarios, persons with GAD may be almost paralyzed with anxiety in situations that should... Read more →
For those of you that don’t know, there is a new trend in medicine these days — it’s called going “Non-Par.” Non-Par simply means “Non-Participating.” When a physician goes Non-Par, it means that he or she is no longer participating in certain insurance reimbursement... Read more →
Since I started my series about Medicine and the Law, I’ve been thinking a lot about a debate I used to have with my friends when I was younger. Some of my friends wanted to be lawyers, others wanted to be doctors. At that time, doctors were paid more than lawyers. Since that time, lawyers are... Read more →
Continuing on in my series of posts about Medicine and the Law, we’ve established that there are two elements necessary for a patient-physician relationship to be established — contract and consent. There must be a written or implied contract in place, and there must be agreement to it on... Read more →
I’ve decided to go ahead and post a series on Medicine and the Law. One of the things I hear about so often from both sides of the patient-physician relationship is the fear and threat of legal action. Typically physicians are paranoid of being sued. They practice defensive medicine and go out... Read more →
Welcome to the sixth edition of Drugs and Pharmacology — a monthly blog carnival that aims to review posts “related to drugs — medicinal, recreational, interactional, personal, professional, or any other aspects.” Please remember to submit your blog entries using the online submission... Read more →
There is this booming industry in medicine that more and more people are becoming aware of. It’s called Medical Tourism. It doesn’t mean that you go around the world touring medical sites. It’s actually the concept of people traveling to different countries to have medical procedures... Read more →
Parkinson’s disease is the second commonest neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s, affecting 1% of the over-65 population and 2% of the over-80’s. Recent research (1) published in Biological Psychiatry from the Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica in Beijing indicates that... Read more →
Thursday, November 20, 2008
- The Anti-Psychiatry Movement
- Should Doctors Have Guns?
- Vaccines - A Two-Edged Sword
- Extremist Muslim Doctors Do More Than Heal
- Woman Comparable to Men in Domestic Violence: Stereotypes and their Consequences
- God And Religion: Is It All In Our Heads?
- Anti-Smoking Campaign Doesn't Mess Around
- The Bipolar Trend
- Are You Vegetarian? How Do You Get Enough Protein?
- The Implications of Implanted Chips
- The Science of Brain Freeze
- Is War A Psychosis?
- The Biopsychosocial Model of Health & Illness
- Unhinging from Theory: Autism and Opinions
- Mind-Body: We Want Evidence, Don't We?
- Meditation for Troubled Minds: Can the Mind Heal the Mind?
- Encephalon, Thirty-Third Edition
- Acknowledging Vaccination Concerns
- Health Care and Politics II - The Democrats
- Usually It's Cheaper to Pay Than to Go To Court
- Are We Worshipping Celebrities or Heroes?
- Alcohol 101 - the Best Class on Campus
- School Bullies - Is the Amygdala to Blame?
- Reversing the Irreversible - Neuromotor Prostheses for Spinal Cord Injury
- How Much is a Pound of Prevention Worth?
- Electrical Brain Stimulation Improves Hand Motor Skills
- New Drug Approval - Lacosamide for Epilepsy
- Why Infidelity May Not Be Cheating Anymore
- Alzheimer’s Drug to Treat Binge Eating Disorder
- Brain Blogging, Forty-First Edition
- Diagnosing Child Abuse
- Hypnosis and Chronic Pain
- Hitler’s Guide to Propaganda - The Psychology of Coercion
- McCain’s Health Issues Reflect His Character
- Obama and McCain - Friend or Foe of Science?
- My Amygdala Made Me Vote for McCain/Obama
- Meditate to Learn Compassion
- Drugs and Pharmacology, Eleventh Edition
- What is Intelligence?
- A Unique Struggle Against Juvenile Huntington’s Disease
- MCT oil? How is it derived, where can I get it, how much should I take, and doe...
- Second hand smoke kills...WOW
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- Are you worried about your right to breath clean air? I wouldn’t mind a little o...
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