It is with a good deal of trepidation that I start any new medication in my patients who are very old, for fear of disrupting the myriad forces of genetics and environment that have allowed them to live so long.
NYT > Fitness & Nutrition
It is with a good deal of trepidation that I start any new medication in my patients who are very old, for fear of disrupting the myriad forces of genetics and environment that have allowed them to live so long.
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Every doctor’s expertise is earned on patients, but unfortunately, there is a learning curve.
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Nearly 23 years after the Americans With Disabilities Act went into effect, patients with disabilities continue to receive inadequate medical care — and many cannot even get a doctor’s appointment.
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When my patient took herself off the active liver transplant list, I had to ask myself a question: Did I have some type of duty to get her to change her mind?
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Transcripts of patient visits show a striking difference in the way doctors talk to their obese patients and those of normal weight, Johns Hopkins researchers found.
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Doctors often prescribe potentially harmful drugs to older patients, and the problem is particularly acute in the South, a new study shows.
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Every patient — whether gracious or rude, cooperative or hostile — deserves the full extent of our respect and abilities. But too often those most in need of our compassion are least likely to receive it.
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