The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone6 months and older get vaccinated every year to protect against the flu. It takes about two weeks for immunity to develop, so make sure to get your flu shotearly in the fall, before flu season peaks, or as soon...
Scoliosis surgery has several options. These include spinal fusion surgery and the use of metal rods to correct the spine’s curve. In really bad cases, additional surgery might be necessary when other treatments fail. Doctors consider how serious the curve is and the patient’s age before reco...
Increased Dose Intensity: Because higher doses of chemotherapy kill more leukemia cells than lower doses, many doctors have advocated increasing the dose or dose intensity of chemotherapy drugs as a way to improve remission and cure rates of patients with ALL. Increasing...
This contrasted with Jean's other experiences, where she observed with some frustration that she was excluded from, but witness to, conversations about her own care: ‘…because if you're left on the side and you hear the nurses and doctors talking about you, you feel, oh golly I could ...
Participants were recruited through referrals from local eye doctors, through the eye clinic at UC Berkeley and through print advertisements. Two experienced optometrists provided complete eye exams for all participants prior to enrolling. The inclusion criteria included: (1) age 18 years or older; (...
For Stella, doing what her doctors prescribe and staying at least six feet away from anyone who may pose the threat of infection is paramount. For Will, it’s a question of biding his time until he turns eighteen, and can finally rid himself of the machines and drugs and treatments being...
Perhaps the central tension between doctors and their patients was whether ME/CFS was a mental health condition. Patients with the condition strongly reject the inference that their very real physical symptoms were “only in their head.” Many doctors felt that referral to a...
I’ve just been to the doctors this morning and got her to reluctantly agree to refer me for ‘a second opinion’ (psychiatrist’s evaluation) – she doesn’t think I have Aspergers because she reckons all the explanations I came up with could be just examples of normal behaviour! (I ...
because of the abuse potential..CNS Stimulants were used before, and all of us that were on them when we needed them arent worse for wear..I am glad adderall is helping you.Maybe people like us need to speak out, so other patients arent afraid to ask their doctors..Have a great ...
several doctors ... ordered him to drink the milk of a woman. Always following this advice and drinking milk from the breast s, contrar y to the opinion of many, he was rescued. We could enumerate much more but for virtuous men, this will suffice.” Acoromboni, Tr actatus de lacte...