What is the term that applies to situations in which the disease progression is gradual with only vague or mild signs? a. Acute b. Chronic c. Insidious d. Invasive e. Terminal Fill in the blank: Inflammation of the uterine tube is called ___...
Which of the following statements is TRUE? a. It does not make sense for a medical office to convert to an EMR if they will be the only facility in a region using one. b. The front office staff will always have the responsibility of training new physician ...
Amid ongoing conversations about the United States presidential race, a recurring topic has been the cognitive capacity of candidates and some speculation about "cognitive decline"—but what does this mean in terms of a person's health? As a geriatrician and palliative medicine physician, Hillary L...
One of the first doxxing campaigns began in 1997 when anti-abortion activists in the US targeted abortion providers. This insidious doxxing example involved a website called the Nuremberg Files, which published abortion providers’ personal information as a hit list. A 2002 court case found that t...
Infected mobile devices are a particularly insidious danger compared to a PC. Ironically, the “personal computer” isn’t personal anymore. Phones, conversely, go with us everywhere. As a society we’ve become so attached to our phones that there’s now an actual word for the fear we ...
instructed C in all sorts of vicarious physical exam maneuvers. I had the sense that she was ok but then a part of my brain started up with the insidious differential: nasal septal hematoma, orbital fracture, CSF leak. And mostly I ached to be there....
They need YOU to show them that you are willing to invest yourselves into learning about this insidious illness and learning what is helpful and what isn’t. They need YOU to tell them their own gospel story of Jesus being enough for them and which make impotent all their feelings of not...
Sherrie Bourg Carter: "You don't wake up one morning and all of a sudden 'have burnout.' Its nature is much more insidious, creeping up on us over time like a slow leak." In my experience, the leak looks like this: signs of burnout start off as signs of stress. Then, if the ...
What does it mean to really, truly, rest? If you aren’t entirely sure what resting for your well-being actually means, you’re not alone: It is hard to define. “It’s going to depend on how that person feels and where they are in terms of getting back to their normal,” Jaime...
Language is never neutral, and language in international conventions relies on a long history of politics, compromises, and negotiated definitions. Any newly conceived language should be closely scrutinised: What does it look like? What does it mean? How will it be measured? Who is supporti...