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Smoking and Botox -- Wishful Thinking and Common Sense
The FDA came out with a report on the negatives of botox injections… It’s like deja vu, isn’t it? Where is common sense? Read this post at About.com, Patient Empowerment. … more »
Every Patient's Advocate
Cavetching On-Line -- The WWW.BullHorn for Patient Complaints
rcrawford wrote 1 month ago: Studies indicate that it takes three times as many satisfied customers to overcome the damage to rep … more »
All Hail the Healthcare Simpleton -- Easy Interventions Produce Dramatic Improvements
rcrawford wrote 1 month ago: Dr. James Reason, M.D., is credited with creating the heuristics for identifying the causes of error … more »
Medical Tourism, part one
hefel wrote 4 months ago: If we don’t see massive reform very soon, I think this is going to become so huge. It’l … more »
Medical Mistakes
George Van Antwerp wrote 5 months ago: Wash hands with soap. Check. Clean patient’s skin with antiseptic. Check. Wear sterile … more »
MRSA: Patients Ignored, Left to Die
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Trisha Torrey wrote 5 months ago: (Find an update to this post: MRSA, Victimization and Shooting the Messenger) In the past two days, … more »
When Blaming Gets in the Way of Well-being
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Trisha Torrey wrote 6 months ago: Last evening I heard from Jack, a man with revenge on his mind. Sadly, Jack’s focus on making … more »
Antidepressants and painkillers - a dangerous combination
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FMS Global News wrote 9 months ago: Contact: Simon Dunford s.dunford@uea.ac.uk 44-016-035-92203 University of East Anglia Taking antide … more »
Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis on Today Show: Learnings
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Trisha Torrey wrote 9 months ago: My heart goes out Darrie Eason, the woman who appeared on this morning’s Today Show who was di … more »
Newsweek's My Turn: What About the Patient?
Trisha Torrey wrote 9 months ago: Last week, Newsweek’s My Turn featured an essay by Dr. Richard Karl. Newsweek called it … more »
Stossel, 20/20, Bait & Switch, Naivete
Trisha Torrey wrote 9 months ago: Did you watch John Stossel’s take on the future of health care on 20/20 Friday night? If you … more »
Doctors are Blamers or Fixers, too
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Trisha Torrey wrote 9 months ago: A week ago, I posted about Blamers and Fixers. Blamers are those people who have been hurt by our he … more »
Blamers and Fixers: Which One Are You?
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Trisha Torrey wrote 10 months ago: You’d be amazed at the email and postal mail I receive from patients who have been hurt by the … more »
Medical Retaliation - A Fact of Life
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Trisha Torrey wrote 10 months ago: Two incidents in the past two days will make your hair stand on end. Both regard medical errors, a … more »
The Best Health Care in the World?
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Trisha Torrey wrote 10 months ago: Two pieces of information have caught my eye in the past 24 hours. The AP released a report, based o … more »
States taking action to insure nation's 13.3M uninsured young adults
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FMS Global News wrote 11 months ago: New report finds young adults in low-income families most likely to lack coverage; raising SCHIP/Med … more »
SOUNDING OFF ABOUT FIBROMYALGIA AWARENESS WEEK
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FMS Global News wrote 11 months ago: By Jeanne Hambleton© UK Fibromite I know I am always going on about raising awareness and fibromya … more »
The Hell of the Angry Patient
Trisha Torrey wrote 11 months ago: Greetings from Knoxville, TN. I’ve returned to a former “home” — lived in … more »
Characteristics and healthcare costs of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.
FMS Global News wrote 11 months ago: Berger A, Dukes E, Martin S, Edelsberg J, Oster G. Policy Analysis, Inc. (PAI), Brookline, MA, USA. … more »
Aquatic Training and Detraining on Fitness and Quality of Life in Fibromyalgia.
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FMS Global News wrote 1 year ago: Tomas-Carus P, Häkkinen A, Gusi N, Leal A, Häkkinen K, Ortega-Alonso A. 1 Fitness and Lifequality … more »
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