All primary care doctors should screen adolescents routinely for depression, new recommendations said. Story highlights Primary care doctors should screen young people ages 12 to 18 for depression Doctors should have a system in place for connecting adolescents to care for depression There is not evidence to recommend routine depression... read more →
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Jan
06
A virus that causes babies to be born with shrunken heads appears to be spreading across South America. The rare and incurable microcephaly condition, in which babies are born with abnormally small brains and skulls, has seen a surge in Brazil in the last year. After 2,782 cases were registered... read more →
Dec
07
As if there's not enough bad STD news to worry about already—a recent study suggests there's a new sexually transmitted infection in town. Introducing: mycoplasma genitalium, or MG. Though experts have known of MG's existence since the '80s, the new paper published in the International Journal of Epidemiology reveals that... read more →
Nov
27
Just as recently as before the turn of this century, it was very common for doctors to be paying you a visit at home where patients were able to receive first-hand medical attention from some of the best in the business. With the passage of time and with breakthroughs in... read more →
Nov
20
There are many doctors operating in the country, but most of them are working full time with renowned hospitals. When required, it can become exceedingly difficult to locate a practitioner with sound credentials for a house visit. We make remove the difficulty from this task for you by getting together... read more →
Nov
11
When you're not feeling well at all and you've already went through remedies to try to help you get back to your healthy state doesn't work, the next thing you know you have to do is see your doctor. The issue with that for some is that, having to drive... read more →
Nov
04
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act or ‘Obamacare’ was signed into federal law on March 23, 2010. It represents one of the most significant regulatory overhauls of the United States’ healthcare system since the passage of the Medicare and Medicaid... read more →
Oct
27
Back in the 1930’s more than 40% of the patient-doctor encounters occurred at home rather than in a hospital. It was a time when people looked up to their doctors as ‘Miracle Makers’ carrying their big black bags to cure people. With the introduction of centralized hospitals and quality medical... read more →
Oct
19
Whether you are accident-prone or an overly concerned parent, making an unnecessary trip to the emergency room can hurt your pocket book more than that trip and fall hurt your body. If you have ever stared at a bill from the hospital in astonishment, you may enjoy the convenience of... read more →
Oct
09
In the good-ole days, patients got individual attention from the town doctor when he knocked on their front door and brought care to their home. Today we have many marvelous medical and technological advances that allow us to treat patients better and faster. However, sometimes new advancements and modern way... read more →
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