10 Ways to Effective Communication With Your Doctor
One of the most important things in taking care of yourself is understanding your doctor's advice well enough to carry it out. While that sounds simple enough, here in the United States studies have shown that approximately 90 million people don't understand their doctor's advice well enough to follow it at home. And that can be dangerous, especially for the diabetic.

Schools for Medical Technology Education
The occupation of medical technologist takes a fair amount of health care education, and you can get the training you need from some of the best medical technology schools in the US and Canada. As a fully trained medical technologist, you will be qualified to perform a full range of simple and complex laboratory tests to uncover diseases such as cancer and diabetes. You can prepare to enter this important field of medicine with a degree in medical technology.

Business and Medical Careers
There are many careers in medicine, which make use of the medical profession for business ends. There are many careers, which offer more than just the traditional medical courses. Careers such as Medical Transcription, Home Medical Billing Business, Medical Office Administration and Medical Technology are among the many new job options available.

How To Find The Best Medical School For You
If you're going to pursue a career in the medical field, you're going to need to go to a quality medical school. This article contains a few tips to help you find the medical program that is ideal for your needs.

Deal with Medical School Stress Without Going Crazy
Stress much? Here are some tips for handling medical school stress.

Medical Malpractice - A Battle of the Experts
Have you ever wondered what the expert's role is in a medical malpractice case? This article will answer some of those questions.

Types of Medical Schools
Medicine as a career is very satisfying and rewarding. It is important for the student, who plans to take up medicine as a career, to have an aptitude and passion for the career options his vocation offers. Once decided on, the student has to go about seeking admission in a proper medical school.

A Comprehensive Review of Filling Medical School Applications
Every medical school has its own procedures and criteria for accepting students. Learn all about medical school admissions.

Why Chronic Stress Creates up to 90% of Visits to the Doctor (Part 1 of 2)
Terms like stressed-out, anxiety, freaked and worried seem like theyre getting used more and more lately. With ongoing wars overseas, high gas prices, lay-offs and increasing foreclosure rates, stress levels certainly seem to be on the rise. Additionally, with the explosion of new tools that enhance productivity, like cell-phones, PDAs, instant messaging, and super-small computers that can be taken anywhere, it seems like we can never fully unplug from our professional lives and other commitments anymore  even on vacation (that is, if we have time or money to take one). We live in a society that puts a premium on more and better. More square footage in a house; better looks through plastic surgery; and more money from, of course, ...

New PhRMA Code Bans Meals, Pens, Mugs and Other Common Gifts to Physicians
Companies also should not be buying meals for providers without offering product education at the same time, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) says in its recently released "PhRMA Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals"

Trusted LASIK Surgeons Welcomes Mobile Alabama Expert Refractive Eye Surgeon Richard Duffey, M.D. to Its LASIK Directory For Consumers
Trusted LASIK Surgeons is pleased to welcome Richard Duffey, M.D., to its LASIK Directory. Dr. Duffey treats patients in Mobile, Alabama and also serves patients from Pensacola, Florida and from the Biloxi, Gulf Port, and Pascagoula communities in Mississippi. Trusted LASIK Surgeons launched its revolutionary Trusted LASIK Eye Surgeons directory service and information resource for consumers at www.TrustedLASIKSurgeons.com. What sets the Trusted LASIK Surgeons directory apart is a unique screening process ensuring that only the best LASIK Surgeons in the United States are listed. Refractive surgeons such as Dr. Duffey are screened based on...

Physician Recruiting Standard Reveals Larger Populations Experiencing Increased Doctor Shortage
The latest edition's market trends section contains insight on how the physician shortage is being felt throughout larger populated areas.

4 Things Your Doctor Didn't Tell You About A Diabetic Diet
We hear it every day from Type 2 diabetics: 'I hate my doctor!" This is unfortunate.

VoiceAmerica Host Dr. John Gray to join host Dr. Terri Orbuch on "The Love Doctor Show with Dr. Terri Orbuch"
Dr. John Gray (Ph.D.), an internationally recognized relationship expert and author of new book, Why Mars and Venus Collide: Improving Relationships by Understanding How Men and Women Cope Differently with Stress (HarperCollins Publishers, 2008), to appear on The Love Doctor Show with Dr. Terri Orbuch on VoiceAmerica's Radio Network.

VersaForm Offers Medical Practice Management Software to Physicians as Subscription-Based Service : Medical Software Improves Clinical and Clerical
VersaForm Systems Corp. announces the availability of VersaForm Medical Practice Management software as a subscription-based service. The software is a total patient accounting and insurance billing system used by medical clinics, medical practices and medical billing services nationwide. Availability of the software as a subscription-based service combines the low cost of web-based software with the security of an on-premises installation that helps eliminate threats inherent in processing patient records online.

Sacramento Plastic Surgeons Co-Sponsoring Obesity Treatment Conference
Through Obesity Help, Dr. David Kaufman and Dr. Christa Clark have assisted in organizing a 2-day conference on August 23 - 24 to touch on key issues in the lives of people who are achieving dramatic weight loss in Sacramento.

Trusted LASIK Surgeons Welcomes Dallas LASIK Eye Surgery Specialist Dr. R. Wayne Bowman to its LASIK Directory
Trusted LASIK Surgeons launched its revolutionary Trusted LASIK Eye Surgeons directory service and information resource for consumers at www.TrustedLASIKSurgeons.com. What sets the Trusted LASIK Surgeons directory apart is a unique screening process ensuring that only the best LASIK Surgeons in the United States are listed. Refractive Surgeons such as Dallas LASIK Surgeon Dr. R. Wayne Bowman, are screened based on their experience, research, publications, lectures and patient care standards. Trusted LASIK Surgeon's goal is to have the top 1% surgeons listed in its LASIK surgery Directory for every major city in the United States.

Physical Therapy Doctor and Head Injury Survivor Uses Experiences to Write New Book: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: One Name for Two Diagnoses
Out of Alaska comes Dr. Catherine Mormile (http://www.morpt.com), a new leader in health care with her bold, new book, which explains that temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) are really one word for two diagnoses. One diagnosis, joint TMD presents with measurable structural damage to the cartilage, bones, and ligaments of the joint itself. The other, muscular TMD, presents as a painful condition of the muscles involved in chewing, and often involving the muscles of the scalp, base of neck, and shoulders. With a background of stubbornly surviving near-death on the Iditarod Trail, academic excellence, and scientific inquiry, Dr. Mormile now offers her on...

Doctor? I Don?t Want a Joint Replacement For my Arthritis. What Are my Options?
Arthritis is a growing health concern The most common form of arthritis-osteoarthritis (OA)- is increasing in prevalence coincident with the Baby Boomer surge into late middle age

Orion Health Helps Alberta Physicians Access Information to Better Manage and Improve the Health of Chronic Disease Patients
Orion Health announces that Alberta's Primary Care Networks (PCNs), are now piloting Orion Health technology to allow richer use of the data and information from their regional Chronic Disease Management Registries and advance the use of this information by Chronic Disease Management clinicians. The solution, based on Concerto Physician Portal and cResults Viewer, allows physicians to quickly compare key indicators from their own diabetic patients against nearly real-time data generated from the broader population. The technology further allows the physician to dynamically drill-down into those graphical results to a patient-centric view in order to make appropriate interventions before serious complications occur.

Give the Providers What They Want: Two Physicians Share Ways Their Facilities Have Improved Provider Satisfaction
MEDSEEK, the leading provider of enterprise portal connectivity solutions, announced today that Dr. Asim Masood of William Osler Health Centre and Dr. Jay Wallin of Mount Carmel Health System will present a Webinar in the monthly educational series reThinking eHealth. The session, titled "Give the Providers What They What: Two physicians share ways their facilities have improved provider satisfaction," will take place on Wednesday August 27th at 2pm EDT, 11am PDT.

Doctor Reveals Why Your Medications May Be Hurting You
Dr. Hyla Cass, author of "Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition," will appear on the Access to Health Experts Interview Series to explain the importance of using nutritional supplements when taking prescription medications.

Germs Invade the Doctor's Office When Kids Go Back to School
Kids aren't the only thing returning to school this Fall. With each new school year, a new group of germs and bacteria are brought into the classroom and, eventually, the doctor's office. Healthcare professionals are more at risk of getting ill when the number of sick patients rises. Several studies have been undertaken to evaluate the extent of contamination of computer keyboards in hospitals and physicians' offices.

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Physicians Expect to Shift More Time to Online Professional Resources in the Coming Years
Manhattan Research study finds that physicians want to conduct the majority of their pharmaceutical research and information access online.

Alexandria-Based Doctor, Dr. Arina Van Breda, Featured in 2008 "The Washingtonian's Top Doctors" List
Dr. Arina Van Breda was recognized as one of the top doctors in the Alexandria, Virginia area by The Washingtonian magazine.

iLinc Web Conferencing Software Helps Creighton University's Doctor of Pharmacy Program Graduate More Students: Better Enabled Distance Learning
When Creighton University launched the nation's first Web-based entry-level doctor of pharmacy program in 2001 it didn't have the powerful Web collaboration tools it needed to satisfy the distance-learning students' needs. A Jesuit university located in Omaha, Neb., the school's Web conferencing technology allowed for some basic features, but offered very little interactivity beyond the basics. Worse, the technology only supported one session at a time, which clearly wouldn't satisfy the broad learning and collaboration requirements of the program.

Diabetes Symptoms  When to Rush to a Doctor
Do you want to lead a healthy and normal life with diabetes? Do you want diabetes not to affect you in your daily activities? Do you want to avoid suffering from any sort of complications that may strike you when you have diabetes?

Doctor Discovers a New Kind Of Stress Management and Performance Enhancement Tool
Many people who suffer from stress and who want to perform better can accomplish this by making music a part of their daily regime. Jay P. Granat, Ph.D., has found that many of his patients and many top athletes respond better to Motown tunes than they do to new age tunes.

Coaching for Physicians
Is Having a Professional Coach a Solution to Optimizing your Practice's Performance? "What do you do?"The proverbial question we get asked day in and day out by strangers, acquaintances, family, and friends. We are conditioned to answer with our current job or career.

FLAVORx Expands Services for Physicians and Nurses with Med-Pak Mini Kit Designed for In-Office Dosing
In response to growing demand from physicians and parents for commonly required in-office dosing, FLAVORx has developed the Med-Pak designed specifically for physicians and nurses. Having a one-dose flavoring kit available in doctor's offices will enable family physicians and pediatricians to flavor a dose of liquid medication for their patients. Oftentimes, in-office doses are needed for acute conditions which must be treated immediately, in which case compliance is a necessity. Patients that find flavoring to be of benefit to their treatment programs will then go on to have their full prescriptions flavored at the pharmacy.

Marketing For Physicians
Marketing For Physicians A doctor and his practice need advertisement just like any other business The internet is a great resource for marketing for physicians

Is 'Doctor-Patient Communication' an Oxymoron? Doctor Exposes Communication Gap in Forthcoming Book
Physician, patient advocate Dr. Terrie Wurzbacher exposes the doctor-patient communication gap in forthcoming book.

LASIK Surgeon Pioneers and Innovators from Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Discuss FDA Panel Review of LASIK
Trusted LASIK Surgeons asked a few of the refractive surgery experts who are listed in its LASIK Surgeons Directory to comment on the recently concluded FDA's Ophthalmic Device Panel hearing on LASIK. San Diego LASIK Surgeon Dr. Perry Binder of Gordon Binder Weiss Vision Institute, Dr. Daniel Durrie of Durrie Vision in Kansas City, Dr. James J. Salz, President of Trusted LASIK Surgeons and Laser Vision Medical Associates in Los Angeles, and Atlanta LASIK Surgeon Dr. George O. Waring, III of InView Vision, generally agreed that the FDA panel will lead to better outcomes from LASIK eye surgery, and thereby benefit both patients and surgeons alike. Each surgeon provided some additional insights into LASIK and the FDA panel.

Exceptional Surgeons And Exceptional Services
Your plastic surgeon?s dexterity in being able to provide you with the latest tried and tested developments in the domain of plastic surgery is an essential function which any leading cosmetic surgery practice has to be able to provide you with. That extra radiance can thus be easily assured.

New Dimensions Weight Loss Surgeons Named San Antonio's Top Doctors by Scene in SA Monthly Magazine
New Dimensions Weight Loss Surgery today announced that all five of its surgeons (Dr. Terive Duperier, Dr. John Pilcher, Dr. Dana Reiss, Dr. Michael Seger and Dr. Lloyd Stegemann) were named "Top Doctors" in Scene in SA Monthly magazine's third annual survey of San Antonio's top doctors.

DVD Review - Doctor Who Season 1 (2005)
If you would like to watch a modern science fiction show with your family, then you should watch the 21st century Doctor Who series DVD. Since the fans saw this popular British TV series be taken off the air 15 years ago, this new updated version has had a lot of high expectations to live up to. After its release in 2005, fans and new audiences alike received it well and the current series now enjoys a large, growing following.

From Physicians to Portals: Carefx Clients to Offer Insights from the Insides of the Health Enterprise at HIMSS 2008
Leading healthcare organizations offer multiple opportunities to examine real-life examples of successful integration, information exchange and physician satisfaction strategies through utilizing a data aggregation platform.

Laughter Doctor Brings Laughter Yoga to South Africa
Dr. Madan Kataria, the medical doctor who has hundreds of thousands of people laughing every day, is bringing laughter yoga to South Africa next month. Dr Kataria is the founder of laughter yoga, an exercise and health regimen that is sweeping the world and has spread to more than 50 countries in just ten years. Dr Kataria, who has been named the "Guru of Giggles" by The Times of London will offer laughter yoga public events in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria and Stellenbosch as well as laughter yoga training courses in Johannesburg and Cape Town.