Having access to online health information doesn’t make you a doctor
Recent data suggests that over 60 percent of American patients consult the web first before going to a doctor.That’s all good, and even encouraged, but trouble comes when they feel that online health information can replace physician advice.Bryan...

Seeing floaters or flashing lights can be caused by posterior vitreous or retinal detachment
Originally posted in InsidermedicineThe eye is very similar to a camera. Both are optical systems that have lenses in the front to focus light rays onto a film. The retina is the eye’s film. It is a tissue that consists of 10 layers and is about 500...

What You Can Do As A Medicare Patient To Not Get Discharged From a Hospital Early?
Maybe you have a person in your family, who is in hospital and were notified that the person will be discharged from the hospital very soon. What do you do? Chances are that you don't know whether assisted living, home health care or a nursing home...

Active Management lets health care professional focus on patient well being | Submit News
Do you really get to be a doctor? Or you are just hooked to your computer and constantly try to remember the right illness code? Does most of your time is spent over the phone with the medical insurance company, explaining them what did you do and why...

Failing to address poverty and homelessness may undermine health reform
Will the billions we’re thinking of spending on health care reform matter if we don’t address poverty and homelessness?Surgeon Amina Merchant has her doubts in a Washington Post opinion piece. She observes something that’s rarely mentioned,...