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Communication between physicians and patients is crucial to delivering high quality medical care. However, it is the experience of most patients that communicating with their physicians has become more difficult.
With healthcare reform, physicians often have less time to discuss things with their patients. An informational brochure may be handed out, or physicians may simply say, “talk to my nurses for more information.”
In a recent set of articles in the Journal of the American…
When physicians prescribe medications, the doctors assume that patients will take their medications on a regular basis. However, when patients are actually studied, 30% to 50% of adult patients are not consistently taking their long-term medications. This leads to approximately $100 billion in extra health care costs nationally, dollars that could be better used to provide better and more comprehensive care for people. When patients don’t take their medicines, results are worsening of their medical…
Prostate cancer occurs in one of every six men in the United States. It is the most frequently cancer diagnosed in men, and it results in one out of every nine cancer deaths in men.
Who is at higher risk of getting prostate cancer? It is
well-known that having a family history of prostate cancer or being African-American results in a higher risk of prostate cancer. Men with those characteristics are usually screened more intensively…
The World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research have recommended guidelines for cancer prevention. It is recommended that all people utilize these logical suggestions which include:
Maintaining lean body weight. Being physically active for at least 30 minutes every day. Limiting consumption of high caloric or sugary foods. Eating more vegetables and fruits and grains and beans. Reducing red meat and avoiding smoked meats. Limiting alcoholic drinks to (for men two per…
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