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World Renowned Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease

We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to …

How often should you shower?

Is it gross to not shower or bathe every day? How often should you shower or bathe and wash your body with soap?

When You Should Shower.

Do you shower every morning or every night? Apparently, there's actually a CORRECT answer...

Mayo Clinic Minute: Should you wash your raw meats and vegetables before cooking?

When it comes to food safety in the kitchen, it's important to keep your work area clean from bacteria and [...]

10 Horrifying Things Doctors Don't Tell You

As a modern culture, we tend to put our faith wholeheartedly in doctors. They're the experts, and more often than not we take their advice without question

Should patients bear more of the cost for ambulance rides?

Should patients be on the hook for ambulance rides for non-emergencies? It's not that simple, write Dr. Surafel Tsega and Dr. Harry Cho in JAMA.

10 Ways to Fit Exercise into Your Busy Life

Between work, kids and other obligations, you struggle to squeeze in exercise. If only you had an extra hour in the day. You don’t, of course. So try out these 10 tips for working more exercise into your busy life. Bonus tip: The energy boost you get from exercising will help you maximize the actual time you do have in the day. Score!

Seeing same GP reduces hospital admissions for older patients

Continuity of care in general practice is associated with fewer hospital admissions among older patients, researchers have found.

How Safe Is Your Hospital? What You Should Know.

Lubin & Meyer PC's patient safety blog on news and issues affecting consumer and patient rights from New England's best medical malpractice law firm.

Hospital mistakes get harder for patients to find

The federal government is working on new ways to collect and present the information.

Biosensing Films And Smartphones Let Doctors Diagnose Disease From Anywhere

Birth no reason to go to hospital?

A new Cochrane Review concludes that all countries should consider establishing proper home birth services. They should also provide low-risk pregnant women with information enabling them to make an informed choice. The review has been prepared by senior researcher, statistician Ole Olsen, the Research Unit for General Practice, University of Copenhagen, and midwifery lecturer PhD …

Patients less likely to die if readmitted to same hospital, study finds

Researchers analysing more than 9m Medicare patients finds benefits of sending patients who had extensive surgeries to same hospital they had the operation

Hospital To Nurses: Your Injuries Are Not Our Problem

The case of Terry Cawthorn and Mission Hospital, in Asheville, N.C., gives a glimpse of how some hospital officials around the country have shrugged off an

Why are patients readmitted after general surgery?

The occurrence of postop complications was found to be the single most significant risk factor for hospital readmission within 30 days, according to this study of over 1400 general surgery patients…

Reverse Sneezing in Dogs

Instead of forcefully expelling air through the nose, your dog will forcefully inhale through the nose. This will cause a lot of snorting and wheezing but is completely harmless.

Hospital Rankings: Can Docs Make the Process Less Stupid?

It's time for us to step up and do the job ourselves