Improving Modern Medicine: Why Social Media is Just What the Doctor Ordered
Alex Blau, MD, Medical Director at Doximity, is a graduate of the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and trained in emergency medicine at Stanford Hospital and…
Integrative Medicine Part III – Humanism In Medical Care
Have you ever thought that the doctor wasn’t listening to you? Didn’t seem to understand what was important to you? Was talking in medical speak but not in a…
Are New Medical Technologies The Reason For Health Care Cost Escalation – Not Really
New drugs are expensive. New medical devices are likewise. CT and MRI and ultrasound scans cost many dollars each. We are often told that it is these new medical technology…
Pharmaceutical Gifts Corrupt Doctors: A Physician Confesses
I write now in a moment of introspection wondering if I am a corrupt doctor. Why would I even consider that my integrity is in question? I write now in…
Advancing Women’s Health with Innovation and Technology
Dr. Susan Blumenthal, former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, shared a bevy of telling statistics about women in a recent Huffington Post article. Dr. Susan Blumenthal, former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General,…
Psoriasis Self-Care Tips
Psoriasis medication are often invaluable in controlling symptoms. But there are plenty of natural ways to treat psoriasis, too. Try these eight tips to help manage your psoriasis at home.Psoriasis…
The Science of Judo and Other Unpredictable Sports
We have 3 energy production systems.The aerobic system, called oxidative phosphrylation, is used when we jog or run marathons. We pace ourselves so as to utilize oxygen in breaking down glucose for…
Coffee: Your Passport to Health and Longevity
The biblical tree of Garden of Eden? The biblical tree of Garden of Eden?Quick: what fruit did Eve give Adam that so infuriated God? Apple, you probably said. Wrong! The…
Brain Fat: The Other Global Epidemic
How healthy are you?The next time you go to the doctor, I think the stethoscope might best be placed on your head and not your heart. Because, there's an epidemic out there…
