House Doctor: July 2012 Archives
Tuesday July 31, 2012
A Coach for Your Health?
Posted by Vanessa Vander Valk
With chronic diseases taking up more than half of all health care spending, prevention's more important than ever. That's where a new kind of health professional comes in. Brian Goldman explains how a health coach can make a difference.
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Tuesday July 24, 2012
Handling a Whooping Cough Outbreak
Posted by Vanessa Vander Valk
Whooping cough outbreaks have been reported in Alberta, British Columbia and New Brunswick. Two years ago a major outbreak in California led public health officials there to take steps to stem the tide. House doctor Brian Goldman says we can learn from their experience.
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Tuesday July 17, 2012
Are Med Schools Preparing Doctors for Practice?
Posted by Vanessa Vander Valk
To become a physician, students spend a minimum of eight years studying. But when they enter medical practice, a recent study shows that they've missed out on some important lessons in their training. House doctor Brian Goldman has the details.
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- August 2012
- Tue., 14 – Noisy Hospitals Hurt Healing
- July 2012
- Tue., 31 – A Coach for Your Health?
- Tue., 24 – Handling a Whooping Cough Outbreak
- Tue., 10 – At-Home Test for HIV
- June 2012
- Tue., 26 – Sick Doctors Should Stay Home
- Tue., 19 – How to Complain in Hospital and Get Results
- Tue., 12 – Therapy Over the Phone
- Tue., 5 – Farm Animals and Antibiotics
- May 2012
- Tue., 29 – Treating HIV Before You Get It?
- Tue., 8 – Doctors with Disabilities
- Tue., 1 – Family in the Emergency Room
- April 2012
- Tue., 24 – Over-Medicated Seniors
- Tue., 17 – Controversial Pill Keeps ER Docs Alert
- Tue., 3 – Should Older Drivers Face Restrictions?
- March 2012
- Tue., 27 – IWK Cuts Wait List, At What Cost?
- Tue., 20 – Bottom Line vs. Patient Care
- Tue., 13 – Reducing ER Gridlock
- Tue., 6 – House Doctor: ADHD News
- February 2012
- Tue., 28 – House Doctor: Doctors Fib To Their Patients
- Tue., 14 – House Doctor: Premature Babies
- Tue., 7 – House Doctor: Violent Patients
- January 2012
- Tue., 31 – House Doctor: Is Grief a Mental Illness?
- Tue., 24 – House Doctor: Insomnia
- Tue., 10 – House Doctor: Sore Muscles
- December 2011
- Tue., 20 – House Doctor: The Year in Medicine
- Tue., 13 – House Doctor: Don't Collapse Near Hospital!
- November 2011
- Tue., 29 – House Doctor: Prescription Drug Addiction
- Tue., 15 – House Doctor: Palliative Care in the ER
- Tue., 1 – House Doctor: HPV Vaccine for Boys?
- October 2011
- Tue., 18 – House Doctor: 'Annoying' Patients
- September 2011
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