Opinion | Why Not Treat Patients the Same Way We Teach Medical Students?
Lazarus is an adjunct professor of psychiatry. “Problems in living” is a broad term that refers to difficulties people may experience in managing or coping with various aspects of activities related to daily living. These problems can be psychological, emotional, social, or practical in nature, and may have a significant impact on a person’s well-being […]
Clinical Challenges: Early Disease in Axial Spondyloarthritis
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is the currently favored term for a spectrum of painful disorders affecting the spine, and most specifically the sacroiliac joints. Its prototypical form was ankylosing spondylitis, defined some 40 years ago as a condition characterized by the presence of radiographic sacroiliitis. However, ankylosing spondylitis today is considered a misnomer because while it […]
Emergency Physicians Group Votes to Bar Use of the Term ‘Excited Delirium’
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) voted to stop using the term “excited delirium” when referring to patients with hyperactive delirium, joining a host of other medical societies that have already done so. The decision reverses the conclusions reached in a 2009 ACEP white paper on the topic, ACEP said in an article posted […]
Early treatment of child obesity is effective
The early treatment of obesity in children is effective in both the short and long term, researchers from Karolinska Institutet report in a study published in The International Journal of Obesity. The researchers followed over 170 young children in Sweden who had received treatment for diagnosed obesity. The children were recruited to the randomised controlled […]
Opinion | Healthcare Culture Is Hell
A strong organizational culture is considered the secret sauce of successful organizations. But the Latin term abyssus abyssum invocat (one hell calls forth another), explains perfectly why it is increasingly difficult to maintain optimal organizational cultures in healthcare. Hell #1: Pre-pandemic, health systems and their workers in both Canada and the U.S. were highly stressed. […]
Opinion | Health Inequity Should Be Labeled as a ‘Never Event’
Progress eliminating health inequities is extremely slow. I use health inequities as an overarching term referring to differences between demographics in healthcare treatment or health outcomes, as well as differences in healthcare employee treatment and representation in leadership and governance positions. While increased awareness of disparities has improved our understanding of differences in health outcomes […]
The Advice Therapists Give People Considering Severing Ties With Family Over Politics
Family estrangements ― a term used broadly to describe situations in which someone cuts off all communication with one or more relatives ― seem to be more common than ever. Over one-quarter of adults responding to a U.S. survey by the Cornell Family Reconciliation Project reported being estranged from a family member. When applied to […]
Early-term births associated with higher rate of ADHD as reported by teachers
Among children born at term (37-41 weeks), those born before 39 weeks are more likely to experience symptoms associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study by Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. ADHD, which affects more than 10 percent of U.S. school-age children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, manifests […]
Sacral Neuromodulation Promising in Neurogenic Lower Urinary Dysfunction
Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is effective — at least in the short term — for patients with a type of urinary tract dysfunction, according to Swiss investigators. In a sham-controlled, double-blind study, 60 eligible patients with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) — i.e., with urgency frequency syndrome, urgency incontinence, or chronic urinary retention — had […]
What Happens If You Have Hepatitis? 4 Causes & 9 Symptoms
Some people with hepatitis do not show any symptoms and are unaware of their infection. Hepatitis is a term used to describe inflammation or swelling of the liver that occurs when liver tissues are injured or infected. It can be caused by several viruses (viral hepatitis), chemicals, drugs, alcohol, certain genetic disorders, or an overactive […]