03rd March 2010
Emergencies can strike anywhere, at any time. Natural disasters are in the headlines almost every day. Earthquakes, winter storms, hurricanes and the like can afflict any part of the country at a moment's notice. Many people are coming to realize a little...
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03rd March 2010
The EKG machine was developed in the early 1900's, and the advancements made by Willem Einthoven won him the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1924. The basic precepts still apply today, and the EKG machine remains the best way to diagnose abnormal rhythms of th...
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03rd March 2010
For many years, patients needing simple laboratory testing for common ailments had to get a form from their physician and in addition to the office visit, travel to a certified laboratory for a blood draw or urine test. This adds to the inconvenience and ...
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21st January 2010
There are many reasons for a doctor to order a diagnostic test for a patient. Sometimes it is to diagnose people with various diseases, to confirm that a person is getting better through a recovery process and to even check to see if a person has recovere...
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21st January 2010
In today's world we exist in a fast paced time. Everything is very rushed and a lot of people are not able to just sit back and let time pass in a stress free environment. Not to mention the effect that a fast paced world has on a person's food intake. Gr...
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21st January 2010
On an annual basis, between 25 and 50 million flu cases are reported and nearly 150,000 of those cases leads to hospitalizations. Some flu cases sadly lead to death, 40,000 deaths to be exact. Globally, there are nearly 1 billion flu cases a year and 300,...
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21st January 2010
In today's economy, we have been through a recession that has left many people wondering about their future and even hospitals have worried about paying bills and watched closely as the swine flu brought in a whole new stock of patients, so many that the ...
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