Determining and Researching Your Diagnosis
When you have symptoms of a medical problem, you and your doctor must determine what disease or condition is causing those symptoms. Empowered patients work collaboratively with their doctors to develop the evidence and determine the verdict -- a diagnosis.
Understanding a Pandemic
Pandemic has a specific definition and phases or stages as outlined by WHO, the World Health Organization. If we understand a pandemic and its phases, we can be better prepared.
Pandemic has a specific definition and phases or stages as outlined by WHO, the World Health Organization. If we understand a pandemic and its phases, we can be better prepared.
The Wise Patient's Guide to Being Newly Diagnosed
Few things in life strike fear in our hearts the way a difficult diagnosis does. Once you've caught your breath, and decided it's time to empower yourself, there are a number of steps a newly diagnosed patient can take to understand a new diagnosis, confirm it, study treatment options, then begin the process required to beat it.
Few things in life strike fear in our hearts the way a difficult diagnosis does. Once you've caught your breath, and decided it's time to empower yourself, there are a number of steps a newly diagnosed patient can take to understand a new diagnosis, confirm it, study treatment options, then begin the process required to beat it.
Choosing the Right Doctor for You
Good and effective medical care begins by choosing the right doctor for your needs. These tips will help you choose your Dr. Right.
Good and effective medical care begins by choosing the right doctor for your needs. These tips will help you choose your Dr. Right.
Using Health Website Symptom Checkers
When we experience unusual symptoms, we are curious about their causes. Even before we see our doctor or have a medical test, we want to know the answers about what could be causing those symptoms. Symptom checker applications are available on many health websites, but how accurate can they be?
When we experience unusual symptoms, we are curious about their causes. Even before we see our doctor or have a medical test, we want to know the answers about what could be causing those symptoms. Symptom checker applications are available on many health websites, but how accurate can they be?
Understanding Informed Consent
Informed consent is a concept that requires patients to understand the risks and benefits of any test, procedure or treatment a doctor recommends and a patient agrees to. Empowered patients need to understand just what they are agreeing to.
Informed consent is a concept that requires patients to understand the risks and benefits of any test, procedure or treatment a doctor recommends and a patient agrees to. Empowered patients need to understand just what they are agreeing to.
Is Your Illness All in Your Head?
Patients who are frustrated by trying to get a distinct medical diagnosis for their problem are sometimes told by their physicians that it's "all in their head." Here are some alternate ways of looking at that accusation.
Patients who are frustrated by trying to get a distinct medical diagnosis for their problem are sometimes told by their physicians that it's "all in their head." Here are some alternate ways of looking at that accusation.
Differential Diagnosis: What Else Might Your Illness Be?
The process of differential diagnosis helps patients understand the evidence used to determine their diagnosis, helps them learn about alternatives, and helps them confirm that their diagnosis was made correctly.
The process of differential diagnosis helps patients understand the evidence used to determine their diagnosis, helps them learn about alternatives, and helps them confirm that their diagnosis was made correctly.
Personalized Medicine
Personalized medicine is the future of medicine. It takes into account a person's genetic code for diagnosis and treatment, creating a tailored approach to healing and curing medical problems. It is an outcome from the mapping of human genetic code completed in 2003 and holds promise for prevention and treatment of human disease.
Personalized medicine is the future of medicine. It takes into account a person's genetic code for diagnosis and treatment, creating a tailored approach to healing and curing medical problems. It is an outcome from the mapping of human genetic code completed in 2003 and holds promise for prevention and treatment of human disease.
Is It Health? Or Is It Medicine?
Description of the differences and interactions between the concepts of health and medicine.
Description of the differences and interactions between the concepts of health and medicine.