On a typical busy day at the Seminole Family Medical Clinic in Seminole, Texas (population, 7386), Leila Myrick, MD, PhD — who’d moved to the rural town 5 years earlier after graduating from Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta — was about to see her first real case of measles. Until then, she’d only seen
Doctors and health workers came out in their numbers on Thursday to protest against the killing of anaesthetist Dr Abdulhay Munshi on Wednesday. Doctors who spoke to News24 said Munshi was known as the "gentle giant" for his kindness and compassion.They said his killing has set a bad precedent for medical practitioners who might be unwilling to…
DiagnosisCredit...Photo illustration by Ina JangAug. 27, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ETThe 73-year-old man looked up at the clear summer sky — the morning was nearly gone. He had finished mowing the main part of his lawn and was trimming the edges near the shrubbery with the weed wacker. He wanted to finish before the sun and…
A Florida father and son died from the coronavirus within five weeks of each other, The Miami Herald reported. Retired gynecologist and obstetrician Jorge Vallejo, 89, died on June 27, six days after he was hospitalized at Palmetto General Hospital.His son, 57-year-old Carlos Vallejo, who is also a doctor, was hospitalized the same day his father died. Carlos…
4 min read A new study found people lost an average of 32.4 pounds while on semaglutide and tirzepatide. People who discontinue GLP-1 drugs regained nearly 22 pounds within a year. They returned to their starting weight in less than 2 years. Doctors say there's three common mistakes people make that is likely contributing to
Estás listo para salir del hospital, pero todavía no te sientes en condiciones de cuidarte solo en casa. O bien ya terminaste un par de semanas de rehabilitación. ¿Podrás manejar una rutina complicada de medicamentos, además de hacer las compras y cocinar? Tal vez te caíste en la ducha y ahora tu familia quiere que
6 min read SO YOUR DOCTOR said to include exercise in the lifestyle changes you’re making to get your cholesterol under control. But what kind of exercise, exactly, should you be doing? Both cardio and weight training affect your cholesterol in different ways. Ultimately, “you need both aerobic and resistance types as they complement each