Receiving any life-changing medical diagnosis can leave you feeling overwhelmed, whether you’ve been diagnosed with a chronic condition or cancer. Typically, your next best step after diagnosis will be to review the results with at least one medical...
“Choosing whether you should be screened for a health condition isn’t always easy,” the National Institutes of Health admits. Sometimes tests may involve risk factors that can make the decision about early screening difficult to navigate. If you are uneasy about...
One of the overarching goals of medicine is to find a treatment that works for your patient. Prescribing a certain medication to a patient only to have them back in your office again weeks or months later is disappointing to both of you, as the goal is always to treat...
At the height of the AIDS pandemic in the 1980s, diagnosing a patient as HIV-positive could have felt catastrophic. While AIDS remains one of the largest global pandemics to date, the medical community has made great strides in widespread HIV treatment in recent...
May is annual Skin Cancer Awareness Month, but it brings focus to a topic that deserves serious attention by you and your patients throughout the year. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S., with more than five million cases diagnosed annually. But...
As of earlier this month, the anticipated COVID-19 vaccine eligibility deadline for all adults across the U.S. has been moved up to April 19th. This is welcome news to a nation that has been battling the coronavirus for more than a year. With the CDC reporting more...
