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Need to See a Doctor Fast? Here’s How Urgent Care Could Save Your Day

Plum Health

These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. In this article, I’ll walk you through why urgent care could be your best option when time is of the essence. No long waits like you’d experience in an ER. What is Urgent Care?

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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

In an article for Obesity , researchers investigated how to better design lifestyle-based weight loss programs for older adults in order to address muscle and bone health concerns. Likewise, the National Institute on Aging developed a toolkit to help promote safe, effective exercise techniques for old er adults.

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How to choose the best college for MD Pediatrics?

Tiny Physician

The working hours will be over 12 hours per day in any clinical post-graduate course at any college, but it won’t affect your state of mind if the faculties and other staffs are cooperative. Even if you read the latest articles and try to follow what is given in that, you will still find it difficult to understand certain portions.

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Why Concierge, Concierge Doctor, and Concierge Medicine Are Revolutionizing Healthcare (And Why You Should Care)

Plum Health

In this article, I want to give you a clearer understanding of what concierge medicine is, why it’s gaining popularity, and how it might be a good fit for you. As a concierge doctor, I provide an array of services that go beyond what most patients experience in a regular clinic setting. What is Concierge Medicine? "A

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A Decade of Blogging!

Aspiring Minority Doctor

Academically, I recently submitted a journal article this month, so I'm excited for its release as well, although it will likely be sometime next year. I definitely had some great cases and got more comfortable managing complex trauma repairs on my own in the ER and trauma bay, so I can't complain.

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Dialysis vs Conservative Management for Older Adults: Manju Kurella Tamura, Susan Wong, & Maria Montez-Rath

GeriPal

Eric 00:13 And, Alex, I am very excited today because there was an awesome article on Annals on conservative management versus dialysis. I felt like more often than not, we erred towards dialysis because there it is. Eric 11:50 I also have to ask, because we will have a link to this article. One of my favorite articles.

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

GeriPal

And I was looking for articles, and I wasn’t seeing as many as I expected. Jenny 04:45 Like, the last article was, like, 10 years ago. Eric 11:13 And, Tyler, that’s why I loved your article at J Gym on bringing music and benefits to patients at the bedside. I’m originally an ER physician. Oh, my gosh.

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