article thumbnail

Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. Endoscopy, upper GI and endoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing gastritis. A key feature of gastritis is the timing of pain.

article thumbnail

One I prepared earlier

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

I've been neglecting this blog. When I was diagnosed with advanced cancer it was easier. My wonderful GP has died, but I am building a relationship with my new one. I write a column in a medical newspaper every couple of months, and that absorbs my writing energy. I had another miscarriage and it happened again.

GP 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa Offers Next Level Care

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

Instead, they establish a direct patient-provider relationship, for a flat fee. EKGs Discounted lab services Laceration repairs Small skin lesion removal Medication dispensing Seeking to provide primary care services that are intended to prevent and treat general issues and diagnose non-urgent conditions.

article thumbnail

Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

He studies the mental health system in the ways in which it has failed children and adolescents, and he writes about his experience with cancer in a blog, the Billgardner.substack.com, Billgardner, one word. ” Somebody in the comments on their blog response said, “Did you check the date? Bill: Thank you. Brad: Thank you.

Illness 129
article thumbnail

Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose. And you wrote, actually, a beautiful GeriPal blog about it a while ago. And here, just to clarify, we’re using that term to mean, people diagnosed with cancer, not necessarily people who were treated with curative intent. Jessie: Yes.

Illness 137
article thumbnail

Avoiding the Uncanny Valley in Serious Illness Communication: Josh Briscoe

GeriPal

Stop thinking the physical exam or the differential diagnose, whatever, and just be there. And maybe you’ll say the wrong thing, maybe you’ll do the wrong thing, and that’s part of human relationship as well. You had no relationship. It was surprising how much of a blow that carried to the relationship.

Illness 102
article thumbnail

The MAHA Assessment’s Implications: Drugs (Part One)

FDA Law Blog

The Assessment highlights various trends related to chronic disease diagnoses (such as increasing rates of autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) with associated trends in prescribing practices. That leaves us to speculate what the implications of this Assessment will be.