By Barbara Ficarra
Today, Kevin Pho, MD writes, “Why can’t young doctors intubate patients correctly? Blame television.”
Dr. Pho references a Canadian newspaper where it’s reported that “Many of the doctors in training said they had learned the procedure from watching medical dramas. And a subsequent analysis of the show ER revealed its fictional MDs and nurses [...]

By Barbara Ficarra
Health and Medical Professionals
I am excited to be part of the Health 2.0 phenomenon and I am eagerly awaiting this unique conference in Boston on April 22-23rd at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel.
I will be conducting a radio and on-camera interviews with some of the guests and I’m thrilled I’ll be able to [...]

From the Front Lines
By Barbara Ficarra
As nurses we tend to focus on treating a patient’s illness and still show compassion.
As a nurse I try to feel the surroundings.  I try to sense not only what a patient is going through, but what the family goes through.  And yes, I need to avoid being so intertwined [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Credit: Dani Simmonds
Will Hiding Mom & Dad’s Meds Keep Teens’ Hands off Them?
Keep Out of Reach of Teens
While fewer teens may be trying inhalants as reported recently in The Wall Street Journal, more teens are abusing prescription drugs.
“Every day, 2,500 kids age 12 to 17 abuse a prescription painkiller for [...]

By Walter E. Jacobson, MD
Do you think it’s possible to heal your body with hope and heart?
Barack Obama spoke of hope in his presidential campaign. Hope and change to detoxify, to unify, to restore vitality and heal a nation.
The physical body is not unlike the body politic. With hope and by making better choices, it [...]