Guest post by Gary Schwitzer It doesn’t get much worse than this in health journalism; NY Daily News finds new lows By Gary Schwitzer [Original post published on Gary Schwitzer’s HealthNewsReview Blog, July 13, 2010 and reprinted with permission from Gary Schwitzer.] I know that many people just dismiss the New York Daily News, but you can’t dismiss the number of readers it has and the potential impact its stories may have on them –…
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By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Part II In Part I of my blog, “Bruce Dan, MD Blogs About His Cancer Treatment”, and I highlighted areas where Dr. Dan shows humor, strength and resolve. Part II addresses issues that Dr. Dan observes firsthand that affect patient care. Dr. Dan offers his observations and I offer some simple tips to help improve patient care. Dr. Dan is now the “e-Patient” – an empowered and engaged patient…
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By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA For Health Consumers and Medical Professionals Heartfelt accounts of cancer treatment documented with humor Part I “I must say, good-naturedly, that the physicians and nurses are reluctant to give you an exact answer to a question. It’s always, “It depends.” I realize that things vary, but if a Martian came to earth and asked how tall humans were, it’s not particularly helpful to say, “It depends.” I’ve asked Lisa…
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By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA What would you do? What would you do if you witnessed the sudden collapse of an adult? Would you just stand-by and watch? Would you call 911? Would you initiate CPR? Research reveals that bystanders have been reluctant to perform CPR on a person who drops to the ground because they are hesitant about putting their mouth on a stranger’s mouth. Good news…mouth-to-mouth isn’t required Even without CPR training…
Read More...Huffingtonpost Readers Comment on Heart Attack Post
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA I recently posted a blog, “Do You Know the Signs of a Real Life Heart Attack, Not the Hollywood Version?” on Huffingtonpost and I thought I would share a few comments that the blog received from Huffingtonpost readers. Thank you to the HuffPo readers for their comments and thanks to those readers for re-tweeting the blog on Twitter. Here are a few comments from the HuffPo readers as well…
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