By Derek S. Mongold, MD
My father is in the hospital and they say that he has delirium. What exactly is delirium?
Delirium is a state of severe confusion that is usually brought on by a medical condition. It’s thought to be due to the brain producing too much dopamine and to little acetylcholine. Dopamine and acetylcholine [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Part three of a three-part series on Healthin30
TEDMED Great Challenges: Improving Medical Communication
This post on Healthin30 is part three of the three-part series on the TEDMED Great Challenges:  Improving Medical Communication with Joseph Kvedar, MD and Robert Arnold, MD.
The TEDMED Great Challenges Team in Medical Communication recently gathered together on [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Part two of a three part series on Healthin30
TEDMED Great Challenges: Improving Medical Communication
What are your ideas to improve medical communication in health care?

 
The TEDMED Great Challenges Team in Medical Communication recently gathered together on Google Plus Live Hangout to talk about how to improve medical communication in the health [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Part one of a three part series on Healthin30

TEDMED Great Challenges:  Improving Medical Communication

TEDMED Great Challenges Improving Medical Communication Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
 
The TEDMED Great Challenges Team in Medical Communication recently gathered together on Google Plus Live Hangout to talk about how to improve medical communication in the health [...]

By Dr. Andy Baldwin
Dr. Andy Baldwin
In this blog I strive to help you understand the dreaded “FLU” virus and explain why getting the “FLU SHOT” is the right thing to do, both for yourself and your community.
Influenza virus is responsible for more than 36,000 deaths in the United States each year. Most of these deaths [...]