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Medical Mistakes Out of Control!
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Here’s a sobering statistic for you…
Believe it or not, the total number of medical errors and deaths in the U.S. equals SIX jumbo jets crashing every day!
If a Jumbo Jet crashed and killed 280 people everyday…365 days a year…year after year…would you be concerned about flying?
What 2/3 of doctors don’t want you to see…
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When asked if they’d like to see their doctor’s notes, patients in two new studies overwhelmingly said yes.
But doctors weren’t nearly as enthusiastic.
The Trouble with Doctors: Fraud and Deceit in Medicine
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Most of us think we know the answers already. Everyone oversells us, including ourselves. Politicians impose absurdly unrealistic timeframes for untested reforms; the drugs industry seeds the media with stories of wonder drugs of marginal benefit; patients won’t accept the inevitability of disease and death; and it’s a brave surgeon who’ll admit to being below average.
Tags: fraud, motives, trouble with doctors, unheathy answers, unrealistic expectations
New epilepsy technique could cut misdiagnoses by nearly 70%
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By uncovering hidden epilepsy signatures in seemingly normal EEGs, this tool could significantly reduce false positives — seen in around 30% of cases globally — and spare patients from medication side effects, driving restrictions, and other quality-of-life challenges linked to misdiagnoses.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder — Do You Have It?
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PTSD affects about 7.7 million American adults, and while it’s impossible to predict who will develop PTSD in response to trauma, there are certain risk factors that increase your vulnerability.
Great epilepsy alert jewelry
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Medical Alert jewelry is a good concept, but it’s often awkward and downright unattractive.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Now there are plenty of great looking alternatives.
For example, you’ll find some very cool jewelry at:
Drug Companies Hire Troubled Doctors As Experts
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“Drug companies say they hire the most-respected doctors in their fields for the critical task of teaching about the benefits and risks of the companies’ drugs.
But an investigation by ProPublica has uncovered hundreds of doctors receiving company payments who had been accused of professional misconduct, were disciplined by state boards or lacked credentials as researchers or specialists.
Neurotherapy for Epilepsy, Pain, Parkinson’s and More…
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“People with Epilepsy, Parkinson’s Disease, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or addictions may be able to learn how to ‘think themselves better’ by altering their brain waves to improve their symptoms.
A new form of treatment called neurotherapy (also known as neurofeedback) is similar to biofeedback but has a unique focus on controlling brain wave activity rather than skin temperature, heart rate, breathing and muscle tension.
Tags: biofeedback, Epilepsy, neurofeedback, neurotherapy, pain, Parkinson’s
When you’re hot, you’re HOT!
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No, this isn’t about epilepsy. It’s about chili!
I figure, if you’re warm and comfy, it can help chase the boogey man away…
Epilepsy Glossary — 100+ Terms Defined
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Even if you do have epilepsy, it doesn’t necessarily mean you know all the lingo. (I didn’t!) So here are some definitions of medical terms related to epilepsy…
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