Crying my way through a difficult patient encounter
...read the assigned articles about redirecting “difficult patient encounters” and had gotten a good night’s sleep. “Oh jeez, not another woman,” the patient said as I entered. “Hi, are you...
...read the assigned articles about redirecting “difficult patient encounters” and had gotten a good night’s sleep. “Oh jeez, not another woman,” the patient said as I entered. “Hi, are you...
...you still have holiday shopping to do for the special medical student in your life, these are my top five Christmas wishes: #4. The world’s softest pillow: Sleep is precious....
...can also lower blood pressure. Changes in diet, weight, sleep, stress, and physical activity rarely cause side effects, help medications work more effectively, have other health benefits beyond high blood...
...quickly expanded in size, turning into a flickering, zig-zag pattern. After checking online and guessing that I probably had a migraine aura, I tried to go to sleep -- and...
For those of us following the confounding opioid epidemic, there's more bad news. Stanford researchers have determined that taking strong prescription painkillers together with sleeping pills is associated with greater...
...requires more work; the perceived workload intensity and stress may keep them pacing the halls at night, while their white-cloud counterparts are likely to sleep peacefully while on call. Does...
...activity levels is perhaps less exhausting than the worries they face about getting a safe night's sleep. During sleep, diabetics often fail to sense when their blood glucose veers too...
...any step toward more or better quality rest can be a real boost to self-control. When the sleep-deprived catch a better night's sleep, their brain scans no longer show signs...