DocCheck News 19.12.2017
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Blood Donation: The Vampirical Antihypertensive
Donating blood is supposed to have a positive effect on high blood pressure. Patients with moderate hypertension benefited in particular. Recipients, however, must be prepared to deal with risks: young men are at an increased risk of dying if they receive blood from women who were previously pregnant. more...
Article by Michael van den Heuvel
For An Anesthesiologist, This Is The Hardest Part Of Medicine
There are times I care for patients who are faced with a tough decision: to take their chance on a very high-risk surgery, or let nature take its course. It is in these times I feel most humble and most human, as I may be the last one to hear the last words they speak. more...
Blog entry by Sasha Shillcutt
Doctors' Obstacles: Executive Hubris, Computers…And Our Own Natures
This article looks at how medical education has selected personalities that have a particularly hard time dealing with the new business of medicine. It also parallels the almost identical decline I personally witnessed (and was similarly marginalized by) in TV journalism. more...
Blog entry by Michael Breen
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