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CPR & You
Would you stop if someone collapsed near you? Would you know what to do? Yes call or shout for help. What next? Please use common sense, find out if person is responsive -breathing. A nationwide...
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Vitamin D
The 1997 Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) values for vitamin D is too low, as are many of the recommendation from that year. Remember a vitamin is something your body needs but can not make. Emerging...
View ArticleHaving Chest Pain-Is It Your Heart?
A few words on getting info across to Docs. Just watching the news can give you ‘agita’ (Italian slang for indigestion, so can your Aunt Sophie’s spicy casserole but intermittent chest pain (termed...
View ArticleLiving Wills
Do you have one? I suggest you do. Too often people confuse living wills with their personal wills, which describe how they want their assets distributed when they die. They’re completely different...
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Go Red – For Your Heart!
The 10th National Wear Red Day is Feb. 1, 2013 to bring awareness to heart disease in women. More women than men have heart attacks! Heart disease is the No. 1 ‘killer’ in women more than all forms of...
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Stroke-A Time Change for Care
Guidelines were made 6 yrs. ago and now there is a consensus resulting in a new document for medical personnel with ‘21 new recommendations as well as 50 revisions’ of existing recommendations*. To...
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Drunk on Alcohol Vapor
Listen Up - The new way to consume alcohol. If you want to get the effects of alcohol faster or avoid the tell tail sign of consuming alcohol (breath odor), use a “Vaportini”! A receptacle that allows...
View ArticleHuffing, Sniffing & Dusting
Alcohol lowers inhibitions and gives teenager’s courage and confidence that they may not have otherwise, often getting teens into trouble that they may have avoided if they had been sober. When using...
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Demodex Blepharitis (Demodicosis)
Simply put ‘Blepharitis’ means eyelid inflammation and ‘Demodex’ are tiny mites- hence eyelid inflammation due to mites = Demodicosis. One of the most common causes of itchy eyelids (in 20% of the...
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Hospital Accreditation and Certifications by American Heart Association (AHA)
Check this site for those hospitals in your area deemed centers meeting the AHA standards for treatment of heart problems including failure, AFib (an arrhythmia) and resuscitation as well as stroke....
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Drug Reactions & Side Effects – You Can Act
When a negative ‘surprise’ (or abnormal experience) occurs after taking medications or using a medical device – you can easily take action. Means are available and include bedsides the obvious of...
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Call IN/OUT Sick?
No matter the phrase you use ‘call out sick’ or ‘call in sick’ can be a tough decision. Sick days cost 25 billion in looses (17.5 b. in decrease productivity). How do we approach this, initially we...
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Older Driver Awareness Week-Dec 3 – 7
Why Not? Realize that before 2020, 1 in 4 drivers will be over 65! You know age affects driving skills. Think about response times (reflexes), vision along with possibility of side effects from...
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End of Year To Do List -Health Check
You feel fine so you did not take time for wellness check-ups. Yes you were told they were a good idea but… Whither you have health insurance or not there are certain wellness checkups you need...
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Medical Tests – Ask Why & Get Results
Seems nowadays you can’t get out of office visit, ER or hospital without one or many tests. Seems many of my colleagues never touch the patient but order tests including cardiac catheterization to...
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Pre-school Diet Can Cause Heart Problems Later
Care very much what children eat in ages 3-5! A recent study followed over 1,000 pre-school children watching their diet and behaviour around foods. Testing of blood lipid levels were also done...
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HIV Test – New & Better
FDA just (August 9th) approved the first rapid finger stick Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) test that not only reveals if you have antibodies to HIV -1 or 2 but if you only have the virus (i.e. you...
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Men: When You Eat Matters to Your Heart!
DocHandal tries to bring you the latest research findings that docs like herself read and use. This blog hopes to share some and guide you to reading more, after all it is your body guys! American...
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Online Pharmacy Dangers
A recent FDA study -1 in 4 Americans have purchased prescription medicines online. At this writing there are approximately 35,000 – 50,000 online drug-seller websites. Recently, the Government...
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Medical Radiation Exposure
It is well-known many cancers are caused by radiation exposure, even the sun radiation cause skin cancer the #1 cancer in the US. Medical radiation exposure is your responsibility! Every wonder what...
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Cervical Cancer Screening – Simple Facts
A painless quick PAP test (named after the human papillomavirus-HPV) can detect abnormal tissue, HPV infection that can lead to cervical cancer. High risks for developing abnormal cervical tissue or...
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Pelvic Ultrasound
Many of my female followers have probably already had a pelvic ultrasound (US), this week I had another one. I thought it would be a good idea to introduce/refresh about this test. It had been years...
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Physician Burnout
Physician Burnout The prevalence of physician burnout starting from medical school training will shock you. Get the specifics and how to recognize this in your medical care setting. Doc Handal Speaks Up!
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