Tag: Prevention
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What Happened to the Physical Assessment?
Lately, I’ve noticed how much lighter the physical exam has become. At some visits, it feels like the provider barely touches you anymore. A few quick questions, maybe a stethoscope to the chest for a second, blood pressure slapped on over your sleeve and that’s about it. If you’re healthy, with no complaints, maybe that…
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The Abuse of Pharmaceuticals
We live in a world where markets are driven by convenience. People want easy solutions and fixes to self-inflicted problems. For example, we don’t like to eat healthy. Over the years, as processed foods continue to plague humanity, we have become a very unhealthy society. The foods are so addicting because they are full of…
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What is happening to Personal Accountability?
Today we are notorious for blaming others for our mistakes. It’s never our fault. Think of all the countless stories you hear that faults society somehow someway. For example, right now, we are going through a drug epidemic. We blame doctors, pharmaceutical companies, foreign countries, poor border control, etc. However, you don’t see anyone blaming…
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Perspective on Adolescent Mental Health
Globally, one in seven teenagers will have experienced some mental disorder. It’s a delicate period as most discover who they are and what they want to become. So, emotional disorders tend to be the most common. This is an alarming statistic and what is concerning is the approach we are taking to solving it. I’m…
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What is Creating the Rise in Mental Health Issues?
Over the last decade we are seeing an alarming rise of mental health problems in our population, particularly depression and anxiety. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that it is costing the global economy around $1 trillion per year. We must ask ourselves what is creating the rise? It appears to be a multi-factor…
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