News tagged with doctor rating


Online doctor ratings have their flaws

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

I recently searched several doctor rating Web sites to see whether other people like my OB-GYN as much as I do.





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The power of doctors makes elderly patients passive

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Elderly patients are often critical towards the meeting with the doctor. Hierarchical structures, time pressure and traditions in the health care sector make these patients and their relatives passive when facing the doctor ...


Task force doctor stands by mammogram advice

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A member of the panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion is defending the task force's report.


Client-directed therapy technique drastically reduces divorce/separation rates

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using four simple questions to generate client-directed feedback can greatly increase the chances that struggling couples will stay together, according to a recently published study.


Web tool helps advise when flu needs a doctor

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Wondering if swine flu's bad enough to require a doctor's attention? An interactive Web site may help you decide, using the same type of triage calculations that doctors at Emory University use.


St. John's wort relieves symptoms of major depression

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

New research provides support for the use of St. John's wort extracts in treating major depression. A Cochrane Systematic Review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective in treating mild to moderate ...


Spider pill to seek out diseases

Spider pill to seek out diseases

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A remotely controlled 'spider pill' with eight moving legs and a miniature camera may become the next tool of choice in diagnosing cancers of the stomach and colon.


CWRU to develop technologies for virtual coaching to help patient-doctor communications

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Millions of people suffer from chronic ailments like heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes, and need critical information from their healthcare providers to manage those diseases.


Doulas may indicate failings in patient care, warns doctor

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The presence of doulas (paid birth assistants) during labour may alter the doctor-patient dynamic and can compromise communication and therefore patient care, warns a doctor in the British Medical Journal today.


Managing doctors' practices made easier with new software

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A McMaster University-led research team has developed an innovative software tool that gives family doctors up-to-date information on their patients in two seconds or less.


Tips on hormone use, coping with menopause

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- What to do if menopause makes you miserable?



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