Healing Hands: Frustrations with formularies
Dear patient,I am just as frustrated as you are about your drug formulary plan. I evaluate your needs and prescribe the most effective medication for your condition. I make every...
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Healing Hands: Individual freedom vs. public health — A physician’s perspective
How do we balance public safety and personal choices? In a well functioning democratic society, everybody has a responsibility to accept a social contract in order to protect its residents...
Healing Hands: The untold tragedy of the Ebola virus
While the number of deaths due to Ebola and the emerging closer-to-home cases are the focus of daily news accounts, little is being said about the toll on health care...
Healing Hands: Nine gynecologic cancer symptoms you shouldn”t ignore
September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness month. Five main types of cancer affect a woman''s reproductive organs: cervical, ovarian, uterine, vaginal and vulvar. As a group, they are referred to as...
Healing Hands: Learning about the IUD
A woman who desires two children will spend three decades of her life trying to prevent an unintended pregnancy. Contraception allows parents to choose the number and spacing of children....
Healing Hands: The controversy over reproductive rights
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines reproductive rights as follows: "Reproductive rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly...
Healing Hands: Fibroids, a common problem
A patient taught me about fibroids when I was a third year medical student. During our clinical rotation, we had to interview patients and then present our findings and diagnosis...
Healing Hands: Laugh more, leak less
"Laugh More, Leak Less" is a sign that brings many chuckles to people as they drive down scenic Highway 29 past our Kelseyville office. The sign is intended to bring...
Healing Hands: HPV virus, PAP smear at a glance
About 80 percent of women and girls will become infected with the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) by the age of 50, making it the most common sexually transmitted disease worldwide....
Healing Hands: Checklist for your doctor visit
Would you like to get the most out of your visit with your physician? After reading Atul Gawande''s book "The Checklist Manifesto," I am a big believer in checklists, as...
