Dr. Gwenn’s Huffington Post Blog
Do you follow your blood pressure at home, perhaps with a home monitoring device like the one shown in the picture? Does your blood pressure go up and down a bit? What happens at the doctor’s office? Is it typically [...]
Child abuse is one of the most difficult issues we face as pediatricians and in society. A new study out this month by Boston University School of Medicine sheds some light on one of the most important issues in helping [...]
Do you suffer from some sort of medical issue that requires regular attention? If you do, you are very much not alone. As a life-long member of this club, I can attest to the impact having of a chronic condition [...]
Here we go again. Another flu season is barely underway and new concerns emerge on the safety of OTC medication dosing in children.
I’m really liking our new Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin. Her focus is spot on with prevention and cost cutting needing to be the guiding principles to get all Americans on the to good, long-term health.
With all eyes and ears on President Obama’s first State of the Union address tonight, I can’t help but wonder what issues he’ll raise with the health care reform debacle. In my mind there is only one, physician work place issues.
Sitting here in my home office in Massachusetts today, I’m not surprised State Senator Scott Brown won late Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat….
The WSJ Blog posted yesterday that health care job postings are up and that the health care job market is “strong”.
According to the post, “The business research group said that “advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners or technical occupations outnumbered the unemployed looking for work in this field by almost 3 to 1,” citing November data.”
In a recent interview with Dr. Oz on Good Morning America, Dr. Oz told Diane Sawyer that he doesn’t think any of the proposed health care plans will work. Why? As Dr. Oz told Diane:
“What we haven’t done is get to the very root reality of the flaws we have in the health care system. True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal.”
Just wanted to share a great story with you. I was at a doctor’s appointment the other day when I noticed a family waiting for one of the parents to be called. The mom was called in and the dad sat there for a moment looking at these 2 very young and rambunctious kids.
