Miss Diagnosis: Burned By The Fda’s Lack Of Sunscreen Regs For those of us trapped in the 8-to-5 grind, there is nothing more luxurious than sleeping in on Saturday morning and awakening to [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Apr 07, 2011 Read More ( jcardinal18 )
Miss Diagnosis: Get Your Hands Off My Health Care Reform These days, health care isn’t just about diagnosing and treating disease. Good health care providers know they must first address the patient’s needs, [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Feb 17, 2011 Read More ( a.drian )
Miss D’s Gift Of Health While perusing the sweatshop-produced underthings at Retail-Giant-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named recently, I stumbled upon a product that absolutely delighted my inner capitalist: diabetes socks. A staggering [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Dec 23, 2010 Read More
Miss Diagnosis: Germicidal Tendencies The sore throat starts on Monday. Tuesday adds a headache and congestion. On Wednesday, you ask to leave work after almost hacking up [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Dec 16, 2010 Read More
Miss Diagnosis: America Is In For An Insulin Shock Some diseases, like people, just have a special “it” factor that captures the imagination of the public. For instance, Ebola erupted on the [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Nov 04, 2010 Read More “Left Over Bits” (Watt_Dabney http://www.flickr.com/photos/watt_dabney/)
Vitals & Bits #19: The Kidneys Vitals & Bits #19: The Kidneys Deconstructing our federal government is pretty similar to dissecting one of the waxen cadavers from my college anatomy lab. Peel back the layers [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Oct 14, 2010 Read More
Robbins Burns Rubbers: Will Aps Roll Out A New Sexual Health Policy? Will Aps Roll Out A New Sexual Health Policy? [Names and details have been changed to protect confidentiality.] Sarah was already looking forward to the eighth grade dance, even though it was [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More
Vitals & Bits #18: The Amygdala (Special Flu Shot Edition) Vitals & Bits #18: The Amygdala (Special Flu Shot Edition) Be afraid. Be very afraid. At least, that’s what your amygdalae are telling you to do. These two almond-shaped neural hotspots are groups [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More Or don’t get a shot. Whatever.
Teens, Know Your Health Care Rights All minors, no matter how young, have the right to confidential reproductive health care services. This means your provider (a doctor, physician assistant [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More ( Hugrakka )
Vitals & Bits # 17: Saliva Vitals & Bits # 17: Saliva Think of your favorite bar. It might be an unpretentious dive bar, a kitschy sports bar, or maybe it’s a faux-swank establishment crawling [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More