Archives: 2011 July
HIV: OPTIONS FOR MEDICAL CARE-HOSPITAL CARE: TEACHING AND COMMUNITY HOSPITALS
Most people with HIV infection are admitted to a hospital at some time during the course of the infection; most will be hospitalized two to four times, spending an average of thirty to sixty days, total, in the hospital. They may or may not have a choice of what hospitals they are admitted to. As [...]
HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND HEALTHY BONES: KEEP IT UP
Though up to 85 percent of American women get hot flashes within the first year of menopause, and more than a quarter of women have symptoms lasting five or more years, just 30 percent of women seek medical attention for them. Of all women who leave their doctors’ offices with a prescription for hormones in [...]
COPING WITH EPILEPSY: COUNSELING THE YOUNGER CHILD
“Whether counseling a younger child is different from counseling a teenager depends on the age of the child, the child’s level of understanding, and the child’s problems. Let me tell you about Jenny, who was nine years old when I first met her. She was a bright youngster, one of four children. Her mother was [...]
