Uplifting Arizona WATCH: Arizona heart hospital saves Show Low man from often-deadly condition abc15.com staff
PHOENIX — A Show Low man is thanking the doctors at a Valley hospital for saving his life after he suffered a condition that is often deadly. Back in March, 67-year-old Raymond Dankert went to an ER in Show Low with excruciating lower back pain. Dankert was diagnosed with a ruptured aortic aneurysm, which hospital […]
Opinion | ‘Medically Relevant to Saving the Life of Your Patient’: What We Heard This Week
“It’s medically relevant to saving the life of your patient.” — Paul Nestadt, MD, of the Johns Hopkins Anxiety Disorders Clinic in Baltimore, about why clinicians should ask patients about gun access in the home. “If you don’t have insurance, how are you getting that?” — Capt. Christina Bell, MD, of the Womack Army Medical […]
Should the U.S. Ditch Daylight Saving Time? Some AMA Delegates Say Yes
Most physicians supported scrapping Daylight Saving Time and making Standard Time permanent year-round during a discussion on Sunday at the American Medical Association’s Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates. Across most of the country, clocks fall one hour backward in November and jump forward one hour in March except in Hawaii and Arizona, where […]