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Not all healthcare occupations require you to earn a degree. In fact, there are a handful of jobs out there that you can start within 2 years (if not sooner)! So, what are they? The ones we’ll be talking about…
Creating a quality healthcare environment is one of the prime objectives of any national administration, across the globe. Risks are inevitable and no industry knows it better than the healthcare sector. It deals with clinical risks day in, and day…
Medical writing involves writing scientific documents of different types which include regulatory and research-related documents, disease or drug-related educational and promotional literature, publication articles like journal manuscripts and abstracts, content for healthcare websites, health-related magazines or news articles. The scientific…
One can hardly imagine spare time in the life of a Medico. Well, getting to know the innards of the human body can be challenging, if not intimidating! Yet, it is at this tedious time during the prime of our…
Back in 2009, the Weil Music Institute of Carnegie Hall, one of live music’s most world-renown venues, decided to give back to the community and launched the Musical Connections Program. The idea for this program was borne of the philosophy…
Medical specialties across the globe have a special affinity towards Multiple Choice Questions, the so called MCQs. This tendency is no doubt based on scientific evidence that strongly suggests that MCQs are standards of objectivity and reliability. The multiple choice…
Have quacks become the lifeline for the minions in India? That is what the scenario looks like, particularly in rural India. It is an open secret that most Government hospitals in India function only in name, and that serves as…
A medical emergency that requires immediate recognition and treatment, Status Epilepticus requires expertise and due training to manage. By definition, Status Epilepticus is a series of seizures that occur without recovery of underlying neurologic function. The etiology can be usually…
A medical emergency that requires immediate recognition and treatment, Status Epilepticus requires expertise and due training to manage. By definition, Status Epilepticus is a series of seizures that occur without recovery of underlying neurologic function. The etiology can be usually…
Medical Writing — It’s a stable career that can provide many opportunities for those interested in the medical world, however, ofttimes this profession is overlooked. Not because it’s not a lucrative career choice (it most definitely is), but because typically…
Being a doctor in the Armed Forces for just about a year now, I have travelled much more than I have for the most of my life. Before this, I always wondered how the continuous movement of soldiers in those…
New advances in medicine and technology have improved health-care for both patients and doctors across the world. Many patients with chronic illness can be treated for diseases instead of symptoms, and new treatment regimens can help people of all ages…