Apr

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Are You Suffering From Lupus?

April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

David, 24 found out that his father has lupus. In his curiosity to know whether it could happen to him as well, he consulted as many doctors he knew.

One more question that arises in one’s mind is that is lupus heredity, what are its risk factors, what are its types, its signs and symptoms. What is the relation between lupus and alopecia? Why is dialysis performed in some patients with lupus? What is Raynaud’s phenomenon? What are the various criteria for lupus diagnosis? These and many more such questions are haunting several people around the globe.

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Jan

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Can You Trust Your Doctor? A Medical Heretic Exposes The Medical Mystique

January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Most people think highly of their doctors. They want their physicians to be objective, scientific, detached, and yet caring, compassionate, and sensitive. In short, they want doctors who are more like healing saints than human beings.

It makes sense that people would want this of their doctors. When you are lying on the examination table with the doctor probing your anus, vagina, penis, or other embarrassing organ, you want to believe that the person doing this to you is pure, wholesome, honest, competent, and doing what’s best for you. You don’t want to think that the doctor is some pervert with a degree and license to abuse.

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