TikTok There’s a (generally good-natured) joke in healthcare that nurses make the worst patients. I don’t know how true that is, but I can also imagine it’s hard to switch over from caregiver to the person receiving care. But it can give you valuable insight that, in the end, can make you an even better...
TikTok / @thesaintmikey Having a sick kid is no fun, and being sick enough that you have to take a trip to the hospital is even less so. But, a quick way to take a situation from already-very-bad to somehow-even-worse is to make an enemy out of the very people that are there to help....
Songsak rohprasit/Moment/Getty Images In 2006, a new vaccine was added to the list of recommended childhood immunizations: a vaccine to protect against the human papilloma virus or HPV. This virus — which comprises 100 different strains — will infect just about everyone before the age of 45. And while 90% of infections will go away...
MoMo Productions/Getty Images You did it — you got your annual mammogram! Maybe this was your first baseline mammogram, or perhaps you’ve been through this routine many times before. You leave the department and await your news of an all-clear report. And then it happens: The phone rings. It’s the imaging facility calling to say...