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Four Walls @FourWalls (86875) • United States 23 Mar 20

As many of you know, we have quite a few veterans on myLot. I'm one of them, having done my time in the Navy. People are always kind to say, "Thank you for your service" to me. That's nice to hear, even though I was more of a...

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Prayers for our Doctors and other Medical Frontliner

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 23 Mar 20

Those who are in medical profession are the most exposed individuals in fighting the disease along with other emergency staffs. They are there to heed the call of their duty to serve the people even for the most dangerous...

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nurses

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Oh, I give up!

Yuki @yukimori (10192) • United States 18 Sep 15

I've been trying to chase down someone at the clinic to make a follow-up appointment. Every time I try to call they have higher than normal call volume and I'm sent to voicemail after about five minutes on the line. Naturally,...

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phone tag

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Are the benefits of silver really all that good?

macdingolinger @macdingolinger (10385) • United States 2 Dec 12

Okay - so everyone is telling me to use silver on my son's wound. I hear it from medical people as well as non-medical. Of course the medical people want me to purchase their expensive prescriptions. But I just found out I can...

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pharmaceutical products

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Fish oil is beneficial for health.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 10 Oct 11

Fish oil has been proven to be effective in reducing asthma attacks. In addition to it, it increases the level of High Density Lipo-protein (HDL) in the body which is highly beneficial for health. So fish oil but not swallowing...

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Reappearance of diseases claimed to be controlled or eradicated earlier.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 28 Mar 11

All diseases that were once claimed to be controlled if not eradicated totally are found to reappear again with more and more virulence. Examples are malaria, tuberculosis and so on. Do you think it as an underassessment or...

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reappearance

tuberculosis

virulence

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Unethical practice on the part of medical professionals.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 12 Feb 11

Medicines can cure, but they can also kill. This can happen if the dosage is wrong, the doctor’s diagnosis is incorrect, or if there is severe adverse reaction of the drug used. No one knows this better than a physician. Yet,...

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government

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kids handwashing

sheanne @sheanne (440) • Philippines 13 Apr 10

We know that hand hygiene is very important thus we do handwashing to keep us away from getting sick. Medical professionals had their proper way of handwashing and decontamination but at home we do handwashing with soap and water...

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sickness

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Are The Doctors Out There Really Qualified?

skysuccess @skysuccess (8857) • Singapore 3 Feb 09

I happen to stumble on this article of how a little girl, just 2 years of age actually lost both her legs through her doctor's oversight on meningitis. I am just literally livid with the whole episode and more appalled when the...

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health

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medical professionals

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meningitism

septicema

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Can I get a D.D. S? I'd take one of those over an MD any day

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 2 Mar 08

I bet that many medical students and young doctors can be quite shocked to know once they complete their training, school, and internship (12-16 years of schooling), that a dentist or DDS makes more money straight out of the gate...

dentistry

dentists

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nurses

crazynurse @crazynurse (7482) • United States 2 Jan 07

I am curious. What is your opinion of nurses moving from wearing all white to wearing colored scrub sets? Has this affected their professionalism? Are they as credible in the colors?

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