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In medicine, being a VIP can mean you get too much medical care and too much attention. So indicates an article in the WSJ this week discussing the idea of the VIP Syndrome. This describes the special care afforded the ‘Important’ patient, which results in large deviations from normal patterns of care and thus and …
In this age of ‘big data’ and sharing of information on Facebook and through other computerized means, the significance of personal privacy is being challenged. Privacy is an important part of our mental health. It provides a basis for our individuality, our sense of self and self-worth, and is an important basis for a normal …
The flu vaccine has a long history of production in chicken eggs and as a result, patients who have reported egg allergies are told to avoid the influenza vaccine. That issue has been resolved with the development of a genetically engineered flu vaccine that does not use eggs in it’s production. FLUBLOK is that flu …