Tag: Doctors

My post-operative experience revealed that I sometimes ignored scientific data in favor of fear and anecdotes. Photo by Aman Chaturvedi on Unsplash As I lay in my hospital bed, the bleeding would not stop. Pints of bright red blood poured out of my rectum as I trotted to the...

A new study shows that artificial intelligence can also handle more than half of scans automatically, dramatically reducing radiologists’ workloads. Radiologists assisted by an AI screen for breast cancer more successfully than they do when they work alone, according to new research. T...

Like many people, I found getting a PhD to be a challenging, thrilling, and ultimately transformative experience. As a Black woman, I also sometimes found the experience frankly more difficult than it needed to be. Being the first in my family to get a PhD meant I didn’t have any role model...

The future of Search as we know it is happening now and billions of dollars are on the line. A lot has been made about safety and ethics including Biden’s Executive Order regarding Generative AI. The order addressed biases, safety, and civil rights issues. But, one of the core questi...

I was waiting in the doctor’s office the other day and this darling little four-year-old girl was playing house, as if she was planted for my entertainment, part of her routine while cooking and opening the mail called for a repeated calm, quiet, matter of fact, “ohhhh f*ck.” Her p...

When I wrote this, February of 2024, 1.2 million people in the United States had died of COVID — a loss of life that exceeds what we saw in World War 2, the so-called “Spanish” flu of 1918, the Civil War, and the entire AIDS epidemic. This story is not about them. This story is ...

I’ve been to a lot of specialists and doctor appointments lately. It’s literally been a full time job seeing them, which has been extra difficult while I’ve felt so sick. And I face the same problems every time I go, which leaves me frustrated. Here are some things I wish doc...

I was due a medication review yesterday afternoon—I’m on a lot of medication for my physical and mental health. It was to be a phone call appointment at 4pm. (Well, they say 4pm but to cover their own backs, they then say it can be any time in the afternoon….) The phone...

Let me explain, I have worked as a receptionist in a small but popular clinic in Bangalore for 4 years (This was during my PUC and UG as I was in the evening college had time to work and study). So ill give you the numbers — I am not giving the exact numbers as it is against the policy I&rs...

In recent years, the influx of Arab doctors to Europe has been a transformative force in shaping the landscape of healthcare across the continent. Their unique skills, diverse perspectives, and commitment to medical excellence have significantly influenced the progress of medicine in Europe. This ar...

Ambroise Paré, born in 1510 in Bourg-Hersent, now part of Laval, France, emerged from a humble background. His early interest in medicine was nurtured by his brother, a barber-surgeon in Paris, leading Paré to apprentice and study at Hôtel-Dieu, France’s oldest hospital. Th...