QUESTIONS ASKING FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICAL ADVICE ARE OFF-TOPIC. CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN. Healthcare refers to the system or systems used to deliver medical care to patients. It may be a monolithic, government controlled system (like the NHS in some parts of the UK) or a mixed system of providers and insurers (as in the US). Healthcare is the way the delivery of medical science is organised (at least for the purposes of tagging on this site).
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Does the Cuban healthcare system perform better than those of countries of similar economic strength?
Cuba is frequently cited as an example of a country which has great healthcare considering its limited economic resources. For example:
Salim Lamrani, Cuba's Health Care System: a Model for the World, Huffington Post:
According to the UN's World…
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Is cognitive-behavioural therapy the only kind of psychotherapy based on sound scientific evidence?
Is cognitive-behavioural therapy the only kind of psychotherapy supported by sound scientific evidence? This article makes such claim, which I've found surprising:
Psychotherapeutic interventions in general have been remarkably unsuccessful. Only…
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Are some beards dirtier then toilets?
Top stories this week include this: Some Beards Contain More Poo Than a Toilet. Is this true?
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Does the use of electronic health records make physicians less efficient at performing their job?
http://time.com/4383979/doctor-burnout-electronic-health-records/ reported on 2016-06-27 that
nearly 63% of doctors believed that EHRs made their jobs less efficient.
Does the use of electronic health records actually make physicians less…
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Does less than 30% of donated used medical equipment ultimately become operational?
In its Guidelines for Donations of Health Care Equipment, the WHO says:
The sense among some biomedical
engineers and health care professionals who have extensive work experience in these countries is
that less than 30%, perhaps as low as 10%,…
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Does using the ZAAZ-20K engages over 90% of one's muscles?
I read on http://zaazmovement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ZAAZ-20K-User-Manual1.compressed.pdf (mirror):
Standing on a ZAAZ vibration plate stimulates all parts of the body. 12 minutes on the machine engages over 90% of your muscles by causing…
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Does Blue Gatorade help with migraines?
I saw an exchange on my Facebook feed regarding someone suffering from a migraine. Advice was offered that blue Gatoraid specifically will help.
Searching on the internet, I found the TMJ Therapy and Sleep Center that claims
It’s quite possible…
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Was the contraceptive pill originally created for men?
This article suggests that the contraceptive pill was originally created for men, but men didn't like the side effects.
What is more of a secret, as Bethy Squires points out in her article for Broadly, is that hormonal contraception was originally…
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Do body wraps have slimming effects?
All over social media we see pictures of mostly women who show before and after pictures of body wraps, claiming they lost weight, or reduced cellulite, fat burners, or many other claims.
Some offer up very vague claims like this vendor.
Although…
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Is Philip Nitschke the first doctor in the world to administer a legal, voluntary, lethal injection, in 1996?
This Reuters article reports:
Dr Philip Nitschke, who says he was the first doctor in the world to
administer a legal, voluntary, lethal injection, said it is time for
Britain and others to heed growing calls for choice about dying, and
allow…
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Is ICD-9 to ICD-10 migration in health care industry another Y2K-like opportunity?
The World Health Organisation publish the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). A new version, ICD-10 was published in 1992.
I work in health care IT. Recently there has been quite a few…
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Does eating Vitamin C and drinking green tea helps to counteract the effects of secondhand smoke?
This article The Surgeons General's Report on Secondhand Smoke:
"The health effects of secondhand smoke exposure are more pervasive than we previously thought," Carmona said in his report. "The scientific evidence is now indisputable: Secondhand…
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Does having more stool test help to improve chances in catching polyps bleeding?
This article Fecal Occult Blood mention
You will need to test your feces from three separate bowel movements. These bowel movements should be three in a row, closely spaced in time to minimize the time you need to be on the special diet. This is…
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Is Microcurrent Therapy effective to treat tendinitis?
I have read a few claims that Microcurrent Therapy is effective to treat tendinitis, as illustrated below.
What is Microcurrent Therapy?:
Each tissue type in your body has its own signature electrical
frequency, which may be disrupted by injury or…
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