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The process of childbirth and neonatal care in the United States is usually a fairly smooth process. We have one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world, and it’s safe to say that most complications in the delivery room can be foreseen and rectified before they become fatal to either mother or child. […]
If this doesn’t affect you then my opinion of you is that you must be heartless. A 7 week old baby can’t tell you where they hurt. They don’t understand what is happening to them. According to Dr. James Gill, the state of Connecticut’s chief medical examiner this child was a healthy child other than […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD. I remember as it were today . She wanted to come and talk to me. I was home. Knowing Vivien, I anticipated that this will not be an inconsequential talk. I would know soon enough. She arrived shortly thereafter. As usual, we went into the library, […]
This is a guest article written by Silvio Aladjem MD (This is a follow up of blog “First Do No Harm”) published January 23, 2017) In the history of medicine, each century had at least one type of treatment which became fashionable and as such embraced by the public at large without thinking much about […]
Mutual, healthy love is one of the best experiences life has to offer. Poets have written sonnets about it. Entire books are devoted to it. Movies try to capture it, usually by casting two really hot people and having them make out with each other. When you’re in love, especially in those early, heady days […]
This is a guest artile by Silvio Aladjem MD. ©The modern pharmacotherapy is a medical achievement nothing short of extraordinary. Sort of “you name it and we have it”. In this country, the Pharma industry is overseen by the FDA who must approve any drug before it reaches the market. Thank God for that. Can […]
Getting survival rates, prognosis information and life expectancy statistics for mesothelioma are relatively simply by doing a quick search online. The problem is, after visiting a couple of the top sources, you will quickly realize all the information is outdated. This article is going to talk about the latest survival stories of patients with mesothelioma […]
It is 1am and I hear the television bark, “MESOTHELIOMA!” First thought that came to my mind is, why on earth would a law firm pay for a mesothelioma commercial at 1am, 1:45am… 2am… 2:30am…? Don’t they know that the average age for mesothelioma diagnoses is 59? I thought lawyers are supposed to be smart? […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD. Not long ago, a friend of mine was complaining about delivery of medical care. In so doing, he told me he was missing the good old times when you had your own doctor. “Is this progress?” he asked me with an angry voice. “Doctors don’t care […]
A study conducted at the Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston, MA reveals that mesothelioma cancer patients who write about their experiences may lessen their pain and agony and improve their quality of life. Dr. M. Soledad Cepeda led the study which states that patients who spent twenty minutes per week writing about their physical […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD. I have a physician friend who once told me that a patient of his asked: “what is the difference between minor and major surgery?” I can only imagine the face expression of the patient when my friend answered: “it’s minor surgery if it’s performed on you, […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD. It would not be an overstatement to say that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC for short, is probably unique in the world. CDC works 24/7 to protect the American people from all kinds of health threats. Foreign Public Health organizations look to CDC […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD Having been a physician for over 40 years I believe I have a good insight of what a physician should be. Only after 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, followed by 4 years of residency and several more years of subspecialty training, should […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD OK, so that everybody knows upfront, I am biased. I think advertising directly to the public every new and/or old drug, is not a good idea and has nothing to do with improving health. It has to do exclusively with improving the bottom line of drug […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD During my 40 years of obstetrical practice, I have always been fascinated by the process of becoming a mother and/or a father. Neither the mother nor the father to be, have been trained for such a role. Interestingly, the process of becoming a parent appears to […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD After 40 years of practice, my time had come to retire. I must confess that I miss the daily patient contact, the first cry of a new baby that I was bringing into the world and the feeling that I was doing some good. I enjoyed […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD It has been standard of practice for many years for physicians to advise their patients to limit salt intake. Publicly, the USDA, FDA, the NIH and other organizations, have consistently encouraged limiting salt intake. If you have ever been hospitalized for high blood pressure or cardiac […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD. For the last thirty years or so, medicine –medical practice- has fought an uphill battle. It started, with the litigious environment of our society and the hunt for millions of dollars awards, regardless of merits, by lawyers who were not so much interested in improving the […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD. I approach this topic with some trepidation. Its magnitude is staggering and the discrepancies between countries and/or world areas, is painful. Worldwide, the latest WHO (World Health Organization) data estimates that 343000 women die every year as a result of pregnancy. To put it in context, […]
Here in Asia, we have a society where the family is the basis for welfare: in disasters, you seek family to help you.. Many people are getting out of poverty because they have family members who support the rest of their family by working overseas and sending back money to pay for school fees, decent […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD. Predicting the future is a hopeless task. The famous crystal ball does not help. But we can venture a thought, based on what we know or do not know about a subject. Here is my crystal ball about the future of obstetrics. Not too longtime ago, […]
The Paleo lifestyle is hot right now and that interest has created quite a number of books such as Your Primal Body: The Paleo Way to Living Lean, Fit, and Healthy at Any Age by Mikki Reilly. The idea in this book is to find the inner healthy body you have and get that going […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD. New Year resolutions come and go with each New Year. Statistics show that 88% of us do not follow through with them. Historically, making New Year resolutions date back to antiquity. At that time every New Year people made vows to the gods for what they […]
A friend once told me about living through the California North Ridge earthquakes: they had nothing, were camping out on the streets. But one thing impressed her: They had access to a small supply of drinking water that they had stored in their back yard, because the state had impressed on residents the need to […]
When the big supertyphoon hit south of where I live in the Philippines, and all my friends and relatives were emailing me if I was okay. Why, yes, I answered: The Signal 4 super-typhoon hit south of us. But we were badly hit by an ordinary Signal 3 typhoon a few weeks earlier, which destroyed […]
The latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out. Conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. Do more guns mean more murders and suicides? A Harvard study of European countries may surprise you. Or cause you to yawn in recognition of something we’ve long understood. Is the stem cell debate — embryonic vs adult — now […]
Some American news papers are taking quotes by Pope Francis out of context to criticize those few bishops who dare to say abortion is murder, or for supporting the idea of traditional marriage that have been around for a few millenia. Like most of what the pope says, this is cherry picking quotes out of […]
This is a guest article by Mannie Barling and Ashley Brooks. US Citizens Deserve the Right to Make a Choice About GMO Labeling to Prevent Possible Cancer, Crohn’s, IBD, IBS, Kidney, Liver, Pancreatic, Arthritis and other diseases Natural News released a video that claims that Whole Foods has been caught selling foods containing genetically modified […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD – Simon Barrett In continuing my blogs with issues related to High Risk Pregnancies, I would like to discuss the interrelation between what we call “High Risk Pregnancy” and the patient’s desire for a “Birthing Experience”. In previous blogs, I explained why a “Normal Pregnancy” is […]
This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD. – Simon Barrett In the last blog, I discussed the continuous controversy about the high rate of cesarean section. As you may remember, there is no such a thing as an absolute number of cesarean sections that is “ideal” or “desirable”. My position is that there […]
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