Tag Archives: Beyond

‘If I can love my sister from beyond the grave, I can love my family and friends from the other side of a screen, down a telephone line or through the railings of a garden gate’

There are some people for whom the solitude of living with Covid-19 is a balm to the soul; they relish having time to themselves without feeling that pressure to engage with others in social gatherings and activities. In the main, however, we humans are social beings; we gravitate towards one another in many aspects of… Read More »

What’s a diagnosis about? COVID-19 and beyond

By MICHEL ACCAD Last month marked the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Graunt, commonly regarded as the father of epidemiology. His major published work, Natural and Political Observations Made upon the Bills of Mortality, called attention to the death statistics published weekly in London beginning in the late 16th century. Graunt was skeptical of how… Read More »

How to combat weight gain during the pandemic (beyond diet and exercise) – CNN

But health experts strongly recommend you do your best to prevent excess weight gain during this historic and scary time. Dr. David Buchin, director of bariatric surgery at Huntington Hospital, is seeing that a large percentage of the patients battling Covid-19 in the medical center’s intensive care unit are obese. Patients who are obese are… Read More »

Beyond the exam room: How data privacy builds patient trust

The provider-patient trust relationship is the cornerstone of any healthcare practice. But it doesn’t stop there. Patients entrust their lives and their intensely personal information not only to their physician, but also to an entire healthcare ecosystem: insurance providers, healthcare organizations, hospitals, specialists, labs and other third parties largely undetected to the patient but integral… Read More »