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Posted in General on January 2, 2010

Hello readers’ good day to all. In this blog I am going to talk about UK’s best medical interview skills trainers and career development course training providers Oxford Medical. They provide courses such as medical management course for doctors, spr medical management course for doctors, teach the teacher course for doctors and many more medical interview courses. The courses provided by Oxford Medical are trained by well trained professionals and the pricing for the courses are kept at a very much low level starting from £270 to £750. Oxford Medical offers a three day crash course to complete the medical management course for doctors. They provide quality training in a shorter time span.

SPR Medical management has become a growing importance in the doctors’ world. Oxford Medical recognize that doctors are busy and are focused on delivering high quality training program throughout the UK. Oxford medical management courses are given to small group of people at a single point of time which brings in a user centered training methodology into play. They use combination of lectures, tutorials, case discussions, creative thinking sessions, role play and small group exercises to deliver and reinforce the course material. When you join the medical management course for doctors you will be provided with a fee receipt, certificate for attendance and a CPD certificate to verify the quality and duration of your training.

Oxford Medical runs monthly Teach the Teacher Courses for doctors. The training is for Small group sizes, individually focused, and delivered by expert clinicians and educationalists to give you the best possible training. The group consists of maximum 16 members and is priced at £599. The Teach the Teacher course for doctors helps in gaining training in the theory of adult education, develop and write structured learning objectives, get trained different learning styles/ using learning style questionnaires etc

Posted in General on December 16, 2009

Most people have been aware of the dangers associated with smoking for a long time now. Even the negative effects of second-hand smoke are well-documented. A lot of smokers, desperate to get rid of the deadly addiction, try various methods that claim to help in smoking cessation. Some of the traditional methods to stop smoking are the nicotine patch, pills gum or more often the herculean exercise of unadulterated will-power. These methods have worked for some people, but more often they not, they fail to help people really and truly hooked to smoking.

Champix tablets to quit smoking
If you have tried it all and still can’t quit, try Champix, the prescription-only drug that guarantees to make you clean up your act by decreasing the high that you get from smoking. Manufactured by Pfizer, Champix contains the active ingredient varenicline that curbs the craving for nicotine by blocking the nicotine receptors present in the brain and reducing the extent and intensity of the withdrawal symptoms that usually accompany smoking cessation efforts.

The nicotine receptors present in the brain are primarily to blame for addiction to smoking. There are two ways in which Champix acts, it first mimics the effects of nicotine on the receptors and gives the same kind of pleasure that nicotine gives and secondly, it prevents the actual nicotine from cigarettes reaching the receptors as the active ingredient ‘varenicline’ binds itself to the nicotine receptors in the brain. Taking Champix tablets quadruples your chances of quitting smoking successfully and easily compared to other, more traditional methods of smoking cessation. Moreover, it helps smokers to quit smoking without undergoing the agony of getting addicted to another form of nicotine.

Recommended strength and dosage
Champix is available in weekly dose packs, while there is a starter pack with a two-week dosage. It includes easily recognizable light blue and white tablets of 0.5 mg and 1 mg.
The standard recommended dosage is:

Day 1 to Day 3 – 0.5mg once daily
Day 4 to Day 7 – 0.5mg twice daily (morning and evening)
Day 8 (last day for primary treatment) – 1.0mg (twice a day morning and evening)

Missing a dose does not mean you double it. Just continue with the regular dose.

Remember, it’s a long walk to freedom to smoking and quitting midway is not going to help.

Posted in General, Health on November 27, 2009

sickIt’s that time again. It’s getting darker earlier. It’s getting colder. And yes, colds and flus are spreading across homes, schools and work places like wildfire. The spread of germs is inevitable, but you can prepare yourself to combat the germs so that when they hit your system, your system is in top fighting-back condition!

Here are my Top 3 Easy Tips for Boosting Immunity

1. SLEEP

Yes, sleep. It seems almost too simple, doesn’t it? But most of us don’t get nearly enough. If you’re not getting enough sleep, your immune system will be compromised. This is true any time of year, but now’s the time to take stock of how many hours you’re getting. How do you feel when you wake up in the morning? Do you feel rested? If you don’t, it’s probably your first sign that you’re not getting enough shut-eye. Think about it…if you don’t wake up and start your day feeling rested and strong, how much of a chance do you think your body has at fighting back hard against a cold or flu on the attack?

Doing it! Tip #1: Go to bed at a reasonable hour! If you can, be in bed and asleep by 10 and ready to wake between 6 and 7am.

2. EAT FOR HEALTH

When you’re sick, or possibly getting sick, what kind of food do you think will best equip your body to fight the bug? We often rely on comfort foods that are typically starchy or sugary, but these aren’t what our body needs to help it out. Eating too many of these comfort foods will make us feel even more tired while eating lots of fresh vegetables and fruits will help build up our defenses. We can get tons of Vitamin C from vegetables, as well as fruits (enter my favorite veggie of the moment, KALE!).

Doing it! Tip #2: Enjoy home made chicken broth or soup with loads of veggies! Keep it heathy and avoid packaged broths/soups which tend to have loads of preservatives and MSG in them. Cook up a big pile of veggies and follow it up with fruit for dessert. Your body will thank you!

3. GET ENOUGH VITAMIN D

Ever notice how we don’t get sick as much in the Spring and Summer? Well, one of our biggest immunity boosters is cut-off when the darkness and cold sets in…THE SUN! When we are able to get adequate amounts of sun exposure, we can stay healthy more easily. So, what do we do about it when we can’t get that sun-time? Vitamin D supplements. Dr. Mercola has been touting the benefits of Vitamin D for fighting off the flu for a long time now

Posted in General on November 14, 2009

The obese are more likely to have health issues, and, subsequently require more frequent trips to the hospital. Ambulance workers say that patients weighing over 350 pounds present additional challenges to transport, and require specialized equipment and additional workers.

Where should the money come from to cover the costs of transporting extremely obese patients?

The ambulance industry wants to be able to pass on the expenses to insurance companies. It can cost 2½ times more to transport extremely heavy patients to the hospital than it costs to move non-obese patients. Customizing an ambulance with lifts and heavy-duty equipment can run up to $10,000, and it may require 3 or 4 health care workers.

In the absence of specialized equipment, ambulance crews have moved extremely overweight patients with forklifts and flat-bed trucks — which probably did the patient’s dignity no favors.

Some states already charge more for extremely overweight patients. But there are critics who argue levying additional charges on obese patients is discrimination, and passing these costs to insurers ultimately raises costs for everybody.

This issue highlights another way obesity contributes to spiraling health costs. Resources would be better spent preventing obesity in the first place — before patients reach the point of needing more costly, oversized ambulance equipment.

Posted in General on November 1, 2009

There is plenty to criticize in our bungling trek toward health reform. Leaders on the right, left and at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue have sidestepped the crucial conversation of controlling the cost of care, in favor of partisan rhetoric about “death panels” and “rationing care.” Worse, the entire focus of reform has centered on spending billions of dollars on technology solutions that will only make marginal changes in the cost and quality of care Americans get.

I want to refocus the debate on what matters most: relationships. Let’s reinvest in the sitting down with, listening to, empathizing with and touching patients.

America has the most advanced healthcare system in the world. But in our haste to research, develop and invest in high-tech medicine, we have lost sight of the very basics of good doctoring. The first things we learn in medical school are: ask, listen and touch. Doctors do not do enough of this any more.

As has been made painfully clear, most doctors are rewarded for doing all manner of procedures. This is true from the earliest moments of our career . As a resident, even when faced with the most basic medical problems, I was grilled by my attending when I didn’t order the full battery of tests, or contact all the specialists available to consult on a patient. Thus, over-testing and over-treating becomes a knee-jerk response from the get go.

This is how doctors practice medicine today. Some of us do it this way because it’s how we get paid. Some of us refer our patients to specialists because we don’t have time to sit down with them ourselves. Some of us rely on tests and procedures because we’re fearful of malpractice lawsuits. And most of us have just lost sight of the most powerful tools in the doctor’s arsenal: our hands and our minds.

Posted in General on October 20, 2009

Twice a year, physicians come together for an exhibit of democracy at its best through the AMA House of Delegates meeting. Since 1901, physicians and medical student from every state and every qualifying medical specialty debate and vote on behalf of their peers during discussions that shape the AMA’s health care agenda. The work they do is intense, the opinions and debate are passionate. This representational-style system makes the AMA, without question, the umbrella organization of American medicine.

This week, the AMA House of Delegates met in Houston and again demonstrated its unique ability to bring together voices from across the profession to create a national consensus of physicians and medical students on health reform. I was honored to be a part of the civil debate on health reform at the nation’s broadest, most inclusive assembly of physicians and medical students.

Physicians at the meeting passionately defended their positions and then voted on a course forward for the AMA. At times there was fierce debate, but ultimately there was a clear final product – a shared vision on how to help physicians help patients.

The physician prescription for reform that emerged from this meeting reaffirmed the AMA’s commitment to health system reform. As the country’s foremost organization of physicians – for physicians – the AMA must continue in its role at the center of the health reform process.

Posted in General on September 2, 2009

People just do not realize the wonderful helpful qualities of the Acai berries diet program. People will put off an Acai diet by telling themselves, “Acai is just a fad and it does not work.” Or are they just LAZY? There we said it. Is it true?

There is more to diets Acai or otherwise. Yes Acai weight loss programs and Acai diets do work whether you choose to believe it or not. However more is needed in conjunction with any diet.

More you say?

What now?

Your life style changes!

You need to make changes to get rid of flab and excess fat. Here are some everyday things that you can do now to bring down your excess weight. [Excess fat]

- Eat only when you are hungry
- Do not over eat
- Eat slowly don’t wolf it down
- Chew your food completely
- Start to control the way you eat
- Choose different nourishing foods
- Eat lots of fruits and vegetables they are good for your body and your body will love you for doing so.

One thing I found is that people want instant weight loss. However, remember your weight gain developed slowly not overnight. Fast weight loss is generally not wise as the body needs to adjust to the changes. Acai berries diet make the weight loss transition in your body a pleasant experience.

OK the above is important to start first and immediately.

What about exercise for your body? Still avoiding exercise? You need to think of your body as a machine or automobile. A machine is built to run. When the machine is working and running it actually runs better. If an automobile just sits in the garage it becomes staler and stiffer. If the body just sits around it gets logier and slower day by day. The solution is EXERCISE!

Change your ATTITUDE! It has been said that all of life is ATTITUDE! Therefore ”EAT to live” – “Don’t live to EAT” Your life style changes when you employ changes, which change you.

Simple walking is the best overall body exercise. However, in this modern world people use vehicles for everything and they have replaced walking with riding. Even bicycles are not used as before. Walking is the best and most complete body exercise than any other.

Nobody wants you to walk a hundred miles – just some daily brisk walking. Walk a mile or just walk around the block. You can do it. You just need to want to do it. So just do it. Walk each day! Make it a point that you will walk each day. Then you will discover that the walk will become easier and easier. You will be peppier more enthusiastic, happier and feel good. You will slim down and shape up.

Today no one is interested in even a small walk. However, walking is the body’s refuge for life and health. Also walking doesn’t cost anything. The gym does cost and usually people do not go even after they paid for their membership.

Today walking to the car is the only exercise some people get. When their doctor prescribes walking or home exercise they get upset. People want pills today to cure all their ailments. The Lack of exercise and physical activity results in obesity and many sicknesses.

Some people exercise their brain but not their body. Remember limited muscle activity makes the muscles less solid but more fatty. Then physical exercises are needed to remove the excess fat. Simple walking exercise will slim you down and shape you up.

Posted in General on August 25, 2009

Are You Sick Of Being Overweight?
Are You Tired Of Diets That Don’t Work?
Are You Tired Of Exercising With no Results?
Are You Fed Up With Diet Pills That Don’t Work?
Do You Want to Lose Weight And Feel Great Again?

Lose weight without diets. Lose weight without exercising. Positively no. This brilliant female doctor has found something that has gotten the whole food, pharmaceutical and diet businesses running scared. They are scared because of what she has to say about the foods that we eat and the diseases and problems that these foods are causing us to have. Dr Suzanne Gudakunst, or Dr.Suzanne as as she is commonly known as commenced following research being done on the human digestive system, and how it operates with regard to the nutritional absorption of foods and their chemical makeups. Intriged by the research and findings, Dr Suzanne commenced doing her own independant studies and clinical research with her own fat and overweight and obese patients.

Dr Suzanne found out that there was a connection or a correlation between illness causing plague and parasitic infestations of the human bowel tract, and excessively overweight people who were unable to lose any weight at alldespite diets or exercising or pills.

Following this discovery and over the period of the next 6 years, this Arizona doctor experimented with, developed and perfected a number of natural treatments for the removal of these disease causing plagues and fast reproducing digestive parasites (worms), and when she gave these treatments to her chronically overweight and ill she sawa truly unbelievable and amazing 100% effectiveness and success rate.

So successful were her trials on the chronically overweight patients that she continued treatments on her much simpler cases of patients who were only a little overweight and who just needed to shed a few pounds. Not surprisingly, all of her patients from the chronically obese to just a little overweight saw a wanted weight shedding and a big improvement in their overall health and welfare. This program helped everyone who was on it.What is also unbelievable is that these extremely ill and grossly overweight patients were told by other mainstream doctors that they had less of a chance of surviving for very long like that, and that there was nothing that they could do for them. They were told that they would never be able to live a “normal” life in their conditions. Most MD’s due to the clout of the pharmaceutical industry don’t accept that you can lose weight without pills.

These combination formulas go to work instantly along with the body to killthis disease causing plague and disgusting parasitic worms that are invading and harming us. So convincing are the aftermath that she has been blessed and able to and rid patients of such awful illnesses as diabetes and cancer.

These are very courageous claims. Courageous claims because these formulas deliver exactly what the doctor says.. Due to these brash claims and due to the results that Dr Suzanne has had, she has come across not only praise from patients inflicted with vigorous new health but also with threats of harm from sources who would like to see her go away and who would like to keep you unhealthy.

Posted in General, Health on August 12, 2009

I am a young adult cancer patient who waited five and a half hours for the H1N1 vaccination along with 1200 other Chicagoans in a city college hallway. I do not have the trained eye of a public health analyst, yet it was easy to spy the glaring flaws that occurred in the whimsical distribution of this short supply vaccine. One of these oversights was the absence of trained workers screening citizens to determine if they actually needed a shot.

In the midst of what the government is calling a pandemic, there was a stunning lack of triage. Anyone could wait in line and receive a shot no questions asked. The public health department merely instructed citizens to use a common sense approach: If you consider yourself high-risk, get a vaccination.

I am an extremely aggressive patient with a high level of health literacy. As the author of a book on young adult cancer, I strongly advocate for patients participating in our care and knowing our bodies. However, I am not a doctor and medical practice is not common sense knowledge. Determinations of whether a patient’s underlying medical condition puts them at high-risk for complications from influenza should have been made by trained medical professionals, not by citizens making nebulous judgment calls.

Tensions ran high in the hallway of the makeshift walk-in clinic as my linemates and I vied for low cue numbers. People cut in front of each other, police mediated shouting matches, and camera crews interviewed desperate patients. My linemates and I began discussing our ailments, each defending our high-risk need for the shot. The 51-year-old man in front of me thought he was at risk due to high blood pressure that sometimes limits his use of over the counter medications. One woman in her late fifties boasted she thought she had a predisposition for bronchitis. Were these accurate self-determinations of the need for the vaccination or were my linemates pilfering from the short supply?