Articles about Primary Care
As I write this, I have an application known as “Oxygen Measurement” on my smartphone. If I open the folder, it offers me a few options: blood pressure, heart rate, lung capacity and others – as well as a “quick check” that combines more than one measurement. I often indulge in the quick check, supposedly […]
Health insurance policies first emerged in the industrial era of the 1880s, powered by the rise of unions that sought compensation for the illnesses and injuries of steel factory workers. They were designed to mitigate the economic hardship caused by unforeseen accidents. Since those humble beginnings, health care has morphed into a huge industry, fueled […]
In a drug’s journey from ideation to pharmacy shelves, there’s a mind-boggling amount of logistics behind the scenes. Trials alone can take up to six years. Along the way, developers, government agencies and universities need reliable data from controlled studies of real people. In order to make that happen, they look to contract research organizations […]
Many residents of Charleston County might be surprised to learn that services and sources of information now thought of as everyday conveniences were originally created by an organization of Lowcountry doctors – the Charleston County Medical Society. Since its founding in 1951, the Charleston County Medical Society has played a key role in the history, […]
Primary care is generally considered the basic level of health care that a person should receive – a day-to-day medical sounding board that can be relied on to treat a broad spectrum of everyday aches and pains and diagnose your sore throats and flus. But primary care physicians can do much more than just patch […]
If you’ve never heard of Hugo Gernsback, don’t feel alone. Unless you’re a huge science fiction fan, you’re likely not familiar with the Hugo Awards – the “Pulitzer Prize” for sci-fi writers – named in honor of this radio and publishing pioneer. But if you’ve ever had the opportunity to take advantage of doctor-to-patient telemedicine, […]