Dermatology

What is fueling the healthcare industry attention in telemedicine? Well, according to the CEO of the American Telemedicine Association, Jonathan Linkous defines “it as the delivery of any health care service or transmission of wellness information using telecommunications technology, that has the possibility to change the way medical care is provided in the United States (11 Telemedicine Tools Transforming Healthcare, 2012).” The meaning of Telehealth is often associated with telemedicine, but…

In the medical field there are many different branches. Podiatry is a branch of medicine. Podiatry is devoted to the treatment and prevention of injury to the feet and lower legs (Explore). Being a podiatrist means going to deal with many different things, and not all of them may be as appealing as a sprained ankle. With many different parts of the foot, many things can go wrong. Although just like any other doctor, they must go through many years of schooling before they may call themselves…

board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or found equivalent to the ABMS boards. These boards include The American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The American Board of Plastic Surgery, The American Board of Dermatology, The American Board of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, and The American Board of…

have some medical knowledge in emergency situations. When it comes to Physician Assistants, they’re lives consist of helping others who are not well. There are also Physician Assistants who help people that need attention on their skin known as Dermatology PA’s. In the everyday life of a PA, they meet with patients at either doctors’ offices or hospitals, write prescriptions, and give medical advice to their patients on an everyday basis. Overall, they do exactly what Doctors do but not as…

Hundreds of thousands of animals are sick! Tens of thousands of animals are dying! Not one healthy animal exist on earth. Does this sound like a happy picture? No, but that is the world we would live in if there were not veterinarians, veterinary technologist and technicians. Thanks to them we are able to live in a world with not only healthy but also happy animals. A veterinary technician is a tremendously important role in the world of animals. Veterinarians rely on veterinary…

Remote Patient Monitoring and wireless sensors technology Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is the use of mobile communication and information technologies to connect patients and clinicians in order to maintain continuous surveillance of patients and to improve convenience and efficiency (HIMSS, 2013). RPM is used in the outpatient setting for the management of chronic illness and promotion of aging in place. Events can be monitored in real time and can raise alarms when conditions exist that…

The intersection of class plays a crucial role in this analysis. On one hand, the ads use western science to appeal to middle-class women through global modernity which focuses on dermatology/pharmacology (see ad 3). In this advertisement, the fair-skinned model who is dressed in western clothes, leads the viewers into a technologically advanced room. The advertisement also uses phrases such as “light technology, advanced multi-vitamins…

dermatological to pharmaceutical fields. L’Oreal is also technologically advanced and the R&D department has numerous patents in the US. It offers its products in over 125 countries and markets in access of 17 brands which can be categorized under dermatology and cosmetics. The cosmetics division of L’OREAL has the following segments: specialized products, customer products, affluent products and dynamic…

Would you try the no-shower challenge? That is the question that author Katie Maguire asked her readers in the article, “3 Things That Happen When You Stop Showing For A Month”. In this article, Maguire dives into the positive outcomes of not showering for an entire month. She took the results from two journalists James Hamblin and Julia Scott, and compiled a list of three changes their body underwent while going without a shower for 30 days. While reading this article, I was very critical of…

1. MAIN HEADER: Prevent aging while you still have the time. Aging is preventable. Focus your goal in maintaining a healthy skin by opening your mind about the natural methods in wrinkle prevention instead of resorting to surgical procedure. 2. “WELCOME TO BEAUTY POTION” SECTION: How we wish to remain alive, healthy and beautiful. Staying alive forever is next to impossible, but staying healthy and beautiful can be possible if we follow a strict diet that is packed with nutrients that can…