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Doctor Shortage

Posted on 29. Dec, 2008 by wisdom.

Many recent studies point to the fact that in several years from now the United States will be faced with a doctor shortage. This will specifically affect primary care doctors. These are the doctors you see when you are feeling or having something wrong with you in a general sense. They help guide you towards finding a specialist and aiding in preventative measures.

The American Medical Association has said it will support through financial incentives medical students who choose to go into primary care. However,  medical students feel the paperwork and charting required of primary care physicians is very tedious and difficult when the system is not built to treat chronically ill patients.

President-elect Barack Obama will have a tough time charting through the teritory of making sure there are enough doctors to the people that need this. This will be crucial in the future and is a necessary issue that needs to be addressed by those supporting health changes.

For more information read “Where Have All the Doctors Gone?”by the New York Times

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Family Doctor’s Not Happy and How to Boost your Immune System

Posted on 18. Nov, 2008 by wisdom.

I found two great articles.

The first deals with how (primary-care) family doctors are not happy with the current bussiness in the U.S.  According to a recent survery “49 percent [of family doctors] said they’d consider leaving medicine. Many said they are overwhelmed with their practices, not because they have too many patients, but because there’s too much red tape generated from insurance companies and government agencies.”

There is expected to be a shortage in the tens of thousands within the next 15-20 years. In addition current medical students are not interested in pimary care and want to enter other alternatives. To read the entire article visit http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/17/primary.care.doctors.study/index.html

A current practicing primary care physician named James Hubbard has cited “anxiety and hassel” as the reasons he is currently part time. He publishes his own magazine called Family Doctor Mag. On his website ELIZABETH A. PECTOR, M.D., a family physician has written an excellent article on how to boost your immunity system this upcoming winter.

The key take aways from the article include eating well, avoiding second hand smoke, regular exercise, lack of stress, and vaccinations. I feel that vaccinations should be taken with a cautious approach as I have watched medical TV shows where people have had their lives changed for the worse as a result of a vaccination. Even so understanding how to boost your immunity system is important to prevent colds and the flu.

To read the entire article on boosting immunity go here http://www.familydoctormag.com/medical-index/colds-and-flu/how-to-boost-your-immunity.html

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