Real Medical English

Check out 15 most common mistakes made by Polish people (but not only) while speaking English as a foreign language.
Written by our own Peter Jones https://medium.com//the-most-common-mistakes-polish-people-make-when-they-use-english-9e92d14178e0

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Learn how to take a medical history with our educational videos.

Medical English - 1. The Presenting Complaint Mr Smith attends his GP surgery complaining of a 1 month history of abdominal pain. Learn how to communicate effectively and how to take a detailed medical h...

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The 21st century and women in 'developed countries' still struggle for their rights.

Dutch campaigners fly abortion pills into Poland - BBC News A Dutch women's rights group uses a drone to fly abortion pills into Poland, in protest at the country's restrictive laws.

WATCH: The Story of Cholera Although largely unseen today in wealthy nations, cholera is a pressing global health concern.

WATCH: Why do blood types matter? It’s often said that despite humanity’s many conflicts, we all bleed the same blood. It’s a nice thought, but not quite accurate.

What would you ask a patient when checking their blood pressure?

3 Questions To Ask Patients When Measuring Blood Pressure Faculty of Medicine is considered as the best medical forum that introduces free services for doctors and medical students

"Man Dies on Facebook - Nobody Notices for Five Days".

Viewpoint: Why do people waste so much time at the office? - BBC News The workplace is where people go to work. But much of the day is padded out with less productive activities.

Phlebotomy

6 Easy Steps To Draw Blood From Those Hard to Hit The vein Faculty of Medicine is considered as the best medical forum that introduces free services for doctors and medical students

999 likes come on, who's it going to be? :-)

Ooh! 3 to go, almost there! Who will be number 1000? :-)

11 more!

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968 likes, come on nearly there! :-)

Carolyn Messere tells it very well indeed

Stop Trying To Be God. Be Human. In medical school, I was taught to keep my distance. To remember that the patient is the one with the disease. I was told to protect my heart, to be a...

Do you know the diagnosis?

What Is Your Medical Diagnosis For This Case? Faculty of Medicine is considered as the best medical forum that introduces free services for doctors and medical students

Shock!

What is shock? Learn about health and medicine - as well as tons of other content - for free on Khan Academy.

Dr Atul Gawande is one of our favorites. Check him out.

WATCH: A simple checklist that cuts your chance of dying in surgery by half Our medical systems are broken. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we look at new ways to do medicine -- with simple solutions for much more effective care.

918 likes and counting :-)
Come on people let's make it 1,000!!!

"flare ups", "arthritis", "inflammation", "probiotics" and "diet". Read this interesting article to see how these words have been used in context:

Your Diet is Causing Inflammation and Arthritis Flare-ups. Here's 7 Ways to Prevent Them. Your diet is causing your inflammation and arthritis flare-ups. Arthritis is usually seen as part of the aging process, but this translates into millions of misinformed people ignoring their arthritis prevention options.

Are smartphones making children less smart?

Smartphones making children borderline autistic, warns expert Young children today are less able to read human emotions than pupils four decades ago, an expert has said

Learn the following words in context: "eugenics", "designer babies", "unethical". Is this one way to cure diseases in the future?

China shocks world by genetically engineering human embryos Critics warned that China was becoming the ‘Wild West’ of genetic research

Doctor speak vs patient speak:
"clavicle" = "collar bone"

New research for M.S (multiple sclerosis)

MS drug 'may already be out there' Depression and heart disease drugs are to be tested in a new trial to find treatments for Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

Here's a good research article about the often confusing world of administering antipyretics to children with fever. Check out phrases such as "fever phobia", "hypothalamic set point”, "hyperthermia" & "normothermia".
"It should be emphasized that fever is not an illness but is, in fact, a physiologic mechanism that has beneficial effects in fighting infection".
http://m.pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/3/580.full

Pediatrics | Mobile Fever in a child is one of the most common clinical symptoms managed by pediatricians and other health care providers and a frequent cause of parental concern. Many parents administer antipyretics even when there is minimal or no fever, because they are concerned that the child must maintain a “norm…

The amazing world of the placebo effect

Understanding how placebos work New research is leading to an understanding of how placebos work — findings that may lead to more effective treatments and better drug research.

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