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Doctors
Doctors are medical practitioners whose primary role is to promote, maintain or restore health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of injuries or diseases. Those who specialize in certain diseases, patients, or treatment methods are called specialist medical practitioners.
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How many brain surgeons in the US?
In short around there are only about 6-7000 plastic surgeons in the US. However, this is a very difficult question to answer. Many physicians in other fields and even non-physicians may identify themselves as "cosmetic surgeons" and perform cosmetic procedures. Other related specialities (namely otolargyngology, ophthomology, oral-maxillofacial surgeons) also have subspecialties which focus on plastic procedures. They will usually identify themselves as "facial plastic" or "occuloplastic" surgeons. If you include all of these physicians as well, there are probably around 60,000.
Are doctors and nurses heroes?
Yes they are because they help people who are very sick or hurt very badly. The only reason why or how doctors and nurses are called heroes because they save people from getting injured. They also help prevent people from getting more pain because pain are very dangerous and can hurt people very bad.
Will being a pediatrician require to travel or will work in one location?
Pediatricians work with children and babies, so no. The Pediatricians I know certainly dont work outside unless they have been in exceptional cicumstances such as in third world countries and then still there is some kind of shelter.
Can a doctor discuss patients with another patient?
No. In Australia there are rules against the amount of information a doctor can tell anyone. And normally talking about another patient to a patient is unacceptable and can be severely punished.
What do you call someone who pretends to know everything?
A know it all is someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others. You could call then a pretentious boaster, one who intends only to attract notice and impress others.
What are the required subjects for being a doctor?
Mainly math, biology, chemistry (emphasis on organic and biochemistry), and health classes.
How To Be Accepted To Medical School?
All medical schools require 1 year of general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, and biology, all with labs. Some medical schools and many of the top medical schools require 1 year of calculus as well. The calculus requirement varies for different medical schools. Some allow you to use AP calculus credit to fulfill one semester worth of college calculus while others require two semesters of college calculus. A high GPA, and MCAT score are also very important as well as extra-curriculars. However, your GPA and MCAT scores usually take priority over extra currics.
Does a doctor take care of animals?
Some people say that animals can provide people with the medicine of love and friendship. People also believe that the love and affection that a person can receive from the animal can make an ill person feel considerably better.
Why would a psychiatrist prescribe lithium with Prozac if a person is not diagnosed bipolar?
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Bipolar disorder is the new "A.D.D." This means that a lot of psychiatrists are randomly prescribing medication to help this disorder even if the patient has little to no signs of the disorder. What's done most often, is the doctor will give you some meds, ask for any effects they may have had on you, then judge whether they are suitable for you or not. Don't be surprised if they don't help though, their are a lot of cases where the meds haven't done a single thing for anyone.
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While it's true that diagnosing clients with bipolar disorder appears to be in vogue at the moment, I disagree with the assertion that "a lot of psychiatrists are randomly prescribing medication..."
Psychiatrists try to determine in a short amount of time what sort of illness a person has, then prescribe medication known to be effective for other people with similar problems. But everyone is unique. What helps one person may do nothing for another, so managing mental illness is usually a matter of trial and error, attempting to find the right meds, or combination of meds, for each individual. Unfortunately, this is rarely a fast process.
Lithium is sometimes used to increase the effect of an antidepressant when antidepressants alone haven't lifted a person's depression enough. Lithium activates the presynaptic serotonergic system, which is a fancy way of saying it stimulates production of serotonin, a neurotransmitter thought to be reduced or less active in depressed people.
Adding lithium to Prozac is just one of many treatment possibilities for depression. Be sure to tell your doctor whether the combination is helping. And don't be afraid to ask questions.
Can patient get in trouble for doctor shopping?
I just found out that the term "Doctor Shopping" refers to the practice of going around to different doctors, to get more than one prescription for Narcotic painkillers. Many, many people depend on painkillers every day, and painkillers help them live a more productive life, but the government is totally paranoid about people who take painkillers, so they're making new laws to crack down on anyone who gets more than one Rx for painkillers, from more than one doctor. So, yes, from what I just researched, you can get in trouble with the law, unfortunately, for the practice of "Doctor Shopping". Since these laws are unfair to people who need painkillers, please write to your congressmen, about stopping the ridiculous over-regulation of painkillers!
How much does an anesthesiologist make annually?
anesthesiology $259,948 (less than two years experience) - $321,686 (over two years experience). Figures are those as of 2004.
What type of checkup? If you are a woman and you need your yearly check up, you see a gynecologist. If it's the rest of your body, a general practitioner is fine.
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What are the settings for a neurosurgeon?
Neurosurgeons work long hours usually over more than 60 hours a week, and they are frequently called during odd hours for emergencies.
Why would doctors recommend buffeting aspirin especially for those with a sensitive stomach?
The term is BUFFERED aspirin. Aspirin is an acid, and can cause stomach upset. Adding another substance to aspirin (a buffering material) can help counter the acid of the aspirin- and no tricky tummy.
From the beginning of the human race, many tens of thousands of years ago, whenever people have been sick or injured, somebody has had ideas on how to cure them. This gradually coalesced into the idea of a particular set of people with the task or profession of curing, and formal qualifications needed to belong to that set of people.
