The Voice Of A Medical Blogger: Infections, Parenting, Medical Responsibility And Quackery

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The voice of a medical blogger: infections, parenting, medical responsibility and quackery

A fresh batch of topical posts from medical blogs, some good articles and interviews. There is something interesting for everyone: doctors, patients, parents.

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A fresh batch of topical posts from medical blogs, some good articles and interviews. There is something interesting for everyone: doctors, patients, parents.

An article on the elimination of infections was published on N + 1. The topic is more relevant than some might imagine. Perhaps the lack of understanding that dangerous infections can be eradicated permanently contributes to skepticism about vaccination. Do you know how many infections mankind has eliminated, and how many are on the verge of elimination? Which infections can and cannot be eradicated? We recommend reading. The topic is important and interesting, but usually they don't write about it.

"You are unprofitable." Cardiologist Yaroslav Ashikhmin writes about the economic efficiency of state clinics, is co-payment necessary for medical care, what is actually unprofitable and what is not? The editors may not agree with the author in everything. But this post is good food for thought.

In the wake of World Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Day, here's an excellent interview with oncologist-epidemiologist Anton Barchuk. Does infection always lead to cancer, do you need to be vaccinated, what to do if dangerous strains are found, who needs screening? And much more.

How to support family or friends after the diagnosis of autism in a child, how to better behave? This can be learned from a conversation with a mother of two children with autism. A text on an important topic with which many are very new, from the Foundation for Assistance to Solving the Problems of Autism in Russia.

How eye gymnastics works and who needs it, says ophthalmologist Vadim Bondar.

Pediatrician Fedor Katasonov is visiting Tatyana Lazareva at the Responsible Parents Project. Informative conversation that will benefit any parent. How not to panic when a child has a cold, how not to buy unnecessary medicines, how to communicate with a doctor, what you need to know about anti-vaccinations, and so on.

The post of user Kerl Toham caused a noticeable resonance on the medical Internet. The woman described how she “saved” a man from a stroke on board the plane by singing the sound “aaa” to him, and a neurologist who came to the rescue next “interfered” with her advice. A commentary on this can be read, for example, from Sergei Butriy:

“And even this woman won't get anything according to Russian laws. She can write pseudo-medical nonsense on Instagram for years (gaining an audience for herself), can consult gullible patients for a fee on Skype, can in real life cause additional harm to a person in a life-threatening situation, can drop the authority of a professional doctor and use charlatan methods. […] And the norms, her actions will not interest the IC, the prosecutor's office, or anyone else.

On the other hand, a doctor who has deviated at least a little from the hopelessly outdated but formally valid Russian clinical guidelines (he preferred the modern Western guideline to them, for the benefit of the patient), or used an off-lable drug, can be dragged in through inspections and courts, deprived of practice, honest name and freedom …

And more about the responsibility of doctors. Cardiologist Alexei Erlikh in his blog on Echo of Moscow addresses the head of the Investigative Committee, Mr. Bastrykin, about the arrest of the head physician of the clinic after the death of a three-year-old girl left by her mother locked in an apartment in Kirov.

"Advise your colleagues and subordinates to limit their zeal - to cut two sticks in one case, this is certainly great, but such actions of investigators are extremely destructive, because they absolutely undermine the confidence of citizens in the future, making everyone a priori guilty, no matter what!"

In the Evidence-Based Medicine public, there is a selection of links on "spiritual obstetrics" and the dangers of home birth:

“The tape flashed a difficult story about a woman who went to give birth in Thailand to a“spiritual midwife”and lost her child. Natural childbirth, lack of medical supervision, entanglement, was born alive, but weak, died a few hours later. In the hospital, they could have been saved with a high probability."

With Philip Kuzmenko in Health Technologies they talk about medical blogging: why is this done, is it difficult to combine it with medical activities, what are the prospects.