by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
The important documentary film called “A Typical Heart“ is a triumph.
It’s about the deadly disparity in diagnosis, treatment and outcomes among male and female heart patients. It packs an incredible load of unforgettable facts and quotable quotes into just 22 short minutes. . Continue reading “This documentary film pulls no punches!”
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)
After reading my recent Heart Sisters post called Finally – Some Good News, my longtime reader Kathleen left this reassuring response for me:
“I am so happy for you! Not out of the woods, but many, many more clearings and the light is brighter every day.”
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is a bio-ethicist, an oncologist, a health policy expert and a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He’s also the author of many books – including one particular title launching this week that I’ve been waiting for all my life.
It’s called: “Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules For a Long and Healthy Life“
But in a professional field like medicine, whose members repeatedly warn their patients against consuming unhealthy processed foods including (of course!) ice cream, I had to wonder:“What’s the catch?” Continue reading “Doctor’s orders I love: “Eat your ice cream!””
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)
A few years after I survived a misdiagnosed heart attack in 2008, I read a U.K. study focused on what researchers at the Institute of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics call Patient Neglect.(1) This healthcare phenomenon includes both Procedural Neglect (“failing to achieve the objective standards of patient care”) and Caring Neglect (“behaviours that lead patients and observers to believe that staff have uncaring attitudes.”) Continue reading “Caring neglect: behaviours that lead us to believe our healthcare professionals don’t care”
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)
In 2008, I joined INSPIRE’S WomenHeart Online Support Community for Women with Heart Disease. In those early days as a new survivor of what doctors call the “widow-maker” heart attack, I was drawn to compelling narratives from other patients with lived experience similar to mine. Our group was both a safe place to vent when feeling bad, and an opportunity to lend comfort to others during their scary setbacks. It wasn’t long before I made browsing group discussions a daily early-morning habit. And one day I asked our group members this basic question: “Has anybody here been misdiagnosed in mid-heart attack?” Continue reading “Pick one: non-human AI – or a real person?”
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