Day: December 26, 2014
A Long Road to VA Acceptance for Medical Marijuana
After returning from war in foreign countries, veterans are waging a war of their against the United States government over a plant. Not just any plant, however: medicinal marijuana. Combat soldiers and veterans diagnosed and stricken with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are prescribed a cocktail of potent drugs in order to manage their symptoms, including…
ER Physicians Urge Patients to Seek the Appropriate Care for Holiday Injuries
Once frowned down upon and regarded as “doc-in-box” clinics, urgent care centers have now become an integral part of the American health care system, so much so that it’s difficult — if not painful — to imagine what life was like without them. Though the urgent care movement began nearly forty years ago during the…