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And there are now a couple of drugs out there in the market that are used to treat cancer
patients
that act exactly by this process.
In its early years, doctors administered a strong electrical current to the brain, causing a whole-body seizure during which
patients
might bite their tongues or even break bones.
The treatment lasts for about a minute, and most
patients
are able to resume normal activities about an hour after each session.
ECT is commonly used to treat severe cases of major depression or bipolar disorder in
patients
who haven’t responded to other therapies, or who have had adverse reactions to medication.
Most
patients
treated with ECT have two or three sessions per week for several weeks.
Patients
often continue less frequent treatments for several months to a year, and some need occasional maintenance sessions for the rest of their lives.
Modern ECT is much safer than it used to be, but
patients
can still experience side effects.
For most patients, this memory loss does improve over time.
Interestingly, ECT maintenance works better when paired with medication, even in
patients
who were resistant to medication before.
Because of the stigma surrounding the treatment, she worried that doing so might negatively impact her personal and professional life, but she knew ECT could make a difference for
patients
when all else failed.
Though misperceptions about ECT persist, accounts like hers have helped make doctors and
patients
alike aware of the treatment’s life changing potential.
So, my father would have
patients
come in who he thought were not really sick.
We still give
patients
chemotherapy, which is so non-specific that even though it kills the cancer cells, it kind of kills the rest of your body, too.
This was also my first experience talking to
patients
where they asked how soon our therapy would be available.
And I keep these stories with me to remind me of the importance of the science, the scientists and the
patients.
A study by Merritt Hawkins found that only 20 percent of the family doctors in Denver take any Medicaid
patients.
And of those 20 percent, some have caps, like five Medicaid
patients
a month.
Others make Medicaid
patients
wait months to be seen, but will see you today, if you have Blue Cross.
Almost half the family doctors in the country refuse to see Medicaid
patients.
Well, because Medicaid pays less than private insurance and because Medicaid
patients
are seen as more challenging.
Ninety percent of our
patients
have Medicaid, and most of the rest, we see for free.
We break down the walls of our medical maze by taking the challenges of Medicaid patients, turning them into opportunities, and pocketing the difference.
Our exam rooms open right to the waiting room, our medical providers room their own patients, and our providers stay in one room instead of alternating between rooms.
We also text
patients.
Some of our
patients
might go to the emergency room, which can cost thousands, just for a simple cold.
She asked me to come down and assess one of the new
patients
that had arrived earlier in the day.
You see, when I was studying to become a therapist, I wasn't taught how to work with transgender
patients.
I had no idea these would be the
patients
I'd be working with.
But the more I worked with Anne and other
patients
like Anne, I began to see my mission evolve, and that was to make sure that the transgender community got their health care needs met.
The more I looked into this, I saw how this very real fear of violence, discrimination and this lack of acceptance caused so many of these
patients
to turn to alcohol and drugs.
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