Guest Columnist: Shreya Trivedi, 3rd Year Medical Student The Commonwealth Medical College ANNOUNCEMENT: Attention Health Care Professionals The Commonwealth Medical College will host a one day symposium on infectious diseases on Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 8 am to 12 noon. Location: TCMC 525 Pine Street, Scranton, PA For more information contact: JoAnn Babish, 570-207-3686 […]
I am sure that many of you feel as I do…it is beyond my comprehension that in two days I will be living in the year two thousand and fourteen! Moreover, I hope you share my sentiments that each year, each month, week, day, and minute is a gift, not to be taken for granted. […]
Guest Author: Carolyn Murrer, The Commonwealth Medical College Guest Author Carolyn Murrer, is a graduate student in The Masters of Biomedical Sciences Program at The Commonwealth Medical College where she is a social chair on the graduate student council. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Movement Science from the University of Michigan and […]
Guest Columnist: Lani Hassani, 3rd Year Medical Student, TCMC On Saturday, November 16, 2013, The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) will hosted a symposium on substance abuse for health care providers in NEPA. The following column on current research regarding the neurology of self-control and substance abuse was written on by Lani Hassani, 3rd year medical student at TCMC. […]
September is National Childhood Obesity Month. Obesity in America has become an epidemic and in contemporary society, this problem cannot be effectively addressed without recognizing the impact of computer technology on obesity. Computer technology has made our lives much easier. Computers allow us to communicate with each other faster, book vacations, shop in stores, visit […]
Guest Contributor: Catherine Udomsak, SPT Exploring Alternative Medicine: Acupuncture. Part 1 of 2 One of the most widely practiced and a controversial form of alternative medicine used today is acupuncture. Presently, I have several patients using this modality for a wide variety of indications including; smoking cessation, whiplash pain, headaches, spasms associated with multiple sclerosis, and lower […]
Part 2 of 2 Guest Author: Nicholas J. Russo, The Commonwealth Medical College Guest Author: Nicholas J. Russo, is a recent honors graduate of the Master of Biomedical Sciences Program at The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) where he participated in several research and community service projects. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Technological […]
Guest Author: Nicholas J. Russo, The Commonwealth Medical College MBS Class of 2012 The New Doctor-Patient Relationship Part I of II Guest Author: Nicholas J. Russo, is a recent honors graduate of the Masters of Biomedical Sciences Program at The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) where he participated in several research and community service projects. […]
Last week in Part I on Depression I discussed the importance of laughter for the prevention of depression. In this column, I will discuss one of the most understated benefits of exercise – mental health! Specifically, aerobic exercise (exercise that increases your heart rate for 30 minutes or more) such as walking, biking, running, swimming, […]
The decorations are long gone. Family and friends are back to their routines. The bills from the holidays have arrived and winter has hit hard with too many short, cold, dark and dreary days. It only takes a few other problems like stress at work and health issues to put you over the edge… Depression […]
