Tackling Sepsis in Hospitals
By raising awareness and developing tools to detect sepsis earlier, healthcare organizations save lives from this often-deadly infection.
Sepsis: A Physician’s Perspective
A physician specializing in sepsis discusses diagnosis, symptoms and treatment of the disease.
Sepsis: A Patient’s Perspective
A patient shares her story about getting diagnosed with sepsis.
Myths & Facts: Antibiotics
To staunch the growing threat of antibiotic resistance, the medical profession is pivotal in properly prescribing antibiotics and educating patients about their appropriate use.
COVID-19: A Physician’s Perspective
Since the onset of the pandemic, Dr. Dasgupta has been actively treating patients as a pulmonary critical care physician. Then in July 2020, he went from being a physician to a patient when he and his family contracted COVID-19.
Myths & Facts: Alzheimer’s Disease
Government and researchers continue to pursue plans and studies to gain a greater understanding of this devastating and deadly disease to prevent, treat and, ultimately, cure it.
Understanding Cogan’s Syndrome
This extremely rare disease affects mostly younger adults, and its cause remains a mystery.
Rabies: A Physician’s Perspective
Dr. John J. Ross emphasizes that all patients with undiagnosed neurological disease should be suspected of having rabies.
Rabies: A Patient’s Perspective
In 2004, Jeanna Giese-Frassetto became the first person to survive the rabies virus after it was too late to receive a preventive vaccine. While not a distinction anyone would relish, she has embraced the notoriety and helps raise awareness about this typically fatal disease.
Myths & Facts: Fibromyalgia
Dispelling the many popular myths surrounding this chronic painful disorder that afflicts millions of people will ensure patients can get the treatment they need.
