Health News Update

by Dr. Jose Puljate
"What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues, that rubbing the poor itch of your opinion make yourselves scabs?" William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. in Coriolanus, act 1, sc. 1, 1. 164-6.
ALL this talk of global warming and the damage it brings reminds me of a kind of warming closer to home. It’s [...]

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) found that patients who disclose intimate partner violence (IPV) to their clinicians of any type did not experience serious harm. However, those who disclosed IPV in a primary care or obstetrics/gynecology setting received the most benefit.