Contraception and Pre-Conception Counselling in Cardiac Patients: We Can Do Better. Experience From a Tertiary Centre in New Zealand

What Can We Learn from 21 Years of School Poisonings in New Zealand?

Background: Childhood poisoning is a significant international health concern. Very little is known about trends in exposures within schools and preschools. The objectives of this study were to investigate the data recorded by the New Zealand National Poisons Centre (NPC) on these types of exposures over a 21 year period (1989 to 2009) and to determine trends and propose strategies to reduce th...

We must--and we can--do better.

Hypnosis in Cancer Patients: Can We Do Better?

There is an official history of hypnotism: very often it begins with the Scottish surgeon James Braid (1795-1860) who was one of the first physicians to have used this word in 1843. Instead of using the standard magnetic induction popularized by magnetism/mesmerism1, he proposed his subjects to stare steadily at a shiny object to enter a trance. He tested his method to anesthetize his patients ...

Pain control in ambulatory cancer patients--can we do better?

To evaluate the degree of pain control among ambulatory cancer patients visiting the outpatient clinics of three oncology centers in south Israel, these patients were interviewed using the Brief Pain Inventory translated into Hebrew (BPI-Heb). Patients suffering from pain at least three times a week or reporting taking daily analgesics during the last two weeks were enrolled. Non-Hebrew speaker...

Measuring comorbidity in patients receiving dialysis: can we do better?

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION • Board Certification: Nephrology, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland • Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland • Fellowship: Stanford University Nephrology Program CA • Fellowship: Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (2013) Ireland • Residency: Mayo Clinic Graduate Medical Education (2009) MN • Residency: National University ...