Our blog focuses on the professional and educational development of ultrasound technicians. Gloria Lokos is an experienced Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer proficient in both cardiac and vascular ultrasound. She has over ten years of diverse clinical experience in the healthcare industry. Follow along, as she posts about the latest news, information and research!
Some people learn better through visuals rather than through book learning. This is why free YouTube videos about conception, pregnancy, and birth are rewarding for those who are want to conceive or for those who want to work in obstetrics (in areas such as ultrasound) or neonatal care. These videos, some professionally made and some amateur, all try to provide education to the masses on how pregnancy works and how various actions can affect the health of the infant and mother. Continue reading
Depending upon funding, it appears that new methods for birth control are on the horizon — for men. While men and women both have their thoughts about the ability for men to take control over their sexual lives in a way that women have had since the 1960s, others may not understand how this birth control might work, or how this transition of “power” might feel. Although there are qualms on both sides of the fence about hormonal birth control for men, the current alternatives for men include vasectomy (painful and not always reversible), condoms (blunt pleasure and may break or slip off), coitus interruptus and trust in the female partner to take a birth control pill. Continue reading
In 2005, 17 states declined abstinence-only funding. Of those 17, only three, or 17.6 percent, had teen pregnancy rates higher than the national average. Fifteen of the 34 states, or 44 percent, that accepted the funding and teach abstinence-only sex education in public schools had teen pregnancy rates higher than the average. In many cases, teen pregnancies are terminated. However, as you’ll see, the number of teen pregnancies do not necessarily correlate with the number of teen abortions, by region nor overall.
Having a baby can be overwhelming. Before your child is born, you have your obstetrician to help you understand the ins and outs of pregnancy and child birth, and to explain your ultrasound images to you. But once your baby is born and you leave the hospital, you’re thrown into your new career as a mother. Raising your baby as he or she grows into a child and then a teenager and beyond can also be overwhelming. The good news is that there are plenty of people who feel like you do and love to pass on their own experiences for you to learn from. If you are interested in finding some inspiration and support for your work raising a new baby, here are some of the best mommy blogs around. These mommy bloggers can help you with your new baby — and beyond.
Are you interested in working with your favorite sports team or athlete as a medical professional? Fortunately for you, many medical fields hold specializations for sports, often known as ‘sports medicine.’ You can enter the field as a dietician or nutritionist, for example, and work into developing programs specifically for a given sport. Or, you can spend years training as a doctor or a surgeon who specializes in sports injuries and prevention of those mishaps. Continue reading
Are you into ultrasound, or sonographic, imaging and technology? This field encompasses ultrasound (US), but it also touches on magnetic resonance (MR), positron emission tomography (PET), computed tomography (CT), endoscopy (ENDO), mammograms (MG), digital radiography (DR) and computed radiography (CR). The top fifty blogs for ultrasound techs listed below focus on ultrasound, but they also branch out into the various imaging fields noted here.
We love celebrities, and we love it even more when celebrities have babies. Obstetricians and ultrasound techs aren’t the only ones fascinated by pregnancy and childbirth. The public is fascinated by pregnancy, especially when it involves those whose lives we watch so closely. When celebrities become pregnant, it is always interesting to see what they are doing, how things are going, and how they look as they swell to pregnancy-size. And, of course, it is equally interesting to see what celebrity babies look like when they emerge. Here are 10 of the most followed celebrity pregnancies: Continue reading
You probably know that Edie Falco never studied medicine, although she plays Nurse Jackie in a show by the same name. And, the entire cast of Gray’s Anatomy includes actors and actresses who never entered college classes for medicine, although they play roles as members of a hospital staff. But, over the decades, many doctors have become famous for their expertise, including Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the chief medical correspondent for the health and medical unit at CNN. Between these two extremes are many people who studied medicine who became celebrities in their own right, whether through their profession or through another talent. Continue reading
When it comes to your health and wellness, it can be worth it to consider holistic options. This is because the idea behind holistic health is that the whole body — mind and spirit included — should be treated. Holistic healing isn’t just about treating symptoms, it’s about a specific lifestyle aimed at complete wellness. While holistic healing methods have not received complete welcome by the community of Western medicine, some doctors are open to the idea of using some holistic methods to complement the treatments most of us are familiar with, such as childbirth. If you are interested in learning more about holistic health and wellness, here are 50 blogs that can point you in that direction:
Clinical research is an important aspect of all health care fields, as this research impacts the technology we use and the way we are able to treat patients. Reading about this research and these findings can be interesting for not only health care workers, but anyone who has been a patient before. You can read up on the latest results from trials and studies to give you a good idea of what is happening in the medical world. These 50 websites are excellent resources to read, for free, the results of various clinical medical research that’s happening: Continue reading
