Trisha Torrey

A drug prescription is an order, provided by your doctor, so that a pharmacist has legal permission to sell or provide you with a drug to improve or maintain your health. Most often we are handed ...

Medical technology has come a long way. It seems new machines and instruments are available every day to test us and fix us. From tiny nanobiosensors to large robotic surgical arms, to chemical ...

Have you ever felt intimidated, embarrassed, or frustrated during a doctor’s appointment? Occasionally, most of us have been uncomfortable. Granted, there’s not much dignity in seeking ...

Do you have a primary care provider (PCP)? I hope you do because if you wait until you get sick,you may not be able to find a doctor willing to take you on as a patient. Here are some reasons why ...

Consider this: It comes on gradually - some pressure, a tightness in your chest. Your arm begins to ache. You experience some dizziness and begin to break out in a sweat. Your spouse, a bit ...

Recently there has been a lot of talk and plenty of confusion about generic drugs. What are they? Why are they different? Can you benefit from their use? A generic drug is simply a branded drug ...

If your stomach is upset, or you're constipated, or for some reason you can't keep your food down, you may be referred to a gastroenterologist. Gastroenterologists take care of problems ...

Nothing makes a doctor cringe faster than the patient who says, "I think I must have diagnosis X because that’s what it says on the Internet." "Why do patients come to see me if they already ...

There are any number of reasons we may need to change doctors. Previously we took at look at those reasons, and an approach for leaving a doctor and his or her practice. The next step is ...

There are many reasons someone might want to change doctors. Practices close, families move, insurance contracts change, or sometimes we just have a feeling that another doctor would communicate ...

You’ve seen your doctor, you’ve suffered through the tests, you may have been referred to a specialist. Now it’s time for the verdict – your diagnosis. "You have XYZ," the doctor tells you. ...

Since my misdiagnosis, I’ve told the story many times. The surgery, the tests, the conversations with doctors, in particular the arrogant one, and getting the results of my third opinion. Often I ...

You’ve broken an arm, or you’re running a fever, or you’ve developed a rash. A visit to your doctor, and a discussion about options results in an order for a drug, a bandage or cast, surgery, or ...

When my friend Jennie needed minor, out-patient surgery, she asked me to accompany her. When we arrived at the clinic, she was handed a stack of papers, told to fill them out, sign them, and ...

We've taken a good look at the best ways to communicate with our doctors. But sometimes we have to light fires under them to make that communication work. Like when we get medical tests. Any ...

One of the biggest complaints I hear from doctors is that their patients don't follow through with prescribed treatments, or don't get the tests that are ordered. That just makes no sense to ...

"Patients lie." I wish I had a nickel for every doctor who has told me that. It seems we patients aren't totally honest about all kinds of things. Those white lies may be seemingly ...

There are times in life when a big surprise is enjoyable. A surprise birthday party, or winning the lottery – those are unexpected surprises that make life fun. But other than a clean bill of ...

Once in a while someone asks me, "If you could only give one answer, what would you say is the most important piece of advice you could give someone who wants to be an empowered ...

Suppose you had a small tumor removed from your torso, and that two weeks later, your doctor told you, “Your disease is so aggressive, that you have only a few months to live.” What would you ...