Daily self-monitoring of blood sugar
Those diabetics who keep their blood sugar under control, through diet and medicine carrying a low risk of causing hypoglycaemia, should not be routinely required to self-monitor their blood sugar every day. In fact, there is no proof of significant benefit from the...Occult blood test and colonscopy
Besides following a healthy lifestyle (see Advice from Altro Consumo), having a regular faecal occult blood screening is recommended in order to prevent colon cancer. If the result is positive, a follow-up colonoscopy would be necessary. The presence of blood in the...Thyroid Ultrasound
The thyroid ultrasound should not be used for screening, or to examine a wide population, when no specific symptoms present themselves. There is a real possibility of finding benign nodules – or ones that wouldn’t cause any trouble – and assuming that they might be...
Before entering in the room and starting the examination, don’t forget to ask the doctor/tutor informations about the patient’s state of health and don’t engage in diagnostic procedures without previously obtaining informed consent from the patient.
As students, we are often tempted to take every occasion to put to practice on the patients everything we have learned during our theoretical studies. Despite this understandable propension, it is imperative to remember to consider the patient not as a test subject to...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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