Standard medical care is the treatment accepted by medical experts as proper treatment for a certain type of disease and that is widely used by healthcare professionals. For example, the standard medical care for dehydration is replacing the fluids and electrolytes that were lost.  ..read more

The Covid-19 pandemic turned the world upside down in 2020. Arguably, the medical community was one of the hardest hit populations. Everyone from patients to doctors had their lives affected in some way. Some of these changes are still around years later. Wearing masks to in person appointments, telehealth calls instead of in person appointments, shortages of certain medical equipment or supplies are all still happening ..read more

Obesity in the United States is a common, serious, and costly disease. More than 40% of US adults and 19% of US children ages 2 -17 have obesity and those numbers continue to rise year after year. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), from 1999 through March 2020, obesity prevalence in American adults increased from 30.5% to 41.9%. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2 ..read more

Over the past 2 years, there has been momentous recognition of the heroics of healthcare workers throughout the world – and understandably so. The COVID-19 pandemic brought an unfathomable amount of stress and burden upon everyone who worked on the front lines of medicine. Their dedication to patient care, at a significant cost to their own health and wellbeing, was beyond admirable ..read more

On an average day, healthcare professionals often do more than expected, work longer than required, and care more than most. These past two years have been extraordinary in that the demands made on healthcare systems have been increasingly intense and their employees have had to step up more than ever before. Some, however, were already in the habit of doing more for their patients, of giving more of themselves to their job - and that certainly applies to the 2021 Beekley Medical Empower Award for Radiation Oncology winner, Danna Fullen ..read more

Genome mapping, pacemakers monitored via Bluetooth, and epilepsy drugs printed by 3D printers are some recent medical advancements that you may or may not have heard of. They all seem like something straight out of a movie but are all being tested and studied daily. Radiation treatment that is delivered in a matter of seconds can also be included in that somewhat fantastical group ..read more

In the early days of radiation therapy, two-dimensional X-ray images and manual mathematic calculations were utilized to create treatment plans. In the 1970’s, the advent of computerized systems improved dose accuracy and the increased application of the Monte Carole (MC) problem solving method increased the speed of dose calculations ..read more

When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began exploring the concept of an episode-based payment methodology for radiation oncology services in 2014, oncology providers immediately expressed their concerns. They were wary about the real-world feasibility of such a payment model and the adverse consequences it could have on patient care ..read more

As someone whose father has gone through conventional external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), I can tell you that the physical and emotional toll it takes on patients and their caregivers is no easy journey ..read more

When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March of 2020, the world quickly became more concerned about protecting their health. However, despite these concerns, visits to doctor’s offices and emergency rooms in the U.S. saw an immediate decline as patients cancelled or postponed annual visits and preventive screenings due to fear of exposure to the COVID-19 virus ..read more