Doc Handal, M.D.
Beware Preventable Medical Errors
While most medical errors/adverse events occur in the hospital setting, beware they can occur in any outpatient medical care setting. Worldwide, as many as 4 in 10 patients are harmed in primary and outpatient healthcare settings, with up to 80% of those medical...
The Serious Burden of Migraine Headaches
Migraine sufferers have a serious burden. A condition that is not easily recognized nor improved. Background: -40 million folks in the US are impacted by these headaches (HA). -1 in 4 households is impacted by someone suffering from migraines. - sufferers are twice as...
Flu vs. COVID-19, Similarities & Differences, Beware
Flu vs. Covid-19! It's the season --winter illness the flu-- and although the numbers are down dramatically, we have a 'cousin' albeit a distant one to influenza, causing a pandemic! So flu or COVID-19? Am sure you might worry about flu vs. COVID-19. Can you tell if...
Exercise Addiction Is Bad
It occurs in a reported 3-9% worldwide (Journal of Behavioral Addictions). More of us have picked up exercise in this lockdown era. Everybody knows exercise is good for you, so more is better? Exercise is tied to good health improved brainpower (cognitive function)....
Vitamin K
I have said many times before, vitamins are nutrients our body requires but does not make. Most people know about vitamins A, B, C, D, and/or E, but vitamin K goes under most folks' nutritional radar. Yet it is essential for life because our body requires its presence...