Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. patients’ most-trusted source of coronavirus information. However, as patients continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19, 3 in 5 are concerned about being at-risk to the virus in their doctor’s office, according to research from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and AMCP, the Academy of… Read More »
More Madison Magazine Madison No Fear Dentistry‘s team has built a reputation for taking care of patients who dislike the dentist’s office. “I think we bring a much-needed dental amenity, which is a dental clinic that specifically focuses on helping the anxious patient,” says Dr. Kevin DeGroot. “We are a judgment-free clinic and we focus… Read More »
In 1997 Frank Furedi — an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent — wrote a critically acclaimed book entitled, “How Fear Works: Culture of Fear in the 21st Century.” In that book he tells the story of the public reaction to a magazine cover portraying a little girl fishing with her father.… Read More »
University of Maryland students are growing increasingly concerned mold problems in their dorms may be linked to the death of a freshman who succumbed to the same rare virus that killed 11 children in New Jersey. Olivia Paregol, 18, was early in her first semester when she developed a cough, which later worsened to pneumonia. She… Read More »
One in seven Americans fears they have a “travel curse,” according to new research. A study examining the travel experiences of 2,000 Americans found 14 percent said they experience so much misfortune that they truly believe themselves to be cursed. It turns out that, once cursed, people can’t seem to shake off the feeling. In… Read More »
Many of us experience dental phobia means we are so fearful of receiving dental treatment and are ready to avoid dental care at any cost. Numbers of people are there who see the dentist office in such a terrifying light that it may as well be a street corner having some big workers digging into… Read More »