From rotten teeth to advanced cancer, patients feel the effects of treatment delays
From rotten teeth to advanced cancer, patients feel the effects of treatment delays With medical visits picking up again among patients vaccinated against Covid-19, health providers are starting to see the consequences of a year of pandemic-delayed preventive and emergency care as they find more advanced cancer and rotting and damaged teeth, among other ailments. Dr. Brian Rah, chair of the cardiology department at Montana's Billings Clinic, was confused in the early days of the Covid pandemic. Why the sudden drop in heart attack patients at the Billings Clinic? And why did some who did come ...