--- title: Isabel Healthcare Blog | Mandy Tomlinson (3) description: Mandy has worked for Isabel Healthcare since 2000. Prior to this, she was a Senior Staff Nurse on the Pediatric Infectious disease ward and high dependency unit at one of London's top hospitals, St Mary’s in Paddington which is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Her experience in the healthcare industry for the past 33 years in both the UK and USA means she's a vital resource for our organization. Mandy currently lives and works in Scottsdale, Arizona. (3) --- # Blog Category: All Differential Diagnosis Decision Support Differential diagnosis Symptom Checker Symptoms Patient Disease Information Medical Error Disease Clinical Decision Support Diagnostic Decision Support Isabel 1 Minute Read Diagnosis Error Diagnosis Skills Cases Healthcare Informatics Clinical Reasoning Evidence-based Medicine Medical Education Patient Engagement Symptom Triage Nurse Practitioner Education Nursing Decision Support Partnership Public Health COVID-19 EHR Patient Empowerment Patient Safety rare disease ### Subscribe Here! March 28, 2019 ### [World Tuberculosis (TB) Day - can you still get TB?](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/world-tuberculosis-tb-day-can-you-still-get-tb) This month saw World Tuberculosis (TB) day on 24th March 2019. Most people hear the word TB and think of the ‘olden days’ and Jane Austen novels,.. March 21, 2019 ### [Types of Dementia - 1 Minute Read](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/types-of-dementia-1-minute-read) Dementia is not actually a specific disease, but rather a term that describes the significant loss of cognitive functioning and intellectual.. February 28, 2019 ### [Eating Disorder Awareness Week - What types exist?](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/eating-disorder-awareness-week-an-introduction-to-the-different-types) On the Isabel healthcare blog, one of our main aims is to educate, inform and raise awareness about personal health, enabling people to understand.. February 21, 2019 ### [Symptom information - frequent urination](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/symptom-information-frequent-urination) Frequent urination (urinary frequency) is the need to pass urine many times during the day, or during the night where the term nocturia is used. Most.. January 24, 2019 ### [Could I have encephalitis? Symptoms, types and causes](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/could-i-have-encephalitis-symptoms-types-and-causes) Encephalitis is a rare, acute brain disease which affects around 1 in every 200,000 people each year. Anyone can contract encephalitis, but it is.. January 17, 2019 ### [1 Minute Read - What is Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)?](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/1-minute-read-what-is-acute-flaccid-myelitis-afm) This disease, which shares many clinical features with similar spinal cord and brain conditions such as polio and Guillan-Barré syndrome, has had a.. December 21, 2018 ### [Winter Bugs - common cold, influenza and gastroenteritis](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/winter-bugs-common-cold-influenza-and-gastroenteritis) Winter has arrived and with a combination of the colder weather which bugs thrive in, and the buildup for the holiday festivities, there is an.. November 29, 2018 ### [Different types of pancreatic cancer - PC Awareness 2018](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/the-different-types-of-pancreatic-cancer-pancreatic-cancer-awareness-month-pcam-2018) November has been Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (PCAM), where people all over the world raise awareness and promote research into this.. November 22, 2018 ### [Could I have appendicitis? Appendicitis symptoms and removal](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/could-i-have-appendicitis-appendicitis-symptoms-and-removal) Appendicitis is an acute medical condition where the appendix becomes inflamed and can eventually burst. It requires urgent medical attention, and.. November 1, 2018 ### [Celebrating children's hospitals this Halloween](https://info.isabelhealthcare.com/blog/celebrating-childrens-hospitals-this-halloween) Yesterday saw 31st October, a day when many choose to celebrate Halloween, dressing up in scary (and some not so scary) costumes and to do a round of.. 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