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Pandemic stresses harder on physician moms than physician dads: Study
Study results suggest that the pandemic has increased gender disparity and added disproportionately to the burden of female physicians.
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What to do about pandemic PTSD
More than three-quarters of the health care workers reported symptoms that fell within the clinical range for depression (76%) and anxiety (78...
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Should you tell your doctor that you’re a doctor?
“I wouldn’t have treated him differently, but I just could have discussed the procedure with him in more professional terms.”
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An MD’s nightmare began with reporting her manic episode to the medical board
Susan Haney, MD, a board-certified emergency physician in Coos Bay, Ore., was 2 years into her career when she had her first manic episode, likely...
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James Bond taken down by an epidemiologist
And the ER that collects a cover charge.
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Boxed warnings: Legal risks that many physicians never see coming
Learn about the legal dangers posed by boxed warnings before it’s too late.
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80% of Americans research recommendations post-visit
Confusion over health information and doctor advice is even higher among people who care for patients than among those who don’t provide care to...
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Social determinants of health may drive CVD risk in Black Americans
Investigators analyzed 20 years of data on over 50,500 U.S. adults drawn from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.
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Expensive insulins, pen devices dominate U.S. diabetes care
Analog insulins continue to represent more than 80% of prescriptions for type 2 diabetes in the U.S., despite rising costs and public scrutiny of...
From the Journals
AHA: Quality of STEMI care has stalled, needs improvement
A new American Heart Association policy statement recommends actions to improve care for people who have ST-segment elevation MI.
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Midwife-assisted community births post low adverse outcomes
Nulliparous women delivering at home or in community centers were more likely than multiparous women to transfer to hospital settings.