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Five thoughts on the Damar Hamlin collapse
The cardiac arrest of Buffalo Bills footballer Damar Hamlin has led to speculation about commotio cordis and more, but this electrophysiologist...
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Emergency physicians take issue with AHRQ errors report
The report stated that the findings of their study translate “to about 1 in 18 emergency department (ED) patients receiving an incorrect diagnosis...
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ED doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal and seek to ban them
Companies have successfully sidestepped bans on owning medical practices by buying or establishing local staffing groups that are nominally owned...
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Even with insurance, EDs can cost a bundle
“When they go to the [ED], they don’t always know what their diagnosis will be and what their treatment costs will be. What we highlighted is that...
Livin' on the MDedge
Medical practice gave 8,000 patients cancer for Christmas
Plus: Genes like time-restricted eating and meditations on the U.S. national stress.
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Abortion laws link to state-level mortality
States with moderate abortion laws have lower rates of maternal, fetal, and infant mortality, but not all-cause mortality, compared with states...
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Best diets in 2023: Mediterranean diet wins again
U.S. News & World Report’s latest annual rankings of the best diet plans has been released.
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FDA considers regulating CBD products
The products can have drug-like effects on the body and contain CBD (cannabidiol) and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol).
From the Journals
Nearly 1,400% rise in young children ingesting cannabis edibles
In 2021, 3,054 such cases were reported versus 207 in 2017.
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Study of beliefs about what causes cancer sparks debate
The authors set out to evaluate “the patterns of beliefs about cancer among people who believed in conspiracies, rejected the COVID-19 vaccine, or...
The Optimized Doctor
Time for a rest
I asked some docs when they thought this feeling of exhaustion first began. We agreed that the pandemic, doubledemic, tripledemic, backlog have...