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Tastier chocolate may be healthier chocolate
Plus: A villain in milk, low-tech radiation detection, and in-head localization.
Commentary
Direct specialty care: Concierge service without the price tag
Rheumatologist Diana Girnita discusses why she left a “traditional” rheumatology clinic and decided in 2020 to start a concierge-style direct...
From the Journals
Industry payments linked with rheumatologists’ prescribing
For every $100 in food/beverage payments, the probability of prescribing increased from 1.5% to 14% for most drugs. The increase was particularly...
Commentary
When physicians are the plaintiffs
We naturally wish to keep our colleagues well, but at the same time realize that our clinical skills are being very closely scrutinized. What if...
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Twenty-three percent of health care workers likely to leave industry soon: Poll
“We’re trying to help people here, and we are getting verbally and physically abused for it.”
From the Journals
Early in career, female academic docs earn less than males: study
The earning potential of women in most specialties is 10% less than their male colleagues over the course of the first 10 years of their careers...
News
Biden’s FDA chief nominee narrowly wins Senate confirmation
Dr. Robert Califf returns to lead the FDA as the U.S. continues to cope with the pandemic and opioid epidemic.
Opinion
Practice valuation
Too often, physicians are not receiving a fair return on the equity they have worked so hard to build over several decades.
Opinion
To a perfect day
Attempting a perfect day or perfect surgery or a perfect pour over coffee is a fun game, but perfectionism has an insidious side.
News
Tips for connecting with your patients
Ascertaining how concerned patients are about their symptoms will help you make decisions.
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If you give a mouse a genetically engineered bitcoin wallet
Plus: Monkeys that don’t drink, water that’s unsafe to drink, and mud that’s unsafe to eat or drink.