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Rx for resilience: Five prescriptions for physician burnout
“Every person should have a toolkit of the things that bring them out of the psychological and physical distress that dysregulates their nervous...
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Bariatric surgery still best option for some with obesity
“Sometimes we might need to go straight to surgery instead of going through medications first, because it may be the most effective and evidence-...
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Why don’t doctors feel like heroes anymore?
“None of us are invincible,” and it’s dangerous to forget that “the people behind the symbols are also human.”
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How to prescribe exercise in 5 steps
“The most important thing to know about exercise is that finding the time and having the health to do so is a privilege.”
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Pervasive ‘forever chemicals’ linked to thyroid cancer?
“Maybe there’s a correlation there, but you’d need to investigate this in much bigger samples, with more controls, and better data, to understand...
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Patient contact time vs. admin: Is your contract fair?
“It’s important for employers to recognize that seeing patients isn’t the only thing a doctor does and there’s a lot of work in addition to face-...
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Postmenopausal testosterone for low libido only, doctors say
“Despite this preponderance of scientific evidence and recommendations, the myths about testosterone die hard, including that it improves women’s...
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Massive databases unleash discovery, but not so much in the U.S.
Vast medical databases have connected dots where smaller randomized trials could not. But the United States has a long way to go.
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Employment vs. private practice: Who’s happier?
“It used to be that fewer hospitals offered employment, so private practice was the way to go. Now, there are fewer privates because hospitals and...
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Prior authorization software: Saves time but hurdles remain
The automation works, but the software can be costly and may not work for all practices.
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Docs weigh in on insurance coverage for obesity medications
“We would not see the spate of coverage restrictions if we were talking about heart disease or cancer; insurers can get away with this because...