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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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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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The remaining frontiers in fighting hepatitis C
“So we have wonderful drugs that can basically cure anybody, but I think we still could use a vaccine for hepatitis C.”
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No longer a death sentence, HIV diagnosis still hits hard
People diagnosed now seem to experience more shame and embarrassment than those diagnosed before.
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Second infection hikes long COVID risk: Expert Q&A
There are people who think, “This is a nothing-burger anymore,” or “It’s not an issue anymore.” It’s still happening with the current variants.
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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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What’s right and wrong for doctors on social media
“You have to hold yourself back when posting. Doing things like dancing in the OR are out of whack with the profession.”
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How to get paid if your patient passes on
“That doctor-patient relationship is a very precious relationship, so you don’t want to mix that financial aspect of providing care with the...
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Do doctors have a legal right to work from home because of health issues or disability?
“There is now a precedent and examples all over that working from home for some is a viable alternative to working in the hospital or a clinic.”...
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Antigen tests: After pandemic success, time for bigger role?
“People used to the COVID self-tests are asking: “Where is my strep test? Where is my sexual health test?”