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How spirituality guides these three doctors
Almost 70% of physicians participating in a recently conducted survey shared that they have a spiritual or religious practice.
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Zero tolerance for patient bias: Too harsh? Clinicians respond
Should a patient’s request for a health care practitioner of a different race or sex always be accommodated? A recent blog called for a zero...
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A purple warrior rises in the battle against diabetes
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Physician group staffing down, expenses up, new reports show
New reports show that higher wages elsewhere induce ancillary staff to leave, groups hire more RNs to fill the gap, and advanced practice...
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Doctors and their families tend to ignore medical guidelines
Doctors’ medical knowledge may influence them and their families to often ignore medical advice, study finds.
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Oncologist stars in film and shares philosophy on death
When a New York oncologist approached the French actress and film director Emmanuelle Bercot in Manhattan, he was thinking big.
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Are ‘Momi Pods’ the future of postnatal care?
The program allows moms to book regular checkups for their baby, and then a follow-up appointment immediately after for themselves.
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How to get started with prescribing and advising on CGM
Continuous glucose monitoring is gaining ground with both patients and providers because of an array of driving forces.
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Steak dinners, sales reps, and risky procedures: Inside the big business of clogged arteries
Text messages, a whistleblower lawsuit, and an internal investigation reveal the lengths to which Medtronic, the world’s largest medical device...
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How to recognize and treat hidden inflammation
IgG4-associated inflammation can affect one or more organs or the surrounding connective tissue and cause fibrosis.
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‘Infuriating’ prescription denial leaves patient without antiemetics
The patient was experiencing severe side effects from standard chemoradiation with weekly cisplatin.