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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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Prognostic tool identifies alcohol relapse risk after liver transplant
An S-DAT score could one day serve as a screening tool for patients at risk of alcohol relapse after a liver transplant.
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Hemorrhage-control device holds up in real-world review
Timely use of a new vacuum-induced bleeding control device may improve maternal outcomes.
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Laser epilation may reduce pilonidal disease recurrences when added to standard care
The study is “the first, to our knowledge, to compare LE as an adjunct to standard care versus standard care alone and demonstrate a decrease in...
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Despite effective therapies, fibroid care still lacking
The biggest challenge is to ensure that women can take advantage of the newer minimally invasive therapies.
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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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Surgery is falling out of favor in rectal cancer
“This case series shows that rectal cancer is increasingly being managed medically,” the authors said.
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Alternative antirejection regimen is efficacious in pediatric heart transplant
Results of the head-to-head TEAMMATE trial show the combination of everolimus and low-dose tacrolimus can be considered an alternative to MMF plus...
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Infographic: Careers that tempt doctors to leave medicine
This infographic shows the five potential new careers that most interested U.S. physicians considering a change.
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Study eases fears: Knee surgery surge not linked to premature intervention
“The indications for surgery are not being eroded by operating on healthier patients to fill operating room time.”