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Doctors found to be quitting over stress and cost of finding suitable childcare
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Securing suitable childcare for the irregular and long working hours demanded by a medical career is a crippling financial burden and a draining source of stress for doctor parents, reveals an exclusive snapshot survey by The BMJ today. Some doctors have resigned or are considering resigning, others have changed specialties in
Rudest Doctor’s Office Behavior; Disease Spread by Dog Poop; Defining Sobriety
Practice Management > Practice Management — Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff by Sophie Putka, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today February 5, 2024 Note that some links may require registration or subscription. HuffPost catalogs the rudest behavior you'll see at the doctor's office. The U.S. auctioned off
The Doctor’s Visit of the Future: Less Touching, More Tech
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Junior doctors in England call for arbitration to end dispute
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ER Doctors Call Private Equity Staffing Practices Illegal and Seek to Ban Them
A group of emergency physicians and consumer advocates in multiple states are pushing for stiffer enforcement of decades-old statutes that prohibit the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors. Thirty-three states plus the District of Columbia have rules on their books against the so-called corporate practice of medicine. But over the
Two Doctors Known for COVID Misinfo Now Reinstated on Twitter
Special Reports > Exclusives — Malone and McCullough continue to make false claims about vaccine safety by Cheryl Clark, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today December 15, 2022 Two physicians accused of spreading COVID misinformation who were previously banned from Twitter are back on the platform. Robert W. Malone, MD, a self-described "skeptic of mRNA vaccines" who
In a move that may signal a shift in physician bargaining power under the No Surprises Act, a U.S. district court sided Wednesday with the Texas Medical Association, which argued that the federal government's interpretation didn't align with the original language of the Act, and favored health insurers. It was seen as a victory for…
Doctors Fight Tobacco Takeover of Inhaled Medicines
Jan. 21, 2022 -- A tobacco giant has stepped into the health care business, and respiratory specialists are doing their best to thwart the move.The Forum of International Respiratory Societies, which has 70,000 members worldwide, has served "official notice" that its organizations and members "cannot condone" working with any firm "wholly owned by a tobacco…
Doctors Used Bacteria-Killing Viruses to Take Down an Incurable Superbug
Medical bottles used to grow phages. Photo: Julien De Rosa/AFP (Getty Images)The enemy of our bacterial enemy can indeed be our friend. In a new case report, doctors say they were able to treat their patient’s long-festering, drug-resistant infection with the help of specially grown bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria. Large-scale clinical trials will likely be…
Covid-19: Doctors reveal impact of Omicron on Byron Bay anti-vaxxers
WEBSITE OF THE YEARAPP OF THE YEARWorld16 Jan, 2022 03:26 AM2 minutes to readJanuary 16 2022 An MIQ worker who contracted Covid-19 has the Omicron strain of the virus as health officials report 25 community cases today.Anti-vaxxers have flooded intensive care units in the Byron Bay area in New South Wales, with one doctor confirming…