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Should Doctors Talk To Patients About Gun Violence?
This article written by Modern Healthcare brings up a tough topic to discuss. According to one of the nation's leading medical journals, Doctors need to take a more active role in addressing guns and gun violence with their patients. Do you agree? That could mean...
The Future of Medicine Will Be Shaped By Physician Leaders
This post was contributed by Jennifer Hanscom, CEO of the Washington State Medical Association and a board member of the Physicians Foundation.
How Physicians Should Respond To Ethical Dilemmas
As a physician, do you have a responsibility to intervene when the health or wellness of a colleague appears to have become compromised? This and other important questions are covered in an education module from the AMA. Produced by the AMA’s Ethics Group, the module,...
Think Like a Doctor: Drowning on Dry Land Solved
By Lisa Sanders, M.D. via nytimes.com On Thursday we challenged Well readers to unravel the case of a 67-year-old healthy retiree who suddenly developed knife-like chest pain and a worsening cough. Maybe this case was too easy because more than a quarter of you...
Scientists Discover A Second Bacterium That Causes Lyme Disease
Rae Ellen Bichell via NPR Until very recently it was thought that just one bacterium was to blame for causing Lyme disease in humans. But it turns out that a second, related bug can cause it too. In 2013, during routine testing of bacterial DNA floating around in the...
Questions Raised About Clinical Trial of Popular Heart Drug
By Mary Brophy Marcus via www.cbsnews.com New questions are being raised about the clinical trial of a widely used heart drug, and critics are calling for an independent investigation, after a medical device used during the study was later found to be faulty and...
The Doctor’s Computer Will Email You Now
By Barbara Feder Ostrov via www.npr.org A health care startup made a wild pitch to Cara Waller, CEO of the Newport Orthopedic Institute. The company said it could get patients more engaged with their care by automating physician empathy. It "almost made me nauseous,"...
US babies should be tested for Zika virus, CDC says
By Franco Ordonez via www.miamiherald.com An obscure mosquito-borne virus that has already prompted warnings in Central America to avoid getting pregnant and is thought responsible for thousands of birth defects in Brazil has now reached the United States, according...
Why Kidney Transplants Are Harder To Get
By Kristen Schorsch via www.modernhealthcare.com Kidneys are by far the most in-demand organ for transplants. Yet Chicago-area hospitals are putting down their scalpels and taking on fewer cases. In 2015, local transplant centers collectively performed nearly...
Pregnant Women Should Consult Doctors On Travel: Brazil’s Health Ministry
Thomson Reuters via www.cbc.ca Brazil's health ministry said on Monday pregnant women should consult their doctors before travelling to Brazil, but that no other travel restrictions were necessary because of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The ministry said in a...
Do Not Prescribe Antibiotics For Common Cold, Doctors Urge
Written by Catharine Paddock PhD via www.medicalnewstoday.com A patient with a common cold should not be prescribed antibiotics, so say two medical bodies in the US, who - in a bid to reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics - have joined forces to advise about...
Silence Is the Enemy for Doctors Who Have Depression
Aaron E. Carroll via www.nytimes.com In my first year of training as a doctor, I knew something was wrong with me. I had trouble sleeping. I had difficulty feeling joy. I was prone to crying at inopportune times. Even worse, I had trouble connecting with patients. I...
10 Free Cloud-Based Tools for Physicians
By PRACTICE FUSION Say goodbye to the server, the future of health technology lies in the cloud. Thanks to advances in security and reliability, affordable web-based technology is more popular with physicians than ever. A recent Black Book Rankings study found that 7...
ISHLT Issues New List Of Criteria To Determine Patient Eligibility For Heart Transplant
www.news-medical.net To determine patient eligibility for heart transplant, the International Society for Heart Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) maintains a list of criteria, first issued in 2006, that acts as a guideline for physicians. A major 10-year update has now...
How Can You Improve Your Mental Health And Well-Being In 2016?
Honor Whiteman via www.medicalnewstoday.com The new year is here, and most of us are likely to have made at least one resolution for 2016. But while the majority of our goals for the coming year will incorporate improvements in physical health - such as hitting the...