Modeling a circular economy for electronic waste: Engineers propose solutions for e-waste recycling fraud
Think about how many different pieces of technology the average household has purchased in the last decade. Phones, TVs, computers, tablets, and game consoles don’t last forever, and repairing them is difficult and often as expensive as simply buying a replacement. Electronics are integral to modern society, but electronic waste (e-waste) presents a complex and […]
Can Medical Decision-Making Keep Up With the Science?
On average, it takes 17 years for new treatments to reach mainstream clinical practice. That means that when patients see a doctor in 2020, they are often getting guidance from 2003. To put this into perspective, current practices come from a time before the iPhone! But during the pandemic, the speed of changes to medical […]
These Bizarre Cold Remedies Have Gone Viral — But Do They Actually Work? We Asked A Doctor.
Daniel de la Hoz via Getty Images The average person catches two to four colds a year, which means most of us will suffer through roughly 200 colds in our lifetime. With so many snotty struggles ahead of us each year, what remedies can we rely on to help us feel better fast? And do […]
Surgical Volumes Matter for Outcomes at Ambulatory Centers, Too
As seen for hospital-based procedures, ambulatory surgical outcomes were significantly better on average at centers with relatively high volumes, Medicare data indicated. Odds of hospital admission or emergency department visit within 7 days of an ambulatory surgical procedure were 21% greater in low- versus high-volume centers (95% CI 9%-36%), according to Jeffrey H. Silber, MD, […]
Big Bump in Starting Salaries for Specialists
Average starting salary offers for specialists zoomed up year-over-year, in some cases by double-digit percentages, a new report found. In addition, entities such as retail clinics, urgent care centers, insurance companies, and private equity firms are vying with hospitals and medical groups for a limited number of doctors, according to AMN Healthcare’s 2023 Review of […]
I Was A Child Prodigy. Here’s The Dark Truth No One Ever Talks About.
“Before the ‘private high school’ and college classes, I was your average Abercrombie-clad, slightly weird 13-year-old goofing around and taking selfies at the mall with friends,” the author writes. Courtesy of Kate Alexandria When I graduated with my bachelor’s degree on May 9, 2015, I hadn’t updated the address on my file, so I never […]
Doc Moms, Mind the Gap — $3M Earning Difference by Sex
During a 40-year career, the average female physician with children made $3 million less than the average male physician with children — nearly double the male-female earnings gap experienced by single physicians, according to a national study of 95,000 physicians. In a cross-sectional analysis of surveys conducted from 2005 to 2019, female physicians earned as […]
Opinion | ‘The Average Doctor Is Doing 41 of These a Week’: What We Heard This Week
“The average doctor is doing 41 of these a week.” — American Medical Association President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, discussing the large increase in prior authorization requests over the several years. “They’re not looking holistically. They’re not even thinking of it.” — Brittany Walsh-Reed, PharmD, BCPS, an independent consultant in Cleveland, on the paucity of […]
Past eight years: Warmest since modern recordkeeping began: 2021 tied for sixth warmest year in continued trend, analysis shows
Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2021 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.85 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline period, […]
Stocks Nosedive Amid Concerns About New COVID-19 Variant
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks sank Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly falling more than 1,000 points, as a new coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa appeared to be spreading across the globe. Investors were uncertain whether the variant could potentially reverse months of progress at getting the COVID-19 pandemic under control. […]