What State Banned Doctors From Spreading COVID Misinfo?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the week. Topics include a state […]
Birth weight could help identify children at higher risk of psychological issues
New research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has found that babies with larger birth weights tend to have fewer mental health and behavioural issues in childhood and adolescence. These findings could help to identify and support children at greater risk of developing psychological problems. The study, published in European Child & Adolescent […]
USPSTF Said to Keep Screening for What This Week?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the week. Topics include a U.S. […]
Man of Science, Man of Faith
“The Doctor’s Art” is a weekly podcast that explores what makes medicine meaningful, featuring profiles and stories from clinicians, patients, educators, leaders, and others working in healthcare. Listen and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Google, Stitcher, and Podchaser. The Human Genome Project was a 13-year-long international effort to map and sequence all of the genes […]
Does Post-Op Gabapentin Carry Delirium Risk?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the week. Topics include postoperative gabapentin […]
Day in the Life of a Doctor: Shadowing a Flight Paramedic
[embedded content] Join internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, as she shadows a flight paramedic team. (Following is a transcript. Note that errors are possible.) Deshauer: Hey, guys. I’m Siobhan, an internal medicine and rheumatology specialist. Today, I’m joining flight paramedics as they rescue and transport critically ill patients in helicopters. Engineers: Aircraft-wise, […]
Wrangling Medicare: A New Vision
“The Doctor’s Art” is a weekly podcast that explores what makes medicine meaningful, featuring profiles and stories from clinicians, patients, educators, leaders, and others working in healthcare. Listen and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Google, Stitcher, and Podchaser. With around 63 million beneficiaries, Medicare is the single largest provider of health insurance in the U.S. […]
Terror, Joy, Triumph: Learning Resilience as a Pediatric Neurosurgeon
“The Doctor’s Art” is a weekly podcast that explores what makes medicine meaningful, featuring profiles and stories from clinicians, patients, educators, leaders, and others working in healthcare. Listen and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Google, Stitcher, and Podchaser. Pediatric neurosurgeons manage some of the most complex diseases in children, operating on the delicate and precious […]
Coping With a Deadly Prognosis
“The Doctor’s Art” is a weekly podcast that explores what makes medicine meaningful, featuring profiles and stories from clinicians, patients, educators, leaders, and others working in healthcare. Listen and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Google, Stitcher, and Podchaser. On New Year’s Eve in 2020, Katie Coleman was diagnosed with metastatic oncocytoma, a type of kidney […]
Is Tea Drinking Tied to a Lower Risk of Death?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up can be a challenge. As an aid for our readers, here is a 10-question quiz based on the news of the week. Topics include black tea […]