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 […]
Wyoming Medicaid Offers Scam Alert – Wyoming Department of Health
Wyoming Medicaid Offers Scam Alert March 23, 2023 Following reports of fake texts and bogus calls seeking money, Wyoming Medicaid is alerting residents about current Medicaid renewal scams that are targeting program clients. Wyoming Medicaid is part of the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), “Some of our clients are receiving text messages claiming their Medicaid […]
Researchers develop 3D-printed shape memory alloy with superior superelasticity: 3D printing leads to fabricating a shape memory alloy with increased superelasticity
Laser powder bed fusion, a 3D-printing technique, offers potential in the manufacturing industry, particularly when fabricating nickel-titanium shape memory alloys with complex geometries. Although this manufacturing technique is attractive for applications in the biomedical and aerospace fields, it has rarely showcased the superelasticity required for specific applications using nickel-titanium shape memory alloys. Defects generated and […]
Intense exercise while dieting may reduce cravings for fatty food
In a study that offers hope for human dieters, rats on a 30-day diet who exercised intensely resisted cues for favored, high-fat food pellets. The experiment was designed to test resistance to the phenomenon known as “incubation of craving,” meaning the longer a desired substance is denied, the harder it is to ignore signals for […]
Systems approach helps assess public health impacts of changing climate, environmental policies
A team co-led by a Washington State University scientist offers an alternative way to understand and minimize health impacts from human-caused changes to the climate and environment in a new study published in the journal One Earth. Based at WSU Vancouver, lead author Deepti Singh, assistant professor in the School of the Environment, drew on […]