Topical Therapies for Adult Atopic Dermatitis
Next Article Key Points “Medical Journeys” is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state contains both a physician guide and a downloadable/printable patient resource. “Medical Journeys” chart a path each step of […]
AMA to Amp Up Hospital Consolidation Scrutiny
CHICAGO — Physicians pressing for the American Medical Association (AMA) to do more on healthcare consolidation pushed through a resolution to produce in-depth annual reports on the topic that could be used to advocate for legislative change. At the association’s annual House of Delegates meeting this week, its Private Practice Physicians Section made the case […]
Top 5 Doctor Specialties for Extroverts
[embedded content] According to a 2018 survey, 28% of physicians reported leaning more towards extroversion than introversion, and 38% identified as an even mix of both introversion and extroversion. Here are the top 5 best medical specialties for extroverts: Psychiatry Family Medicine & Pediatrics Internal Medicine Emergency Medicine Physician Leadership 1. Psychiatry First up on […]
Opinion | Why ChatGPT Is a ‘Game Changer’ for Med Students
Medical school can be a daunting journey for many aspiring physicians. As I look back now at the beginning of my fourth year, this has certainly been the case for me. With an overwhelming amount of information to learn and retain, students often find themselves struggling to keep up with the pace of the curriculum. […]
Opinion | Solve Physician Burnout With Subtraction
I am naturally a problem solver, and I share this characteristic with most of my fellow physicians. When I felt burned out at one point in my career, I was certain that a literature search would help me solve the problem by giving me answers I could use to make my burnout a thing of […]
Lone star tick bites may be to blame for unexplained digestive problems
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released new clinical guidance to help physicians and patients identify if unexplained digestive symptoms are due to alpha-gal syndrome, a food allergy that is caused by lone star tick bites. The AGA Clinical Practice Update was published today in Gastroenterology. Alpha-gal syndrome is an allergy that causes your body […]
Opinion | Why Every Doctor Needs a ‘Badness’ Plan
As physicians, we all know what “badness” is in medicine. “Badness” is a word many physicians use to convey a painful, complicated, tragic, or adverse clinical experience. Badness is usually some bad and particularly emotional “bad.” Due to medical training most physicians struggle to describe their emotions or even allow themselves to acknowledge emotions, especially […]
One Paid Medical Malpractice Claim May Signal More to Come
Physicians who had a prior paid medical malpractice claim were three to four times more likely to have future claims, according to a retrospective case-control study, challenging the commonly held notion among physicians that medical malpractice claims are simply bad luck or random events. Among every physician licensed to practice in the U.S. at the […]
Doctors Not Immune to Political Biases When it Comes to COVID
Even physicians can be influenced by their political biases when making decisions about COVID-19 treatments, researchers found. In a survey with responses from some 400 critical care doctors, those who identified as politically conservative were five times as likely as their liberal and moderate peers to say they would treat a hypothetical COVID-19 patient with […]
Wearable Tech Shows Promise for Predicting IBD Flares
DENVER — A smart watch app may help physicians and patients pinpoint and predict inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) flares, researchers reported. When a person with IBD has a normal gut environment, a bell curve is produced by the watch application, explained Robert Hirten, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine/Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel […]