Dr. Barbie Will See You Now, but Only If You’re a Pediatric Patient
Barbie can be a doctor, but she rarely specializes or works with adults, and she almost never meets clinical safety standards for clothing or personal protective equipment (PPE), a quantitative study found. Of 80 Barbie medical professional dolls, 53 (66%) worked with children as a pediatrician, pediatric dentist, or even a pediatric ophthalmologist, Katherine Klamer, […]
Opinion | ‘The FDA Is Rarely That Clear’: What We Heard This Week
“The FDA is rarely that clear, so this is refreshing.” — Paul Knoepfler, PhD, of the University of California Davis, on the FDA getting tougher on birth tissue injection companies, following a recent warning letter to one company in question. “Everyone is at risk.” — Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, of Washington University in St. Louis, on […]
Do People With Schizophrenia Tend to Be Violent?
How to manage violence in people with schizophrenia People with schizophrenia rarely resort to violence with strangers. Their behavior mainly affects their family and friends. If your loved one with schizophrenia starts to show signs of becoming violent, seek help from a medical professional immediately. Psychiatrists use risk assessment tools to determine a patient’s tendency toward […]
A personalized exosuit for real-world walking: Ultrasound measurements of muscle dynamics provide customized, activity-specific assistance
People rarely walk at a constant speed and a single incline. We change speed when rushing to the next appointment, catching a crosswalk signal, or going for a casual stroll in the park. Slopes change all the time too, whether we’re going for a hike or up a ramp into a building. In addition to […]
How Serious Is a Rhinovirus Infection? Symptoms and Treatment
While rhinovirus infections are highly contagious, they rarely lead to life-threatening complications. However, rhinoviruses are often fatal for high-risk cancer patients. Rhinovirus infection, which is more common during spring and fall, is likely to cause only mild symptoms, with the virus being by far the predominant cause of the common cold, especially in children. Human […]
How to Have an Outstanding Mentor Relationship
Mentorship. We all do it; we all benefit from it. But we rarely talk about how the mentor-mentee relationship looks. We rarely talk about ways to improve a mentorship relationship or even how to have decent mentor-mentee relationships. In fact, many of us likely get into medicine because we want to help patients, but we […]