By Roni Caryn Rabin Many specialists are balking at what they say are onerous new rules to get recertified, warning the demands will force some physicians ...
Read More »Doctors Should Have Formal Education On Human Trafficking
By Brad Broker Prostitution, starvation, forced labor, physical abuse — these are the symptoms and effects of human trafficking. And who are most likely to ...
Read More »Doctors More Likely Than Their Patients To Be Organ Donors
Doctors are more likely to be organ donors than their patients, according to a new study. Currently, over 100,000 people in the U.S. alone are ...
Read More »Study Shows Link Between Stress and Infertility in Women
According to a recent study published in the journal Human Reproduction, researchers have discovered a connection between women with high levels of a stress biomarker and an increased ...
Read More »Doctors Ask For Ban On E-Cigarettes To Kids
By Bruce A. MacLeod, MD and Allen Nussbaum, MD Electronic cigarettes could be a “gateway” that introduces youth to smoking. That’s what researchers from the Center ...
Read More »Six Surprising Things About You and Your Microbes
By William B. Miller, Jr. “I’m so nervous, my stomach is all in a knot.” Who among us has not said this at least once in ...
Read More »Gender Gap: Do Male or Female Physicians Do More Housework?
By Brad Broker Here’s the scenario: Two physicians; one man, one woman. Same specialty, same full-time hours, same work responsibilities. Who does more housework? Seems ...
Read More »Physicians Issue New Guidelines for Child Well-Visits
By Alan Lyndon Pediatricians and family docs should be aware that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated the Periodicity Schedule for child well-visits. The ...
Read More »Doctors Should Prescribe Nutrition for Heart Disease
By Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC In the era of new cholesterol guidelines that significantly increase the number of statin-eligible patients, published in a country where ...
Read More »Are Doctors Screening Their Patients for Hepatitis B?
By Curtis T. Miyamoto, MD I recently met with Chari Cohen, MPH DrPh(c), Director of Public Health, and Kuan-Lung Daniel Chen, MPH, CPH, Program Manager, ...
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