Category: Doctors
Female doctors are good for your health, but endure a pay gap, burnout and depression
Compared with male physicians, women spend more time with their patients, are more likely to adhere to guidelines and are more careful in their prescribing.
Trump Shift, Backed by States, Fuels Fear of Too Few Medicaid Docs
The Trump administration wants to drop an Obama-era rule designed to ensure that there are enough doctors to care for Medicaid patients.
To Few Doctors to Treat HIV in the South
CDC data shows the South, which the agency defines as a 16-state region, saw more new cases — 19,968 — than the rest of the nation combined in 2017.
Boston Hospital Reports Disciplining of Renowned Child Abuse Skeptic
The doctor had testified in hundreds of child abuse cases worldwide and almost always blamed broken bones and other injuries on a rare genetic disorder
US Medical Students Less Likely to Choose Primary Care
Despite the need for more primary care doctors, graduates of U.S. medical schools are becoming less likely to choose to specialize in one of those fields.
Did Your Doctor ‘Ghost’ You? An Employment Contract May Be To Blame
Noncompete clauses aim to stop physicians from taking patients with them if they move to a competing practice nearby.
Depression in First-Year Doctors Depends on Where They Train
Rates were highest in programs whose trainees reported the longest hours, the least helpful faculty feedback, and the least valuable inpatient training programs.
World-famous cancer center’s season of turmoil
Cancer centers grapple with conflict of interests among their leadership, researchers and physicians.
Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Financial Ties to Corporations
One of the world’s top breast cancer doctors failed to disclose millions of dollars in payments from drug and health care companies in recent years.
Tuition-Free Med School Touches Off Multimillion-Dollar Debate
New York University’s School of Medicine is learning that no good deed goes unpunished.
The Man Who Sold America On Vitamin D — And Profited In The Process
The doctor most responsible for turning the sunshine supplement into a billion-dollar juggernaut has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the vitamin D industry, according to government records and interviews.
Doctors Reckon With High Rate Of Suicide In Their Ranks
An estimated 300 to 400 doctors kill themselves each year, and the suicide rate is more than double that of the general population.
Doctors concerned Medicare pay-for-performance incentives could harm patient care, survey
60 percent of doctors polled said physicians might “avoid sicker or more medically complex patients to improve performance on quality or utilization measures.”