Category: Doctors
Health care workers wanted: A veteran needs you to work at a VA hospital
Huge vacancies in VA medical centers means that veterans are not getting the health care they need.
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Med Students ‘Feel Very Behind’ Because of COVID-Induced Disruptions in Training
“Everyone goes along with the idea that we’re all in the same boat together. But, really, it’s like we’re all on the Titanic and it’s sinking.”
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Health Care Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19
Health care workers of color were more likely to care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, more likely to report using inadequate protective gear,
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Widely Used Surgical Masks Are Putting Health Care Workers At Serious Risk
The CDC recently said lower-grade surgical masks are “an acceptable alternative” to N95 masks, but critics say their use is almost certainly fueling illness among front-line health workers.
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Lost On The Frontline
“Lost on the Frontline”, a Guardian and Kaiser Health News collaboration, aims to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who die from COVID-19.
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‘It’s Like Walking Into Chernobyl,’ One Doctor Says Of Her ER
Health workers say they’re exhausted and burning out from the stress of treating a stream of critically ill patients in an overstretched health care system.
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Expired Respirators. Reused Masks. Nurses in the Nation’s Original Covid-19 Epicenter Offer Sobering Accounts of What Could Come.
The complaints from Washington also show the increasing sense of fear, frustration and powerlessness many nurses and other medical workers feel as COVID-19 pummels the health care system.
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Retired Doctors And Nurses Don Scrubs Again to Join Coronavirus Fight
Anticipating a shortage of medical personnel to treat the influx of sick patients, officials put out a call for retired doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to work.
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Seattle Nurses Scrounge For Masks To Stay Safe On Pandemic’s Front Lines
At some hospitals, staff said they are being told that, contrary to standard protocol of disposal after a single use, they should clean and reuse masks,
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Doctors Prescribe More of a Drug If They Receive Money from a Pharma Company Tied to It
Pharmaceutical companies have paid doctors billions of dollars for consulting, promotional talks, meals and more. Doctors who received payments linked to specific drugs prescribed more of those drugs.
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Most students in U.S. medical schools are now women.
The number of women applying and entering U.S. Medical schools is increasing while the number of men applying and entering medical schools is declining..
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What’s in a title? When it comes to ‘Doctor,’ more than you might think
In a recent study, women doctors were more likely to be introduced by their first names rather than by their titles.
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Dodgy treatment: it’s not us, it’s the other lot, say the experts.
Professional societies are reluctant to make recommendations against low-value treatments that make money for their members.
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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.
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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.
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