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The hidden war on doctors: Understanding administrative violence

KevinMD

Administrative violence in medicine is often understood as harm to patients due to systemic issues; however, administrative violence in medicine is also a process used to inflict harm on physicians, destabilizing the medical field on both systemic and individual levels. While much attention is given to how institutions and governments perpetuate administrative violence, it can Read more… The hidden war on doctors: Understanding administrative violence originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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The Perfect Office Note? SOAP, APSO or aSOAP?

A Country Doctor Writes

It’s been six years since I posted this on my WordPress blog and the reaction has been an almost deafening silence. Personally, I think this would be a huge improvement for clinicians who are constantly trying to find the clinical essence among all the verbiage in modern day office notes. A Country Doctor Writes: is a reader-supported publication.

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Why real growth in psychotherapy takes time, courage, and teamwork

KevinMD

What is the purpose of psychotherapy? What are the goals? Psychotherapy is a talking process between a patient and a psychotherapist that involves looking at feelings, behaviors, impulses, and thoughts through a process of self-reflection. The purpose of psychotherapy is to explore life patterns and to learn what works and what gets in the way Read more… Why real growth in psychotherapy takes time, courage, and teamwork originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Health professionals speak out against the new nuclear arms race

Common Sense Family Doctor

During the Cold War, the United States and the former Soviet Union amassed nuclear weapon stockpiles with a collective destructive power hundreds of thousands of times that of the two bombs that obliterated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. After peaking at more than 70,000 in 1986, the absolute number of weapons gradually declined from the implementation of various arms control treaties to 12,331 today.

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Understanding the ethical injury of moral distress in clinicians [PODCAST]

KevinMD

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Licensed clinical psychologist and health care ethicist Jenny Shields discusses her article, “DSM-5 doesn’t name it, but moral distress is everywhere in medicine.” Jenny illuminates the pervasive issue of moral distress among clinicians, defining it as the psychological toll exacted when Read more… Understanding the ethical injury of moral distress in clinicians [PODCAST] originally appeared in Kev

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Genetic mutation linked to iron deficiency in Crohn's disease patients

Medical Xpress

A study led by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine shows how a genetic mutation associated with Crohn's disease can worsen iron deficiency and anemia—one of the most common complications experienced by patients with inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD.

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India (and its kids) are out to conquer the world of chess

NPR Health

Chess is seeing a global resurgence, sparked by The Queen's Gambit and the pandemic impact on leisure time. India is an emerging power player, with 85 grandmasters and intense chess schools for youth.

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How to build your own air filter for wildfire smoke

NPR Health

Air quality can be impacted by smoke from wildfires. Our reporter set out to build an air filter — in a style the EPA praised, using only things she already had at home.

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TikTok skin-care routines could put teens at risk of lifelong allergy

Medical Xpress

It turns out when teens on TikTok say, "Get ready with me," it can be more harmful than they might realize.

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What a dying patient’s handshake taught me about life and love

KevinMD

I was working in my oncology ward as usual when I received a call from the medical ICU to evaluate a patient. The patient was a young male who had been admitted a few days earlier with severe respiratory distress. His workup raised suspicion of a possible malignancy (cancer). This was the information provided to Read more… What a dying patient’s handshake taught me about life and love originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Antipsychotic medications lower car crash risk for drivers with schizophrenia, study finds

Medical Xpress

Taking antipsychotic medications as prescribed lowers the risk of a car crash for drivers with schizophrenia, according to new research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

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RFK Jr. says Americans were healthier when his uncle was president. Is he right?

NPR Health

American life expectancy in 1960 was almost ten years shorter than it is today. And the leading causes of death were chronic diseases. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. frequently tells a different story.

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Spit or swallow? What's the best way to deal with phlegm?

Medical Xpress

In 1821, French physician RenƩ Laennec wrote, "A spitting pot I consider as an essential part of the bedroom apparatus." Laennec, who invented the stethoscope, spent his days gazing at his patients' phlegm. In the days before X-rays and blood tests, phlegm was considered a valuable diagnostic tool.

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RFK Jr. fact check: Were Americans actually healthier decades ago?

NPR Health

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. frequently harkens back to when his uncle was president as a healthier time for Americans. But American life expectancy in 1960 was almost ten years shorter than it is today. And the leading causes of death were chronic diseases.

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At-home 'foot-recognition' AI scanner can prevent heart failure hospitalizations

Medical Xpress

A home device that scans someone's feet as soon as they get out of bed in the morning could keep people with heart failure out of hospital, according to research presented Tuesday at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.

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How a network of women in Latin America transformed safe, self-managed abortions

NPR Health

An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.

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Knowledge-based TikTok videos help ease fears about gynecological checkups

Medical Xpress

No longer just pet videos and pranks, short-form videos are utilized more and more to share health information. Doctors and researchers are taking to social media networks themselves to encourage regular screenings for disease.

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Here FTC Goes Again on Its Own

FDA Law Blog

By Sara W. Koblitz — It was about a year and a half ago that we first proclaimed mass hysteria when FTC crossed streams into FDA territory, but perhaps our cries were premature. As we mentioned last year, a large number of the drug companies targeted by FTC in its Orange Book delisting campaign refused to delist their device patents from the Orange Book.

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Is black mold really as bad for us as we think? A toxicologist explains

Medical Xpress

Mold in houses is unsightly and may cause unpleasant odors. More important though, mold has been linked to a range of health effects—especially triggering asthma.

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Pregnant and bearing the burden of measles outbreaks in Canada

Medical Xpress

Measles is on the rise in Canada and poses serious risks to pregnant people and their newborns, yet discussion about how to protect this vulnerable group is notably lacking.

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Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development

Medical Xpress

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Surfers play crucial role in beach safety according to study

Medical Xpress

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