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The Case of the Dropping Albumin

A Country Doctor Writes

Glenda Cyr has been my patient for many years. She also follows with an endocrinologist in the city because of hypoparathyroid disease. She’s on varying doses of calcitrol and vitamin D and he follows her bloodwork regularly, even though he last saw her about two years ago. He works at the Catholic hospital across the city from the rival, bigger, Cityside hospital.

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BITESIZE | What Your Body Language Reveals & How to Become More Confident | Vanessa Van Edwards

Dr Chatterjee

Vanessa Van Edwards shares how to discover your unique “flavor” of confidence and how small changes in your body language could create big shifts in how you’re perceived.

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My Green Doctor Begins Pilot with Weill Cornell Medicine

My Green Doctor

We’re pleased to share that Weill Cornell Medicine, one of the nation’s most respected academic medical institutions, has begun a small-scale pilot of the My Green Doctor program—an important step toward building a more sustainable healthcare future. With a network of over 1,300 physicians and 40+ patient care locations across New York City, Weill Cornell’s influence in healthcare delivery and education is far-reaching.

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2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

Barton Associates

The United States doesn’t have enough doctors and the problem is only growing—according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) , the country is facing an estimated shortage of between 13,500 and 86,000 primary and specialty care physicians by 2036. Despite this shortage, the doctor employment outlook is looking promising—read on to learn more about the doctor job outlook for 2025 and beyond.

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Episode 398: WDx #36: How to Approach a “Struggling” Learner

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Description: Kaylin and Sharmin are joined once again by Dr. Julia Armendariz to learn from her approach to a “struggling” learner. The discussion focuses on the value of using low-inference statements to accurately describe the behavior, how to identify the underlying problem(s) the behavior may represent, and tailoring a path to improvement based on the learner’s level of insight.

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The White House is sued over lack of sign language interpreters at press briefings

NPR Health

The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.

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A Chihuahua or a Muffin? FDA Announces Plans for Aggressive Use of Artificial Intelligence

FDA Law Blog

By Adrienne R. Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Lisa M. Baumhardt, Principal Medical Device Regulatory Expert & Gail H. Javitt On May 8, 2025, FDA announced the successful completion of a generative artificial intelligence (AI) scientific review pilot program aimed at accelerating the review process and an aggressive timeline to rollout the use of AI tools across the Agency.

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How MIT Sloan’s Climate Interactive Tool Sheds Light on the Global Impact on Health from Climate Change

My Green Doctor

Climate Change: A Growing Health Crisis Climate change is often framed in terms of rising sea levels, melting ice caps, and extreme weather events. But a far more intimate, and often underreported, consequence lies in its toll on human health. MGD Marketing Consultant Judy Holm is a Certified Ambassador for Climate Interactive, spotlighting how our changing climate is reshaping global health — and how tools like En-ROADS can help us prepare and respond.

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The CDC changed its COVID vaccine guidance. What does that mean for you?

NPR Health

When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new COVID recommendations this week, it raised questions among clinicians and patients: Will those shots still be available to people who want them and will insurance cover it? NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, about the CDC's new guidelines for healthy children and pregnant women and whether they could make it more difficult for the

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Lucid Episodes: Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi & Andrew Peterson

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Have any of you watched the movie The Notebook ? At the end, one of the characters, who has dementia, experiences an episode of lucidity. When I watched it, between tears (Im a complete softie) I remember thinking, Oh no! This will give people false hope! That their loved one is in there. If only they could find the right key to unlock the lock and let them out.

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Why giant statues of snakes popped up in Geneva

NPR Health

These colorful snakes aren't just works of art. Erected for the World Health Assembly, they're meant to draw attention to an extremely neglected health issue: snakebite.

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250,000 Preventable Deaths Every Year: Why Climate and Health Must Be Funded Together

My Green Doctor

250,000 Preventable Deaths… Every Year Why are we ignoring climate + health? 250,000 Preventable Deaths Every Year: Why Climate and Health Must Be Funded Together Climate change is not just an environmental emergency. It is a public health catastrophe—and it’s claiming lives every day. According to the World Health Organization, climate change will cause an additional 250,000 deaths every year between 2030 and 2050.

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How safe is the food supply after federal cutbacks? Experts are worried

NPR Health

As the Trump administration slashes the federal workforce, experts say cuts to the USDA, FDA and CDC have left the food supply vulnerable to outbreaks of foodborne illness.

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They've tracked Americans' drug use for decades. Trump and RFK Jr. fired them

NPR Health

The 17-person team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers around the country use the data to understand behavioral health.

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American doctors look to relocate to Canada to avoid the Trump administration

NPR Health

Canada has seen a surge of American doctors seeking to move north in the months since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

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They've tracked Americans' drug use for decades. Trump and RFK Jr. fired them

NPR Health

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health has been running for years. But then the whole team that administers it lost their jobs last month in federal layoffs. Federal officials say it will continue. Former workers wonder how.

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Trump administration's vaccines announcements have many health experts alarmed

NPR Health

Public health experts worry the flurry of steps by the Trump administration about vaccines is undermining public access and confidence in vaccines.