WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Sustained smoking cessation is associated with reduced cancer risk after 10 years since smoking cessation, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in JAMA Network Open.Eunjung Park, Ph.D., from the...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Sustained smoking cessation is associated with reduced cancer risk after 10 years since smoking cessation, according to a study published online Feb. 6 in JAMA Network Open.Eunjung Park, Ph.D., from the...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A primary care-based housing program can improve health care use, reducing primary care and outpatient visits, according to a study published in the February issue of Health Affairs.MaryCatherine Arbour, M.D., M.P.H.,...
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Two studies that warned of the harms of the abortion pill have been retracted by the journals' publisher over flaws in the data and conflicts of interest among the researchers.Complicating matters even further, the papers...
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness aboard a luxury cruise ship that sailed out of San Francisco on Wednesday.More than 150 people on the Queen...
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Large increases in antidepressant (AD) use are seen at the time of marriage dissolution in later life, with smaller declines at the time of repartnering, particularly for women, according to a study published online Feb. 6...
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and fibrosis stage F1B, F2, or F3, 80- and 100-mg resmetirom is better than placebo, according to a study published in the Feb. 8 issue of the New England Journal of...
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- A primary care-based housing program can improve health care use, reducing primary care and outpatient visits, according to a study published in the February issue of Health Affairs.MaryCatherine Arbour, M.D., M.P.H.,...
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Two studies that warned of the harms of the abortion pill have been retracted by the journals' publisher over flaws in the data and conflicts of interest among the researchers.Complicating matters even further, the papers...
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness aboard a luxury cruise ship that sailed out of San Francisco on Wednesday.More than 150 people on the Queen...
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Large increases in antidepressant (AD) use are seen at the time of marriage dissolution in later life, with smaller declines at the time of repartnering, particularly for women, according to a study published online Feb. 6...
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and fibrosis stage F1B, F2, or F3, 80- and 100-mg resmetirom is better than placebo, according to a study published in the Feb. 8 issue of the New England Journal of...
by Dike Drummond, MD. When discussing the personal energy of a practicing physician, you must first discard any comparison to a battery. The Energizer Bunny stops when his batteries get to zero. But you never stop. Rather than batteries, we have an internal “energy...
by Dike Drummond, MD. When discussing the personal energy of a practicing physician, you must first discard any comparison to a battery. The Energizer Bunny stops when his batteries get to zero. But you never stop. Rather than batteries, we have an internal “energy...
While many physicians have the foresight to proactively protect themselves in the event of a medical malpractice suit, they are often less prepared to handle a possible medical board complaint. Not only can a medical board complaint negatively impact a physician’s...
Another positive aspect of medical social media is its ability to expand the lines of social and intellectual communication among physicians.
Disparities in pay based on gender are, unfortunately, a persistent problem in our country for all sectors, including healthcare. Women physicians have been up against the gender pay gap for decades, yet they continue to rally for equal pay. Cardiologist Yasmine S....
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