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Are Friday Drug Safety Alerts Deadly? Issuing drug safety communications when people are not paying as much attention has potentially life-threatening consequences, researchers have found. Is the FDA paying attention?
News, October 04, 2022
Yeast-Fermented Chemo: Now We Can Brew Anything Scientists genetically engineered yeast to produce vinblastine, a chemotherapeutic that is in short supply worldwide. It is the most complex compound brewed to date.
News, September 23, 2022
Dr Birds-n-Bees: How Physicians Are Taking Up the Sex Ed Slack With many schools offering limited or no sex ed, these doctors have taken on side gigs educating teens ― and a surprising number of older adults ― about sex, STIs, and the changes in sexuality in the US.
News, September 23, 2022
Eviction Rise Is Threat to Health Amid a spike in rents and evictions, experts said the health of families left without homes is at risk ― and physicians can do more to help.
News, September 20, 2022
Cancer and the 'Curtain of Silence': A RadOnc Looks Back A new book from a retired radiation oncologist and playwright explores authenticity and the doctor–patient relationship.
News, September 19, 2022
'A Gut Check:' Do Tumor Boards Improve Care? Oncologists expose the good and the bad of multidisciplinary tumor boards and reveal how physicians can get the most out of them.
News, September 15, 2022
Time Toxicity: A 'Very Hidden' Cost of Cancer Care "Time toxicity" refers to how cancer care, with its attendant travel, waiting times, and adverse events, can eat up precious time for a patient who may not have long left.
News, September 15, 2022
'Magic' of Psychedelics: Easing the Trauma of Terminal Illness How can we die better? Emerging evidence suggests that psilocybin-assisted therapy can alleviate patients' existential fear and distress surrounding death from cancer and other conditions.
News, September 12, 2022
Doctors and Children's Authors: A Tale of Two Professions So, you want to write a book for young readers? Physicians turned award-winning authors share their stories of breaking into the business and managing two careers.
News, September 09, 2022
Why PAs Want to Make Their Work Expansions Permanent During the COVID pandemic, the scope of practice of physician assistants (PAs) expanded; PAs want those expansions to be permanent, but some physicians feel differently.
News, September 09, 2022
Insomnia Often Goes Hand in Hand With Depression in Older Adults These overlapping conditions can prove a vicious cycle impacting overall health, but cognitive behavioral therapy has emerged as a potential savior.
News, September 08, 2022
Bullying in Academic Medicine: A Pervasive, Hidden Threat Many young doctors and doctors in training experience bullying from colleagues but often don't report it, fearing retribution.
News, September 08, 2022
Location, Location, Location: It Matters for Gut Health Too A growing number of physicians are adapting ecologic approaches to boost the gut microbiomes of vulnerable communities in an effort to prevent common diseases, like IBD, before they occur.
News, September 07, 2022
How to Identify and Treat Patients With Substance Use Disorders Many primary care physicians see patients who have a substance use disorder. Here's how to help them, despite constraints, including contraints on time, training, and resources.
News, September 06, 2022
Asymptomatic Infections Drive Many Epidemics To stem epidemics, we need to better identify asymptomatic carriers.
News, September 01, 2022
Will Teaching Health Centers Reduce the PCP Shortage? Teaching health centers in underserved areas can reduce the dearth of primary care physicians, but a lack of permanent funding poses risks to continuity.
News, September 01, 2022
Are Mass Shootings Contagious? Research shows that mass shootings appear to spread in ways that mimic infectious diseases ― and that addressing them that way can help reduce the killings.
News, August 30, 2022
How Do You Live With COVID? One Doctor's Personal Experience After having COVID in early 2020, Anne Peters, MD, has battled lasting health issues, including brain fog and cardiac problems, as well as personal loss. She shares her experience of the pandemic.
News, August 29, 2022
In Denial: When Patients Don't Want to Believe They Have Cancer Although not common, some oncologists say they are increasingly experiencing patient denial following a cancer diagnosis. Experts offer advice on how to handle these challenging situations.
News, August 25, 2022
After Cancer, Abortion Experience Highlights Post-Roe Reality Pregnant women in the United States face a host of health risks, including cancer, that can put their lives and the well-being of their fetus in jeopardy in a post-Roe America.
News, August 22, 2022

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