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Diagnostic Gaps: Skin Comes In Many Shades And So Do Rashes

Nov 04, 2019
Google "rash" online, and you'll mostly turn up photos of inflamed bumps on white skin. That's not so helpful for people of color, says a mom who's pushing for a more realistic diversity of images.
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Some insurers using this new payment model offer a single fee to one OB-GYN or medical practice, which then uses part of that money to cover the hospital care involved in labor and delivery. Other insurers opt to cut a separate contract with the hospital

A New Way Of Paying For Maternity Care Aims To Reduce C-Sections

Sep 20, 2019
Instead of paying doctors piecemeal for prenatal appointments and delivery of the baby, some insurers now offer medical practices one lump sum to cover it all.
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How To Teach Future Doctors About Pain In The Midst Of The Opioid Crisis

Sep 11, 2019
Around 20% of U.S. adults live with chronic pain. Medical schools traditionally haven't dedicated much time to teaching about pain and pain control, but one top school now has a mandatory course.
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Dr. Peter Grinspoon was a practicing physician when he became addicted to opioids. When he got caught, Grinspoon wasn't allowed access to what's now the standard treatment for addiction — buprenorphine or methadone (in addition to counseling) — preci

For Health Workers Struggling With Addiction, Why Are Treatment Options Limited?

Sep 06, 2019
Doctors and nurses are often barred from turning to FDA-approved medications that research shows to be the most effective way to quit. Critics of that policy say stigma is undermining best practice
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Twin brothers Ivan (left) and Jose López expect to make about $6 a month each when they start work as nurses this month. To boost their income, they care for elderly individuals living at home.

A Doctor Or Nurse Might Earn Just $6 A Month In Venezuela

Sep 06, 2019
Thousands of medical workers have left the country. Those who remain at public institutions earn very low wages — and often have to moonlight to make ends meet.
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The wide-open spaces of Arco, Idaho, appeal to some doctors with a love of the outdoors.

Creative Recruiting Helps Rural Hospitals Overcome Doctor Shortages

Aug 15, 2019
Recruiting doctors to come to work in rural hospitals has always been a challenge, especially in a hot job market. But some hospitals in remote areas are finding ways to lure much-needed talent.
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Trust In Scientists Is Rising, Poll Finds

Aug 02, 2019
The proportion of people who say they have a "great deal" of confidence in scientists to act in the public interest increased from 21% in 2016 to 35% in 2019, according to the Pew Research Center.
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Travis Rieder, author of <em>In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle With Opioids, </em>says none of the doctors who prescribed opioids for his waves of "fiery" or "electrical" pain taught him how to safely taper his use of the drugs when he wanted to

Motorcycle Crash Shows Bioethicist The Dark Side Of Quitting Opioids Alone

Jul 08, 2019
When medical bioethicist Travis Rieder tried to taper off pain medication after a roadway accident, he was disappointed by his doctors' reaction: "Everybody had a reason to send me to somebody else."
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Physicians complain that there's not yet a standard drug-pricing tool available to them that includes the range of medicine prices each of their patients might face — one that takes into account their particular pharmacy choice and health insurance pla

Doctors Slow To Adopt Tech Tools That Might Save Patients Money On Drugs

Jul 05, 2019
A pricing tool embedded in many prescribing and medical records systems lets doctors see how much each patient is likely to pay out of pocket for medicine. But the tools could be better, doctors say.
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California's 1st Surgeon General Spotlights Health Risks Of Childhood Adversity

Jul 02, 2019
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris has spent much of her career alerting the medical community to health damage that adverse childhood experiences can wreak. Now she aims to protect and heal California's kids.
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Geriatrics is a specialty that should adapt and change with each patient, says physician and author Louise Aronson. "I need to be a different sort of doctor for people at different ages and phases of old age."

A Clearer Map For Aging: 'Elderhood' Shows How Geriatricians Help Seniors Thrive

Jun 17, 2019
Physician Louise Aronson treats patients who are in their 60s — as well as those who are older than 100. She writes about changing approaches to elder health care in her book Elderhood.
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'Patients Will Die': One County's Challenge To Trump's 'Conscience Rights' Rule

Jun 11, 2019
California's Santa Clara County argues that if the rule goes into effect in July, the county will suffer irreparable harm in terms of patient care and staffing costs.
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Just as sleep deprivation has been shown to impair cognition, so too has it been found to dampen empathy for others.

Opinion: Keep Limits Intact On Medical Residents' Work Hours

May 10, 2019
Caps on shift lengths for medical residents were implemented to improve patient safety. Given the effects of sleep deprivation on emotional capacity and residents' well-being, why risk longer hours?
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President Trump called for legislative action on surprise medical bills during a White House event Thursday.

Trump Throws Support Behind Fix For Surprise Medical Bills, But Hurdles Remain

May 09, 2019
A bipartisan group of senators has been working on a plan to protect patients from unexpected medical bills. Disagreements within the health care industry could thwart those efforts.
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Lenh Vuong, a clinical social worker at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, checks on a former John Doe patient she recently helped identify.

How Hospital ER Sleuths Race To Identify An Unconscious Or Dazed Jane Or John Doe

May 07, 2019
A public hospital in Los Angeles gets over 1,000 unidentified patients a year. Most are quickly ID'd, but some require considerable gumshoe work — a task often complicated by medical privacy laws.
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Dr. Brian Chesebro (right), in Portland, Ore., has calculated that by simply using the anesthesia gas sevoflurane in most surgeries, instead of the similar gas desflurane, he can significantly cut the amount of global warming each procedure contributes t

Effects Of Surgery On A Warming Planet: Can Anesthesia Go Green?

May 06, 2019
Anesthesia revolutionized surgery by vanquishing patients' pain. But many of the chemicals are greenhouse gases. One Oregon doctor who has done the math says some are much less damaging to the planet.
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Will computers alienate us from the healing touch?

As Artificial Intelligence Moves Into Medicine, The Human Touch Could Be A Casualty

Apr 30, 2019
Will AI in health care create a two-tiered system in which poorer people will be seen by a computer instead of a doctor? That's one concern about the burgeoning technology.
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According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, incidents of serious workplace violence are <a href="https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hospitals/workplace_violence.html">four times</a> more common in health care than in private industry. Most assa

Facing Escalating Workplace Violence, Hospital Employees Have Had Enough

Apr 08, 2019
U.S. hospitals are under mounting pressure to address violence against health care staff by patients and visitors. Nearly half of emergency doctors say they've been physically assaulted at work.
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Dr. Carlos Gutierrez examines a young girl at a shelter in El Paso that was set up for recent migrants. The girl's mother said her daughter's deep cough arose while the family was in immigration custody.

Makeshift Volunteer Clinics Struggle To Meet Medical Needs At The Border

Apr 05, 2019
As recent arrivals to the U.S. are released from detention with health problems ranging from diarrhea to gaping wounds, doctors who are trying to help, with little federal support, feel the strain.
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If a doctor's office is like Blockbuster, Hims feels more like Netflix. It's a way to skip the long waits and crowds and get generic Viagra, hair growth treatment and other medicine and vitamins with minimal interaction with a health care provider — fo

Opinion: Direct-To-Consumer Medicine Can Be Quick And Discreet, But What's Lost?

Apr 04, 2019
If you happily order your contact lenses online, why not get drugs for migraines or erectile dysfunction that way, too? Be careful, a medical student warns. Your "simple" self-diagnosis may be wrong.
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Is It Time To Rethink The Fly-In Medical Mission?

Mar 27, 2019
These trips — where volunteers from the West visit poorer countries to perform surgeries — are a billion-dollar endeavor. But is this the best way to provide health care to needy nations?
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Dr. Hillary Tamar, who's in the second year of her family medicine residency in Phoenix, is part of a new generation of doctors who are committed to treating addiction.

Aspiring Doctors Seek Advanced Training In Addiction Medicine

Mar 19, 2019
Once a tiny specialty that drew mostly psychiatrists, addiction medicine is expanding its accredited training to include residents from specialties like family medicine who see it as a calling.
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The reality of electronic medical records has yet to live up to the promise.

Why The Promise Of Electronic Health Records Has Gone Unfulfilled

Mar 18, 2019
The government used a 2009 financial stimulus package to move the country from paper medical charts to electronic records. Care was supposed to get better, safer and cheaper. It hasn't worked out.
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Few medical guidelines for heart care are based on the highest-quality evidence.

Many Guidelines For Heart Care Rely On Weak Evidence

Mar 15, 2019
Less than 10 percent of cardiovascular guidelines to help doctors are based on the most carefully conducted scientific studies. A lot of the rest are based on much flimsier evidence.
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Planet Money

Are Doctors Overpaid?

Mar 12, 2019
It's Match Week, when med students apply for residencies. An economist argues this residency system is a key reason why U.S. doctors are paid around twice much as doctors in other rich nations.

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