Transcendental Meditation effective in reducing burnout and depression symptoms in physicians
According to a randomized controlled study, published in Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, physicians who practiced the ...
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Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons withdraws from participation in U.S. News & World Report Medical School Rankings
New York, NY—Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons will no longer submit data to U.S. News and World Report (USNWR) for their ...
Finding the right doctor: can online rating platforms direct patients to higher-quality physicians?
Researchers from Stanford University and University of Washington published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines the impact of user-generated online ratings on ...
Doreen Addrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP, becomes the 85th President of the American College of Chest Physicians
Glenview, IL – Effective January 1, Doreen Addrizzo-Harris, MD, FCCP, is the new President of the American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST). ...
American College of Physicians recommends bisphosphonates for initial treatment for osteoporosis in males and postmenopausal females diagnosed with primary osteoporosis
1. American College of Physicians recommends bisphosphonates for initial treatment for osteoporosis in males and postmenopausal females diagnosed with primary ...
Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery: “We support a physician’s ambition to have a family as well as start, develop, and maintain a career in neurointerventional surgery”
FAIRFAX, Va. — The Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS), a scientific and educational association with more than 1,000 members dedicated ...
Positive reinforcement can spur physicians and health practitioners to promote tobacco cessation
University of Maryland Medical System researchers studied the effects of positive reinforcement to encourage physicians and health practitioners to promote ...
Physicians with beliefs about long-term harms of benzodiazepine are less likely to prescribe it
Despite the continuing growth of benzodiazepine (BZD)-related overdoses, BZD prescription rates have held constant. Much is unknown about how a ...
Internal medicine physicians call for improved access and quality in health care for incarcerated patients
1. Internal medicine physicians call for improved access and quality in health care for incarcerated patients Abstract: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M22-2370 URL goes ...
Physicians urged to consider fungal infections as possible cause for lung inflammation
Infectious diseases expert George Thompson has been studying and treating fungal diseases for over two decades. He monitors their spread, ...
Cardiovascular societies give significantly fewer awards to women physicians, researchers
A study published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) found that seven major cardiovascular societies were ...
Chicago Tribune names American College of Chest Physicians a winner of the Chicagoland Top Workplaces 2022 Award
Glenview, Illinois - American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2022 honor by the Chicago Tribune ...
Survey shows majority of physicians favor allowing telehealth to treat opioid-use disorder
A survey of more than 1,000 registered physicians who used telehealth services to treat patients with opioid-use disorder during COVID-19 ...
Changes in industry marketing, research payments to physicians, teaching hospitals during pandemic
About The Study: This analysis found that the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with shifts in the focus of payments from ...
AASM Foundation awards AMA Foundation Physicians of Tomorrow scholarships to medical students
(Darien, Ill.)—The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Foundation announced today that it has awarded four $10,000 scholarships to U.S. ...
Kennedy Krieger leads a team that created new guidelines to help physicians nationwide treat pediatric long COVID
Two Kennedy Krieger Institute clinicians, Dr. Laura Malone and Dr. Amanda Morrow, led an effort to create guidelines that will ...
Nearly twice as many Ontario family physicians stopped work in early COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years
Family physicians in Ontario, Canada, faced significant challenges in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, including reduced revenue, decreased ...
Singapore scientists and physicians awarded prestigious NRF grant to develop novel therapies for liver cancer
A team of multidisciplinary scientists has been awarded the prestigious National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapore grant to uncover the fundamental ...
FAU resident physicians report COVID-19 impacts
The COVID-19 pandemic has had many deleterious consequences for health care workers, including the challenges of caring for severely ill ...
First-in-Canada MOU between university of Ottawa and College of Family Physicians of Canada to advance global training and research
A new, first-in-Canada MOU between the Faculty of Medicine and the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) reinforces the ...
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New study shows snacking on mixed tree nuts may impact cardiovascular risk factors and increase serotonin
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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World-first guidelines created to help prevent heart complications in children during cancer treatment
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New study debunks the assumption that menstrual cycles disqualify women from exercise research
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Major research initiative explores how our bones and muscles age, new ways to block their decline
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Louisiana Cancer Research Center appoints Associate Director of Administration