Why the physician workforce needs to be rejuvenated
U.S. physicians continue to struggle to maintain morale levels, adapt to changing delivery and payment models, and provide patients with reasonable access to care. This finding from our biennial physician survey reverberated amongst the members of the Physicians Foundation. But what amazed us the most were the over 10,000 physicians who took the additional time to provide written comment on the concerns they felt most passionate about. That act alone demonstrates how strongly physicians feel about what is happening today to the practice of medicine. Here’s what they had to say:
“This would be the greatest profession ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 15, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/walker-ray-and-tim-norbeck" rel="tag" > Walker Ray, MD and Tim Norbeck < /a > Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs
Postdoctoral Fellowship: The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University
Postdoctoral Fellowship:The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences atPurdue University invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health beginning July 1, 2017. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status. This will be a two-year appointment. Individuals may seek training in any of the following overarching areas: (1) Foundational; (2) Developmental Disorders; (3) Neurological and Degenerative Disorders. Potential mentors include: Alexander Francis, Stacey Halum, Michael Heinz, Jess...
Source: Talking Brains - February 9, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Why male immune cells are from Mars and female cells are usually from Venus
Michigan State University researchers are the first to uncover reasons why a specific type of immune cellular acts very differently in females compared to males while under stress, resulting in women being more susceptible to certain diseases.
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Source: My Irritable Bowel Syndrome Story - February 7, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Ken Tags: IBS News Source Type: blogs
The Key Role of Strong Relationships in Early Intervention
Establishing rapport with clients of all ages and stages is an important part of being a speech-language pathologist. Taking the time to establish positive relationships in early intervention, however, can pay off in especially big ways. Good connections with children we treat—and with their families and other professionals serving them—can help these young clients meet goals faster.
If clients see us as their “big friends,” coming to visit and play with them, we can more easily motivate them. If parents/caregivers see us as professionals, they more likely trust our training and experience to coach, model and work ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - February 2, 2017 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Jill Eversmann Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Early Intervention Professional Development Source Type: blogs
A Necessary Retelling of the Smallpox Vaccine Story
A curious confluence
of events unfolded Tuesday night. Just hours before President Obama uttered the
powerful “science and reason matter” in his farewell address, Robert F. Kennedy
Jr. announced that the incoming president had tapped him to head a committee on
vaccine safety.
RFK Jr. is not a
pediatric immunologist nor an epidemiologist, but a vocal “vaccine
skeptic.” Although the
PEOTUS dialed back on the purported appointment shortly after social media
erupted, a tweet from March 28, 2014 makes his analysis
of the history and science of vaccines clear: Healthy young child goes
...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 30, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Bioethics Today Tags: Health Care syndicated vaccines Source Type: blogs
One week in
I ' ve commented before that politics is increasingly like sport - more and more we ' re just rooting for our side. Ultimately it means policy and ideas don ' t matter; only winning does. One side has already made this an explicit part of their strategy; they ' re playing to win, not respecting " norms, " and using every tool at their disposal to keep winning.Aquote from The Economist, on the occasion of President Trump ' s inauguration:All populists are at heart conspiracy theorists, who pretend that easy solutions exist to society ’s woes and have only not been tried to date because elites are wicked and deaf to the st...
Source: Blogborygmi - January 27, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Nick Genes Source Type: blogs
How a meeting between President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. puts lives at risk.
It is clear that the anti-vaccine movement is born out of concern for children and their well-being, and I sympathize with the fear and uncertainty of parents. I do not, however, sympathize with President Trump’s decision to meet with the out-spoken vaccine critic Mr. Robert. F. Kennedy Jr., or his reported decision to have Mr. Kennedy chair a commission investigating the safety and efficacy of vaccines. It is not merely clumsy — children will ultimately suffer for it.
To ensure that children are vaccinated on a proper schedule is already a challenge in and of itself. As vaccination becomes more challenging, more c...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 24, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/hayden-t-pacl" rel="tag" > Hayden T. Pacl < /a > Tags: Physician Medications Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
I Like Literary Fiction and I Cannot Lie
This semester I read literary fiction for the first time in my life. In August the following idea entered my mind, in September I acknowledged it, and in October I asked others about this idea to see if I was being absurd or dramatic; to see if I was crazy:Is it possible to learn more about life by reading literary fiction than through actual experiences?Let me explain before you go looking to buy me a straight jacket for Hanukkah. We move through life with just one point of view —our own. We can try putting ourselves in others' shoes and seeing the world from their perspective, but that's nothing more than an exercise i...
Source: cancerslayerblog - December 17, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: life lessons writing/speaking Source Type: blogs
Type of psychotherapy matters in treatment of irritable bowel syndrome
Worldwide, roughly one adult in 10 is suffering from a painful and sometimes debilitating situation called irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS.
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Source: My Irritable Bowel Syndrome Story - December 12, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Ken Tags: IBS News Source Type: blogs
The Three Relationship Killers and How to Overcome Them
As a marriage and family therapist for over 30 years, I’ve seen a lot of couples. And over and over, the demise of marriages and relationships in general, is not over money, children, or health but crummy communication styles. Unfortunately we were not taught in school or at home about how to communicate so we resort to a free-wheeling and unconscious style, unaware of the consequences of how our message is received.
Here are the three relationship killers of love, connection, openness, and intimacy and how to cut them off at the pass.
1. We “you” the other person. That means we tell the other person abo...
Source: World of Psychology - December 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jude Bijou, MA, MFT Tags: Marriage and Divorce Men's Issues Relationships Self-Help Treatment Women's Issues Communication Compassion constructive communication Overgeneralizing Respect Self Care Source Type: blogs
Stem Cells Show Potential to Cure Hereditary Deafness
Humans are born with about 11,000 hair cells in each ear that are vital to transmit sound. As time goes on and the body begins to age, people begin to experience the slow progression of hearing loss due to the death of these cells. Hereditary hearing loss is often caused by a genetic mutation in the hair cells of the ear, which are found in the inner ear, or cochlea, and are the sensory receptors of sound.
People with hereditary hearing loss are currently treated with an artificial implant. Many scientists believe stem cells could restore the normal function of the hair cells and, as a result, the restore the patient’s h...
Source: Cord Blood News - December 6, 2016 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Maze Cord Blood Tags: Cord Blood Cord Tissue stem cells Source Type: blogs
We Know Trump Supporters Would Back Immigrant Legalization If He Did
Inan interview this weekend, Donald Trump officially dumped plans to deport all unauthorized immigrants, stating that he would focus only on criminals. Trump didn ’t specify how he would handle non-criminals, but he shouldn’t hold back on advocating full legalization for fear of losing his backers. His earlier attempts at softening show he can maintain their support; in fact, Trump’s supporters appear more interested in border security than deportation anyway.During the early part of his campaign, Trump secured a huge amount of support among primary voters who opposed legalization. He then spent the remainder of his ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 16, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
There is something wrong with a system that punishes legitimate patients in pain
Overwhelmed by the insanity of the bureaucratic bungle surrounding the dispensing of narcotic pain medication, I’m not sure where to begin. So I will begin with my experience.
I am a licensed physician in the state of Nevada. I retired from full-time practice in California and moved to Las Vegas, where I work part time. I have a friend who recently underwent a nephrectomy. She was discharged with a prescription phoned in for oxycodone, which was filled at her local pharmacy.
I accompanied her to an urgent care facility today because of a cough. She took her last oxycodone this morning. I asked the doctor seei...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 13, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/judy-salz" rel="tag" > Judy Salz, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Pain management Source Type: blogs
The Impact of Hearing Loss on Alzheimer ’s and Dementia
Diminished hearing can quickly isolate a person. It ’s exhausting to focus on the minutia of a conversation just to ensure processing the important points. It takes concentration, focus and considerable energy!By Elaine C PereiraAlzheimer's Reading RoomMy mother, Elizabeth Ward whose story is profiled in my memoirI Will Never Forget, died from Alzheimer ’s in 2011.If the ravages of brain cell gobbling Alzheimer ’s Disease weren’t enough, she was also stone deaf from Meniere’s Disease.How to Listen to an Alzheimer's PatientSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomEmail:Meniere ’s is a disorder of the inner ear c...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - November 12, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer care caring for dementia patients at home dementia care dementia help for caregivers family caregiving health HEARING LOSS help alzheimer's help with dementia care Source Type: blogs
Anti-bacterial found to calm inflamed gut in mice
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with the University or college of California has found that introducing a type of antimicrobial protein known as a microcin into the guts associated with mice with inflamed bowels triggered a reduction in the degree of inflammation. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes their research of the use of the protein in rodents and their evidence that microcins intercede in the relationship between different types of bacteria in the gut.
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Source: My Irritable Bowel Syndrome Story - November 1, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Ken Tags: IBS News Source Type: blogs
