The Polio epidemic is a better analogy
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Source: BMJ Comments - December 16, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

CVS, Walgreens, and WALMART found responsible for the opioid crisis
Ohio jury finds pharmaceutical chains responsible in precedent-setting opioid suit A jury in Ohio ruled Tuesday that three major pharmaceutical chains bore responsibility for the opioid epidemic in two Ohio counties. www.cnn.com Another headwind for the retail pharmacies. I Guess CVS, Walgreens and Walmart will have to come up with some money to pay the fines and find ways to shift responsibilities to practicing pharmacists with policy and operation changes down the road. I disagree with the verdict myself. I think personal responsibility, accoun...
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 24, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: ornithoptor Tags: Pharmacy Source Type: forums

MD Student Survey: Opioid Use Disorder & Its Treatments
You are invited to participate in a pilot survey for an academic research study called “Becoming A Doctor and The Opioid Epidemic.” It is a survey about opioid use disorder and various approaches and interventions to treatment. If you are 18 or older and currently enrolled in an MD program in the 2021 – 22 academic year, you are eligible to participate. About this Survey: Participation is... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 19, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: LauraMJohnson Tags: Medical Students (MD) Source Type: forums

Re: Effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine in older adults during a gamma variant associated epidemic of covid-19 in Brazil: test negative case-control study
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Source: BMJ Comments - August 26, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: an under-recognised sequela of the obesity epidemic
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Source: BMJ Comments - May 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Tackling the childhood obesity epidemic in the wake of COVID19: Lessons from Chile
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Source: BMJ Comments - May 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Re: Covid-19: How can we recognise those who gave their lives in the Covid epidemic
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Source: BMJ Comments - May 4, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Re: Covid-19 has made the obesity epidemic worse, but failed to ignite enough action
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Source: BMJ Comments - April 29, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Another epidemic: racial abuse from patients and the public
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Source: BMJ Comments - April 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Re: Another epidemic: abuse and violence towards doctors from patients and the public
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Source: BMJ Comments - April 9, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Re: Covid-19 has made the obesity epidemic worse, but failed to ignite enough action: spotlight on children
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 31, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Re: Covid-19 has made the obesity epidemic worse, but failed to ignite enough action
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 22, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Best computer science skills/language to learn?
I got bored and decided to browse job listings for my specialties of interest and saw a lot of clinical postings and research hospitals or university hospitals that include research opportunities with clinical work were asking for bioinformatics and data science skills. Guess my dad was right, I should get come CS skills. Which makes sense because my fields of interest intersect with public health and epidemic work. Only issue is I dropped computer science because I just sucked at it... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 7, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: blissworm Tags: Pre-Medical - MD Source Type: forums

Re: Covid-19 has made the obesity epidemic worse, but failed to ignite enough action
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 6, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums