Fourteen percent of physicians reported their depression caused them to make errors in patient care they would not normally make, and five percent said these errors could harm patients, according to Medscape's first National Report on Physician Burnout and Depression.
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More than half (58 percent) of pediatric research project grants from the National Institutes of Health awarded during a five-year period were given to senior-level physicians from a relatively small number of institutions, according to a study published in JAMA…
Following White House physician Ronny Jackson's, MD, assessment of President Donald Trump as having "excellent health" after his routine physical Jan. 12, one physician explains why "excellent" may not have the same connotation in colloquial language that it does in…
A former Cleveland Clinic surgeon for whom the health system allegedly obscured allegations of sexual misconduct said he was "horrified" to learn his identical twin brother, also a physician, faces similar accusations of sexual assault in Maryland, cleveland.com reports.
Mathilde Krim, PhD, founding chairman of amfAR, an organization dedicated to fostering and supporting HIV/AIDS research, died Jan. 15 in her home in New York. She was 91 years old.
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In an era of healthcare giants, when the mergers of large hospitals with even larger systems create a new competitive landscape for providers of all types, what happens to the medical groups, physician practices and community hospitals that strive to…
A family of four physicians in Oregon and California, who founded American Cannabinoid Clinics in Portland, Ore., are working to recreate how patients use medical marijuana, according to The Washington Post.
Florida Hospital in Orlando is implementing a canine guard unit to help improve hospital security, according WLRN.
In a survey of more than 15,000 U.S. physicians, 42 percent reported burnout and 15 percent reported forms of depression, with the highest rates found among female and mid-career physicians, according to Medscape's first National Report on Physician Burnout and…
Retired U.S. Army veteran Glenford Turner filed a lawsuit in federal court last week against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, alleging officials at West Haven, Conn.-based VA Connecticut Healthcare System failed to remove "an abandoned surgical instrument" from his body,…