Female Doctors Are Most Likely To Treat These Patients
There are about 900,000 doctors in America, and the U.S. has among the highest ratios of doctors to the population of any country in the world. Doctors make an average of $270,000 a year and work an........»»
Female Heart Attack Patients Benefit Much More From Female Doctors, Study Shows
Female doctors even improve their male colleague's ability to treat women. Diversity may save lives. Female heart attack patients treated by female doctors were between two and three times likelie.....»»
Doctors are asking states to use their lethal-injection drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, instead
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via Getty Images States that execute prisoners by lethal injection have a stockpile of drugs that, amid the pandemic, are now in short supply. "Your stoc.....»»
"We"re going to war and without any ammunition": 6 doctors reveal what it"s like to treat coronavirus patients as hospitals scramble for supplies
Healthcare workers are facing a critical shortage of supplies as the coronavirus wreaks havoc on hospitals. We spoke to six doctors about how the shortage is affecting their work on the front lines of the.....»»
Immigrant doctors enlisted in the US army want to treat coronavirus patients, but are reportedly stuck cleaning and doing paperwork instead
Reuters/Saad Shalash Some enlisted immigrant doctors say they can't.....»»
Dramatic photos show doctors and nurses struggling on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic around the world
Paolo Miranda/ AFP/Getty Thousands of doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel are working around the clock to treat patients infected with the new coronavirus. Many of them face grueling co.....»»
One image from Wuhan shows the sheer scale of trying to treat a city on lockdown, as Wuhan coronavirus spreads
The New York Times Footage from a Wuhan hospital shows doctors attempting to treat patients with the entire city on lockdown amid the.....»»
One in four doctors face harassment from patients
Sexual harassment by patients puts doctors in an awkward position, since reporting the behavior could mean risking a patient complaint against them, embarrassment or even a poor online review. And it's a situation more female physicians find thems.....»»
Too many female doctors go part-time or stop working — and that’s bad for patients
Women are more likely than men to cite family as a consideration in their work status, a new study of physicians shows......»»
Patients more satisfied when doctors treat fewer people, suggests study
Overall, the physicians who treated fewer patients got higher satisfaction ratings online, the study found.....»»
Doctor payments increased drug prescribing by 73%, new study finds
The findings support a growing consensus that pharmaceutical companies’ sales tactics affect what drugs doctors use to treat patients......»»
Biotech Stocks Made Big Progress Toward Preventing Heart Attacks in 2018
Key trials suggest doctors may change how they treat patients with cardiovascular disease......»»
In Yolo County, 16,000 Medi-Cal patients lose doctors in Dignity Health dispute with Partnership HealthPlan
Yolo County officials are urging Dignity Health and a Medi-Cal health plan provider to go back to the negotiating table, after weeks have passed since thousands of patients lost access to their doctors......»»
Column: Antiabortion agitators are trying to cripple a lifesaving federal healthcare law
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act mandates that emergency rooms treat all arriving patients. The antiabortion crowd wants to exempt emergency .....»»
Next Avenue: Burnout, depression, denial: How our culture of medicine is killing both doctors and patients
The 'Uncaring' author and physician explains why it's happening, and says health care must be more customer-friendly......»»
How a billionaire family"s tragedy inspired a new era for mental health at UCSF
A $60 million gift and a longtime vision for a 150,000-square-foot facility will help UCSF reshape its efforts around mental health and treat four times more patients than it does today......»»
COVID-19 patients in India are developing deadly "black fungus" infections which can lead to blindness
Doctors.....»»
Next Avenue: Too much stress giving you a pain in the stomach? How your brain plays a role
Doctors have noticed an increase in patients complaining of heartburn, indigestion and other digestive distress. Learn how to keep the 'brain in your belly' healthy......»»
OHSU launches program to treat Covid-19 long haulers
About 10% of Covid patients may experience symptoms, such as fatigue and loss of smell, that last for more than a month......»»
AbbVie says FDA approves Humira to treat pediatric patients
See the rest of the story here. Theflyonthewall.com provides the latest financial news as it breaks. Known as a leader in market intelligence, The Fl.....»»
Hospitals turn to artificial intelligence to help with an age-old problem: Doctors’ poor bedside manners
In an age of telemedicine, doctors are turning to virtual patients powered by artificial intelligence to learn how to better interact with real people......»»