Enhancing Pediatric Readiness and Disaster Response in Surge Events
The following is a summary of “How Pediatric Readiness can Impact Pediatric Trauma From Every Day...
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Silent Night, Icy End
In this medical fiction tale, a weary nurse confronts her ruthless brother, leading to a reckoning that resolves years of family conflict in a fateful twist.
Read MoreKFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Public Health and the Dairy Cow in the Room
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A...
Read MoreEx-Eye Bank Workers Say Pressure, Lax Oversight Led to Errors
William Lopez remembers clearly the day in June 2017 when he says he was asked to call the spouse of a college friend who had just died and ask for her eyes. The spouse hadn’t responded to calls from other employees at the...
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Q&A: Best Practices for Infection Prevention in ECMO
As the use of ECMO expands, input from infectious disease clinicians is needed to standardize antimicrobial prophylaxis and infection prevention practices.
Read MoreScientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’
Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his...
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Top 14 Most Evil Doctors of the Last Two Centuries
When we think of evil doctors or monsters, we tend to think of fictional characters, but real-life depravity can be much more terrifying.
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Frailty Increases FTR Risk in Geriatric Trauma With GLFs, Doubling Mortality Following Major Complications
The following is a summary of “Failure to Rescue in Geriatric Ground-Level Falls: The Role of...
Read MoreNursing Aides Plagued by PTSD After ‘Nightmare’ Covid Conditions, With Little Help
One evening in May, nursing assistant Debra Ragoonanan’s vision blurred during her shift at a state-run Massachusetts veterans home. As her head spun, she said, she called her husband. He picked her up and drove her to the...
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An Arm and a Leg: Don’t Get ‘Bullied’ Into Paying What You Don’t Owe
Caitlyn Mai thought she did everything right. She called ahead to make sure her insurer would cover her cochlear implant surgery. She thought everything went according to plan but she still got a bill for the full cost of the...
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How to Use the Trauma-Informed Approach
Part two of a conversation with Alex McDonald, MD and Erika Roshanravan, MD about trauma-informed approach to healthcare.
Read MoreThese Vibrant, Bigger-Than-Life Portraits Turn Gun Death Statistics Into Indelible Stories
PHILADELPHIA — Zarinah Lomax is an uncommon documentarian of our times. She has designed dresses from yellow crime-scene tape and styled jackets with hand-painted demands like “Don’t Shoot” in purple, black,...
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How to Protect Physicians From Gun Violence in the Workplace
Gun violence is a real threat in the physician workplace, Dr. Desai offers solutions for physicians to feel safer and more confident while administering care.
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A Mindful Approach to Surgical Complications: Literature Review and Practical Guide
The following is a summary of “A Mindful Approach to Complications: Brief Review of the Literature...
Read MoreBiomechanical changes in the proximal femur before and after removal of femoral neck system.
As an innovative internal fixation system, FNS (femoral neck system) is increasingly being utilized by surgeons for the treatment of femoral neck fractures. At present, there have been numerous finite element analysis...
Read MoreThree People Shot at Super Bowl Parade Grapple With Bullets Left in Their Bodies
James Lemons, 39, wants the bullet removed from his thigh so he can go back to work. Sarai Holguin, a 71-year-old woman originally from Mexico, has accepted the bullet lodged near her knee as her “compa” — a close...
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Virtual Reality Reduces Chest Tube Removal Pain During Cardiac Surgery
A five-minute virtual reality intervention reduced chest tube removal pain in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting.
Read MoreSign Here? Financial Agreements May Leave Doctors in the Driver’s Seat
Cass Smith-Collins jumped through hoops to get the surgery that would match his chest to his gender. Living in Las Vegas and then 50, he finally felt safe enough to come out as a transgender man. He had his wife’s support...
Read MoreThe Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments
A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her jaw. Another woman in California, desperate for relief, used a screwdriver to lengthen her jawbone daily, turning screws that protruded from...
Read MoreColorado Legal Settlement Would Up Care and Housing Standards for Trans Women Inmates
DENVER — Taliyah Murphy received a letter in early 2018 about a soon-to-be-filed class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of transgender women like her who were housed in men’s prisons in Colorado. It gave her hope. Murphy...
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