Obstetrics & gynaecology
Why pregnant people should get vaccinated for COVID-19: A maternal care expert explains
I don a gown, gloves and a mask to enter the hospital room of a new mother who is sick with COVID-19.
Mar 21, 2022
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Medications
Hospital-affiliated doctors found to prescribe fewer antibiotics through telehealth than third-party physicians
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for telemedicine boomed—increasing 63-fold among Medicare users alone from approximately 840,000 telehealth visits in 2019 to 52.7 million in 2020.
Mar 8, 2022
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Health
Excess health care spending up for PCP turnover in the U.S.
Turnover of primary care physicians (PCPs) is costly, resulting in about $979 million in excess health care expenditures per year, and a considerable proportion of this spending is attributable to PCP burnout-related turnover, ...
Mar 6, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could a community-based approach to genetic testing help African Americans reduce risks of chronic kidney disease?
In 2010, scientists discovered that African Americans who are born with certain variants of a gene called apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) have a higher-than-average risk for experiencing chronic kidney disease (CKD). Now, in a ...
Mar 4, 2022
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Health
Knowledge of racism's impact on health is key for physicians to intervene, study finds
The more strongly physicians and medical researchers believe that racism negatively affects health, the more likely they are to intervene when they observe a racist encounter or policy, according to a new study published ...
Feb 14, 2022
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Dentistry
Why dentists are prescribing fewer opioids
If you've ever had a root canal or tooth extraction, you might have been handed a prescription for Vicodin or another opioid painkiller to help you recover after your procedure.
Feb 9, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Suicidal thoughts can help identify teens with a variety of treatable psychosocial problems
Teens who have frequent suicidal thoughts are at risk for a variety of psychological and social problems, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). These findings, reported in the Journal ...
Feb 7, 2022
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Health informatics
Study finds variations in care physicians of same specialty and in same city, delivering care in same clinical scenarios
Some physicians are far more likely to deliver appropriate care than others in the same geographic area or health care system, according to a new study led by Zirui Song of the Department of Health Care Policy in the Blavatnik ...
Feb 2, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research shows that geography affects mental health care
Substance abuse, access to mental health care and costs remain a burden for people living in rural areas, even if they have private insurance.
Feb 1, 2022
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Medical economics
Female primary care physicians face a higher electronic health record workload than male counterparts
Previous studies have shown that female physicians spend more time working in the electronic health record (EHR) than do male physicians. A new study from the Brigham examines the reasons for this difference. The retrospective ...
Feb 1, 2022
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