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<乌鸦传媒>Highest Paid Medical 乌鸦传媒 in 2024

Each of these specialties average over $500k per year

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<乌鸦传媒>FDA's Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely to End Decades of Racial Bias

Devices three times as likely to miss dangerously low blood oxygen in Black patients

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<乌鸦传媒>Marburg Virus' Latest Eruption

A veteran fighter against hemorrhagic fevers shares candid thoughts

A photo of a nurse hooking an IV to a flu patient at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston, Georgia.

<乌鸦传媒>Officials Scramble to Protect IV Supplies in Wake of Hurricane Disruption

American Hospital Association called on Biden administration to take more steps to ease shortage

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<乌鸦传媒>10M Pounds of Meat Recalled; Kentucky Nurse Wins Lottery; Crocs and Foot Issues

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Emergency Medicine May Join the ERAS Exodus

The specialty is considering following in the footsteps of ob/gyn and others

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<乌鸦传媒>Liberal Blood Transfusions Deliver Brain Function Benefit for the Critically Ill

Fewer cerebral ischemic events also observed with care teams quicker to give blood

A photo of patients being evacuated from Palms of Pasadena Hospital in South Pasadena, Florida as Hurricane Irma approaches.

<乌鸦传媒>Florida Hospitals in Hurricane Milton's Path Prepare for the Worst

Some facilities plan to stay open during the storm

<乌鸦传媒>How Did Public Health Become a Public Enemy at the Supreme Court?

Conservative majority is "buying into" anti-science attitudes, warns Lawrence Gostin, JD

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<乌鸦传媒>Dozens Who Were Told They Failed the Pathology Board Exam Actually Passed

American Board of Pathology re-scored the exam and issued refunds to impacted test takers

<乌鸦传媒>Certain Arm Positions Can Lead to Inaccurate Blood Pressure Readings

Important to educate patients conducting home measurements, says researcher

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<乌鸦传媒>Here's This Year's Crop of Best Children's Hospitals

Some changes were implemented to annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report

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<乌鸦传媒>Fla. Hospitals Evacuate; Man Charged in Indian Doctor's Death; Life Expectancy Limit

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>ERAS Applications Are Trending Down With Program Signaling, but Still Too High

Data are promising, but more needs to be done to reduce applications, experts say

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<乌鸦传媒>Catholic Hospital Offered Bucket, Towels to Woman It Denied an Abortion

California AG suing hospital for allegedly violating state laws

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<乌鸦传媒>Fauci's West Nile Virus; Nobel Prize for miRNA; Nurse Dies in Hurricane Flood

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Remember the COVID-Era Medical Gown Shortage? Feds Spend $350 Million for Stockpile

Gowns are among the purchases made to restock emergency coffers

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Death Ruled Homicide; Hospital Workers Missing in N.C.; Human Hairball Surgery

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>In a First, Academic Center Offers Chiropractic Program

University of Pittsburgh program won't be part of its medical school

A photo of an anatomical model on the desk of a female ob/gyn who is looking through ultrasound images.

<乌鸦传媒>Ob/Gyn Applications Stable in First Year of Independent Residency System

The number of applicants is strong, but are applicants still applying to too many programs?

An aerial photo of flooding in Asheville, North Carolina following Hurricane Helene.

<乌鸦传媒>Hospitals Still Feeling Impacts of Hurricane Helene

Asheville's Mission Hospital remains without running water

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<乌鸦传媒>Social Media Trend Promotes Nitrous Oxide Misuse

"Galaxy Gas" and others introduce an old drug to a new generation

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<乌鸦传媒>Trump Vows to Veto Abortion Ban; Breast Cancer Climbs; Diagnostic Errors for 1 in 14

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Food Retention Risk Low for GLP-1 Users When Endoscopy Is Combined With Colonoscopy

Bowel preparation protocols appeared protective in small study

A photo of a mature woman with her arm in a cast lying in a hospital bed.

<乌鸦传媒>Falling May Be a Harbinger of Dementia in Older Adults

Injurious falls upped the risk of a new Alzheimer's or dementia diagnosis 1 year later

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<乌鸦传媒>Newborns Fed Breast Milk Exclusively in Hospital Had Lower Asthma Risk

It's an important time for developing a successful breastfeeding trajectory, researcher says

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<乌鸦传媒>Florida's 'Intimidation Campaign'; Nurses Look to Unionize; Bird Flu and Egg Prices

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Does Finerenone's Efficacy Diminish if Initiated Late in Heart Failure?

Benefit of the nonsteroidal MRA otherwise consistent across FINEARTS-HF

An 1898 painting by Raja Ravi Varma titled: Shakuntala looking for Dushyanta.

<乌鸦传媒>Reclaiming the Night in the Wake of 'Abhaya's' Murder

To everyone in medicine: don't underestimate the gentleness of Indian women as weakness

A photo from an overpass above a swollen Peachtree Creek in Atlanta.

<乌鸦传媒>Dozens Rescued by Helicopter From Flooded Tennessee Hospital Inundated by Helene

Dramatic scene at Unicoi County Hospital

<乌鸦传媒>Nonprofit Hospitals Took in Over $37 Billion in Tax Benefits in 2021

Researcher offers a way for local communities to assess the benefit hospitals provide in return

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<乌鸦传媒>A Few Rural Towns Are Bucking the Trend and Building New Hospitals

New full-service hospitals with inpatient beds are rare in rural America

An aerial photo of the University of Virginia Health System and School of Medicine in Charlottesville, Virginia

<乌鸦传媒>UVA Med School Faces Toxic Work Environment Allegations

More than 100 doctors, faculty members signed no-confidence letter against administrators

A photo of a female nurse at the bedside of a pediatric patient hospitalized for an RSV infection.

<乌鸦传媒>Novel Antiviral Appears Effective for Severe RSV in Infants, Toddlers

But will benefits seen in Chinese trial translate to clinical improvement?

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<乌鸦传媒>Post-Stroke Fever Prevention Still Lacking in Clinical Benefit

Temperature management device did result in less fever in the INTREPID trial

A computer rendering of doctors rubber gloved hands holding up signs which read: On Strike.

<乌鸦传媒>Healthcare Unionization Isn't the Only Option

In this changing workplace, managers and leaders can do better for their staff

<乌鸦传媒>AMA Responds to PA Group's Policy Truce Letters

PAs have important role to play, but don't have the same skill set, AMA president says

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<乌鸦传媒>In Emergency Medicine, Promotion to Chief Resident Least Likely for Women of Color

Black residents also less likely to be promoted than white residents

A photo of signage outside a hospital directing COVID patients to a separate entrance.

<乌鸦传媒>Healthcare's Post-Traumatic Growth

This existential crisis is painful, but necessary

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Drug Recall; Update on Nurse Struck by Lightning; Surrogates' Pregnancy Risks

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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