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Hospital-Based Medicine

<乌鸦传媒 class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in hospital-based medicine.

ENDOBREAK centered between 8 illustrated body organs.

<乌鸦传媒>Dexcom's CGM Interoperability Expands; Warfarin and Osteoporosis; Maine Bans PFAS

News and commentary from the endocrinology world

The arms of business men raised up in the air holding fans of $100 bills.

<乌鸦传媒>Private Equity Is Ruining American Healthcare

Physicians, patients lose when PE takes over; it's time to take medicine back

The legs and feet of a nurse are visible beneath the bottom of the curtain separating patients in a hospital.

<乌鸦传媒>Are Patients Spreading SARS-CoV-2 to Their Hospital Roommates?

A new study explores the data and implications

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<乌鸦传媒>The Psychological Repercussions of Patient Complaints

We need support from hospital administration

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<乌鸦传媒>Phone Calls Spot Early Alzheimer's

Predictive model identified vocal features of dementia patients from everyday speech

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19 Lockdown in Uganda Increased Gender-Based Violence

Sexual attacks, HIV exposure, and teen pregnancies all showed upticks, study found

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<乌鸦传媒>A Literal Token of Thanks for Pandemic Work: That's All?

Anger after Banner Health rewards employees with unbankable coin for enduring the pandemic

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<乌鸦传媒>A Patient Care App Diagnosed Me With Cancer

No one should receive a serious diagnosis this way -- not even a doctor like myself

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<乌鸦传媒>'Acceptable' Lead in Drinking Water May Still Be Harmful to Patients With CKD

No safe amount of lead in water for those with kidney disease, researchers warn

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<乌鸦传媒>Brain Implant Translates Neural Signals Into Sentences

Neuroprosthesis decodes input from brain to vocal tract in stroke patient who cannot speak

INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

<乌鸦传媒>Company Shut Down Robot Mid-Surgery; Infected in Quarantine; Investigating Aduhelm

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Medicine Through Abuelita鈥檚 Eyes

Patients are better off when treated with empathy and care

A young male physician in blue scrubs sits on a bed in the dark looking for his pager.

<乌鸦传媒>Physicians: Stop Dreading Call

How to banish those negative thoughts and make them positive

A woman in a hospital bed experiencing labor pains during childbirth.

<乌鸦传媒>Low-Weight Babies Delivered Early Do Worse in School

Results highlight a need to assess long-term outcomes of obstetric interventions, experts say

<乌鸦传媒>Doctors Went Unpaid for a Month of Work

Emergency physicians' $140K invoice languished after bankruptcy, buyout

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<乌鸦传媒>Which Came First: Low Testosterone Levels or Severe COVID-19?

Italian data suggest a dose-response association

A female professor at a medical college speaks in front of a classroom of students.

<乌鸦传媒>Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem

Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties

A man with his eyes closed and wearing an oxygen mask lies in a hospital bed in South Africa

<乌鸦传媒>Beta Variant May Be Deadlier, South African Hospital Data Suggests

Increases in hospitalizations, deaths in country's second COVID-19 wave

A diverse group of young female campers make heart shapes with their hands under a hand painted WELCOME TO CAMP FELIX sign.

<乌鸦传媒>Dear Parents, Kids Need Camp

Providers should talk to parents about summer camp precautions that can keep kids safe and healthy

A young boy with a bandaged head lies in bed next to his sleeping mother.

<乌鸦传媒>ADHD Linked to Kids' Traumatic Brain Injury Severity

But overall, children with ADHD were more likely to experience TBI

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<乌鸦传媒>Walmart's Low-Price Insulin Is a Band-Aid on a Broken System

Exorbitant drug pricing and inaccessible care require government intervention

A computer rendering of hepatitis B viruses.

<乌鸦传媒>Some Liver Transplant Patients Got Hepatitis B From Donors

Injection drug use may be mostly to blame, researcher says

A female nurse in blue scrubs touches a tablet with swirl of healthcare icons floating above it.

<乌鸦传媒>The Rise of Non-Traditional Nursing

Is it time to shift your professional focus?

FDA APPROVED finerenone (Kerendia) over a computer rendering of a diseased kidney and a healthy kidney.

<乌鸦传媒>Finerenone OK'd for Slowing Kidney Disease in T2D

Drug also indicated for cardiovascular event risk reduction

FDA SAFETY Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) products over a computer rendering of blood platelets and a bag of Hydroxyethyl starch

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Piles on New Warnings for Blood Volume Expanders

Hydroxyethyl starch products shouldn't be used for low blood volume unless no other options exist

A Tulane University School of Medicine sticker on the glass facade of the building.

<乌鸦传媒>Tulane's Graduate Medical Education Programs Put on Probation

Decision follows public outrage over alleged racism and gender discrimination at the university

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<乌鸦传媒>Empathy: The Most Critical Skill in Medicine

Caring for a patient means putting yourself in their shoes

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<乌鸦传媒>'Can You Explain Why You鈥檙e Sending Me to the ICU?'

Doctor-turned-patient reflects on empathy in medicine after harrowing birth of her child

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<乌鸦传媒>Awaited Ivermectin Review Is Out

Findings are positive, but critics still want a large randomized controlled trial

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<乌鸦传媒>Doctor Reacts to Bizarre 'Health Hacks' Videos

Diving into the world of YouTube clickbait

A tired male healthcare worker in scrubs and PPE sits in a folding chair and rubs his eyes in a dark room.

<乌鸦传媒>You're Not Alone in Your Darkest Hours

Ending the silence on mental health can save the lives of our peers, our patients, and ourselves

A cadaver in a body bag inside the medical examiners office.

<乌鸦传媒>Surfside Collapse: Beyond the Immediate Aftermath

A forensic pathologist's perspective on "the last responders"

A close up of a Heartmate 3 left ventricular assist device

<乌鸦传媒>Skin Rash Should Be a Huge Red Flag for LVAD Recipients, Group Says

New phenomenon suggests perils of not performing biopsy in time

An aerial view of CoxHealth Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri next to a photo of CEO Steve Edwards.

<乌鸦传媒>Missouri Health System CEO Calls Out for Help Amid COVID Surge

Makes plea on Twitter for respiratory therapists during local uptick in cases

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<乌鸦传媒>Doctors Among the Missing in Surfside Condo Collapse

Brothers Brad and Gary Cohen were visiting their elderly parents; newlywed couple also missing

A screenshot of a TikTok video with Kelly Morris with the caption: I鈥檇 unplug your vent to charge my cell phone.

<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Suspended Over TikTok Videos About Patients

Only thing hurt in her posts were "people's feelings," nurse said

A computer rendering of the gut microbiome inside the large intestine.

<乌鸦传媒>Did Fecal Transplant Stop COVID in Its Tracks?

Two Polish patients co-infected with C difficile saw improvements

A mature person with Down syndrome draws in an activity book.

<乌鸦传媒>APOE Gene Influences Alzheimer's Symptoms, Biomarkers in Down Syndrome

Earlier Alzheimer's changes seen in APOE4 carriers

A young pregnant woman takes a selfie with her smartphone while receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

<乌鸦传媒>Is Confirmation Bias Guiding COVID Vaccine Recommendations?

Policy must be based on indisputable evidence

COVID-19 UPDATE and Other News over a background of illustrated coronaviruses

<乌鸦传媒>COVID Surges Emerge; FDA Warns About Chantix; Lions, Tigers, Bears Get Vaxxed

A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine

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