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A young woman reacts with shock and dismay at what she鈥檚 seeing on her laptop.

<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

A man's hand holding a glass of water.

<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

An illustration a neuroprosthesis implanted over the area of a man鈥檚 sensorimotor cortex.

<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

A young girl sits on her grandmothers lap outdoors, both are smiling.

<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

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

The vial and packaging for NovoLog (insulin aspart) injection over a Walmart branded background.

<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

An abstract illustration of two people hugging.

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

Caring for a patient means putting yourself in their shoes

An abstract illustration of two people hugging.

<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

The YouTube thumbnail with Mikhail Varshavski, DO, and the words: DOCTOR REACTS

<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 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

CT imaging of primary ameloblastoma with measurement and three-dimensional reconstruction.

<乌鸦传媒>Woman Loses 6-Year Battle With Mouth Tumor

Rare ameloblastoma rapidly recurs and metastasizes despite numerous radical excisions

A tired male healthcare worker in dark blue scrubs with closed eyes rests his head on his hand in the doctor鈥檚 lounge.

<乌鸦传媒>The Elephant in the Doctors' Lounge

It's time to get healthcare workers talking about their own mental health

A transgender woman in a pink robe with her head wrapped in a towel wipes the steam off of a mirror in the bathroom.

<乌鸦传媒>What's Driving Eating Disorders in Trans Patients?

Proper care begins with understanding

Four dark backlit businessmen seated at a table in a board room.

<乌鸦传媒>The One Skill That Harried Medical Leaders Often Lack

It's no surprise the public is losing faith with the healthcare industry

ESMO GI over a computer rendering of an endoscope illuminating a tumor in a stomach

<乌鸦传媒>Are Antibiotics Linked to Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer?

With cases increasing globally, researchers look to these commonly used drugs

A computer rendered COVID-19 virus on a plate between a knife and fork.

<乌鸦传媒>One GI Symptom Stuck Around Months After Severe COVID

But most symptoms resolved within 3 months, researchers found

ESHRE over a microscope image of embryo selection for in vitro fertilization

<乌鸦传媒>IVF Babies at No Increased Risk of Childhood Cancers

No associations seen with intracytoplasmic sperm injection or frozen embryo transfer, study found

A photo of Tenet Healthcare鈥檚 headquarters along the Dallas North Tollway in Farmers Branch, TX.

<乌鸦传媒>Federal Lawmakers Question Tenet's Use of CARES Act Funds

Congressional Democrats are seeking answers on how Tenet Healthcare used taxpayer dollars

The YouTube thumbnail with Siobhan Deshauer, MD, an MRI of the brain and the words: CARDIAC ARREST

<乌鸦传媒>A Day in the Life of a Doctor: ICU Night Shift

Follow YouTuber Siobhan Deshauer, MD, as she navigates a patient's cardiac arrest.

A young female healthcare worker in blue scrubs holding a brochure speaks to a concerned looking senior woman.

<乌鸦传媒>Give All Patients a Voice in Their Care

The pandemic has emphasized the importance of access to advance care planning

A hospital advertisement on a billboard

<乌鸦传媒>Study: Public Unlikely to Benefit From Hospitals' Advertising

Making the rich richer and the poor poorer?

X-ray and fluoroscopy images of primary sclerosing cholangitis

<乌鸦传媒>Cases of Rare Liver Complication Seen With Severe COVID-19

Higher prevalence of condition in COVID patients than influenza patients, researcher says

A group of medical students in a lecture hall listen to an unseen professor.

<乌鸦传媒>Do We Really Need a Fourth Year of Med School?

Student perspectives from the pandemic point to the benefits of restructuring medical education

A photo of Google鈥檚 headquarters, the Googleplex, in Mountain View, CA

<乌鸦传媒>Google's Rise in Healthcare

The tech giant's innovation is sure to disrupt the status quo

<乌鸦传媒>Medfluencer: Who Is TikTok Superstar Dr. Noc?

Meet the social media sensation who's fighting COVID lies online

A photo of Diana Cejas, MD, MPH

<乌鸦传媒>I Have a Disability Too, I Told My Patient

Disclosure can benefit patients and the healthcare system alike

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