Internal Medicine

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Gastroenterologists Recommend Daily Screening Colonoscopy

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BETHESDA, MD - In an effort to improve colorectal cancer screening in the United States, where it is the second leading cause of cancer...

12 Days of Christmas – Hospital Style

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On the first day of Christmas my true love bought for me, a prep with a colonoscopy. On the second day of Christmas my true...
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An Internist’s Guide to Ophtho Abbreviations

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Ophthalmology has so many alien abbreviations, it's like they have their own specialty.  Thanks to the recent discovery of a missing piece of the...
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Amazing Survival Story: Patient Lives by Pressing Call Light 46 Times in a One...

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AUSTIN, TX - 56-year-old patient, Andrew Whitestack, is being credited with saving his own life by pushing the nursing call light button 46 times...

Breaking: Man Flu Caused by COVID-19

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BETHESDA, MD - In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers at the National Institute of Health have uncovered that man flu is both real and...
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Breaking: ABIM Requires Daily Recertification

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PHILADELPHIA, PA - In a move that will most certainly not be received well by the medical community, the American Board of Internal Medicine...

Orthopaedic Surgeon Spends Hours Wandering ICU Bathroom Looking for Pulmonary Toilet

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NEW YORK, NY - When COVID-19 cases in Manhattan started ramping up, local orthopaedic surgeon Brock Hammersley knew he wanted to help however he...
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3:01 AM Lozenges Order Request Caught on Tape

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BOCA RATON, FL - The following is an exclusive transcript of the explosive dialogue that has resulted in a formal reprimanding of Dr. Ann Hedonia...

Director of CME Conference in Hawaii Caught Off Guard When Participants Actually Show Up

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WAILEA, HI—Jay Morgan, director of a popular annual CME conference in Hawaii, was caught off guard last week when participants actually showed up expecting...