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Ophthalmology Resident Quits Due to Ommetaphobia

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MIAMI, FL - Dr. Henry Flickheimer, an ophthalmology resident, has struggled and coped with a certain intense fear for years.  Surprisingly, that fear is the fear...
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New Code Potassium Repletion Team to Revolutionize Inpatient Care

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NASHVILLE, TN - Health care professionals will tell you if there is one epidemic that deserves greater attention than the opioid and obesity epidemics...
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Medical Student Discovers First Taste-Based Physical Exam Finding, Diagnosis Psoriasis

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SEATTLE, WA - Aspiring dermatologist and fourth-year medical student, Joshua Bitters, has discovered the first physical exam finding that uses the average physician's least...

Boxing Day Returns: Admitting Services May Return 1 Unwanted Holiday Admission to the ER

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HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA - McMaster University has been at the forefront of Canadian Medical research progress (pronounced pro-gress north of the border) since shortly after...
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Medicare to Use Physician and Nurse Surveys to Rate Patients for Compensation

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WASHINGTON, DC - Medicare announced groundbreaking plans to use physician and nurse surveys to rate their patients by 2017 as a measure to set “individualized”...

AMA To Stop Publishing Guidelines, Focus Instead on Selling Insurance

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The American Medical Association recently announced a plan to end its longtime role in CME and guideline publication and instead focus on selling term...

South Asian Woman Graduates from Med School, Becomes Another Doctor Her Parents Won’t Listen...

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DALLAS, TX -- Mr. and Ms. Rajan celebrated this weekend as their daughter Vaishnavi graduated with an MD they plan to ignore completely. "It's so...
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Commentary: Hospital Administrator Wants You to Have Some Priorities

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Good morning, Dr Sri-Sheshadariprativadibayankaram.  Thanks for taking a moment out of your busy hospitalist day to stop by my office as I had requested.  Have...

Radiologists Attempt to Decrease Claustrophobia During CT Scan by Removing Machine’s Outer Coverings

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In an effort to increase patient satisfaction during imaging studies, a group of radiologists recently began scanning patients in a CT scanner with the...

Fourthhand Smoke Leading Cause of Respiratory Illness in Munchausen Patients

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NEW YORK, NY - The Association for Self-Diagnosis, affiliated with numerous major medical schools, has identified fourthhand smoke as a new threat to the...