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Should We Attribute Patients' Conditions to 'Old Age'?

— Fueling denial of the realities of aging comes at a great cost

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Project 2025: Assessing the Impact on the Healthcare Workforce

Effective and equitable training does not appear to be a priority of this agenda

September 9, 2024
Prescriptions for a Broken System
Direct-to-Consumer Drugs: Big Pharma's Digital Health Play

Regulators will need to closely watch this new frontier

September 13, 2024
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The Emotional Toll of Chronic Illness in Childhood

Let's do more to promote mental well-being in pediatric patients

September 8, 2024
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What Can We Learn From Blood Culture Bottle Shortage?

Its disparate impact offers lessons in resource sharing and medical ethics

September 10, 2024
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The Emotional Toll of Chronic Illness in Childhood

Let's do more to promote mental well-being in pediatric patients

September 8, 2024
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What Can We Learn From Blood Culture Bottle Shortage?

Its disparate impact offers lessons in resource sharing and medical ethics

September 10, 2024

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Building the Patient-Centered Medical Home
Immediate Test Result Access: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated

Answering patients' questions and addressing their anxieties can be challenging

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What We Heard This Week
'Is It Safe to Hit a Kid in the Head 200 Times?': What We Heard This Week

Quotable quotes heard by ѻýҕl's reporters

September 15, 2024
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Of Parasites and Plagues
Haunting Questions About a Lethal American Virus

How long has Sin Nombre hantavirus lived in North America?

September 15, 2024
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Climate Checkup
Our Patients With Disabilities Face Unique Environmental Risks

Ambitious action against climate change is necessary to protect us all

September 14, 2024
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Prescriptions for a Broken System
Direct-to-Consumer Drugs: Big Pharma's Digital Health Play

Regulators will need to closely watch this new frontier

September 13, 2024
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Second Opinions
Common-Ground Healthcare Policies Both Trump and Harris Can Support

Can our future leaders place public health ahead of politics?

September 12, 2024
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Never Forget the 9/11 Responders Who Risked Their Lives

Care is available for those who continue to face health consequences

September 11, 2024
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The Invisible Epidemic of Childhood Food Insecurity

We can help ensure our pediatric patients have adequate nutrition to thrive

September 10, 2024
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Second Opinions
What Can We Learn From Blood Culture Bottle Shortage?

Its disparate impact offers lessons in resource sharing and medical ethics

September 10, 2024
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Second Opinions
Project 2025: Assessing the Impact on the Healthcare Workforce

Effective and equitable training does not appear to be a priority of this agenda

September 9, 2024
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Building the Patient-Centered Medical Home
The Goldilocks Dilemma: Too Much, Too Little, Just Right

Getting a concise yet useful medical history from an outside institution can be complicated

September 9, 2024
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What We Heard This Week
'Residents Are the Horses That Make This Place Run': What We Heard This Week

Quotable quotes heard by ѻýҕl's reporters

September 8, 2024
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Second Opinions
The Emotional Toll of Chronic Illness in Childhood

Let's do more to promote mental well-being in pediatric patients

September 8, 2024
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Calamities, Codes, and Crises

Mary C. Meyer, MD, MPH, explores the intersection of healthcare and disasters.

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Climate Checkup

Fresh perspectives on climate change and well-being from the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health

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Focus on Policy

David Nash, MD, MBA, FACP, on the intersection of health and policy

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Happy Healer

Neil Baum, MD, brings optimism to the medical field

Happy Healer
Of Parasites and Plagues

Claire Panosian Dunavan, MD, explores lesser known domestic and global infectious diseases

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Prescriptions for a Broken System

N. Adam Brown, MD, MBA, offers unique insights into the business of healthcare.

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Rural Rx

Edwin Leap, MD, examines medicine outside the cities and suburbs

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Suicidologist's Soliloquy

Russell Copelan, MD, sheds light on a dark issue

Russell Copelan, MD
The Health Docket

Lawrence Gostin, JD, on the state of domestic and global health law.

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The Toxicology Report

Ryan Marino, MD, sets the record straight on drugs and the people who use them.

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What We Heard This Week

Quotes from the experts

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Wired Practice

Ron Harman King, MS, on pressing issues in the medical field

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Working Stiff

Judy Melinek, MD, takes a scalpel to the field of forensic pathology and more

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