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WOMEN'S HEALTH
Prioritizing Healthcare Workers’ Mental Health During COVID-19
For some frontline healthcare workers, symptoms of stress will subside with the crisis, but others will need additional help to restore their mental health.
Lecithin Supplements: Understanding the Risks and Benefits
Before you take lecithin supplements, you should weigh the lack of credible evidence of benefits against scientific literature that suggests safety concerns.
Anxiety in Children: What is It and What Can You Do...
Anxiety is an essential part of children's normal development but if it's excessive, interfering with quality of life, seek help a health professional.
MEDICAL CARE
TakeCHARGE: How Turning 18 Changed My Healthcare Forever
A college student describes how the TakeCHARGE 5 Steps program helped her when she turned 18 and healthcare changed for her forever.
The Critical Importance of Human Behavior in Our Response to COVID-19
The challenge of employing human behavior to combat a crisis of this magnitude is that behavior is often unreliable and unsustainable.
How to Stay Healthy During the COVID Crisis
There are simple ways to help prioritize your mental and physical health and keep it from deteriorating during the COVID 19 crisis.
PSYCHOLOGY
Is a Management Services Organization (MSO) Right For Your Practice?
Here is what you need to know before entering into a Management Services Organization (MSO) arrangement for your practice.
How Phlebotomy Prepared Me for Medical School
How working as a phlebotomist turned out to be an excellent preparation for medical school.
Early Testing for Osteoporosis Gives a Voice to a Silent Disease
Women may not know they have osteoporosis until they fracture a bone. Early testing for osteoporosis can help them get effective treatment to reduce risk.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Pat Salber, M.D., M.B.A., is a physican executive and health journalist who founded and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of The Doctor Weighs In. She was a double-boarded emergency physician at Kaiser Permanente until transitioning into a national executive position as the organization’s first Director of National Accounts. Over the course of her career, she has worked in leadership roles in almost every aspect of healthcare. She has also been a Top Voice in Healthcare on LinkedIn for 2017 and 2018. Learn more about her background.
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The Crisis of Under-treatment of Severe Substance Abuse Disorder
Here are some of the reasons why it is so difficult for those who suffer mental health and/or severe substance use disorder to access appropriate treatment.
The One Absolutely Amazing Secret That Will Change Your Skin
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Research: New Laser Tech Can Detect Circulating Cancer Cells
A small study demonstrates that a new laser tech can detect circulating cancer cells in melanoma patients at levels far more sensitive than currently available technologies.
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Reshaping Healthcare: What We Can Learn From Alaska
Southcentral Foundation in Alaska provides excellent healthcare for half the money spent on other patients in that state. What can we learn from them?
The Phases of a Disaster: Are We Headed Towards Disillusionment?
A model of the phases of disaster suggests that we've passed through the first four phases and are now headed into the fifth: the phase of disillusionment.
How to Make Trampolines Safer for Kids
Minimize the risk of kids getting injured on trampolines by purchasing the right equipment, having strict trampoline rules, and providing adult supervision.
Raising Chickens for Health and Happiness
Hard to believe that some chickens are bred to be pets that love to cuddle and also have side benefits including fresh eggs, garden fertilizer, and sources of human exercise - and more!.
Health Care Companies’ Critical Role in Responding to COVID-19
Richard Migliori MD, EVP & Chief Medical Officer of UnitedHealth Group describes the health care company's multi-pronged response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Exciting New Research on COVID-19: BTK Inhibition
A small study of seriously ill COVID-19 patients administered acalabrutinib, a BTK inhibitor and repurposed lymphoma drug, showed very promising results.