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Perspectives

Thought-provoking perspectives from leading health and medical experts

A line cook piles a heap of bacon on to a plate while a waitress waits holding another loaded plate.

Are Restaurants Exacerbating the Obesity Epidemic?

Poor nutritional profiles and oversized portions are expanding America's waistline

Essential workers march in downtown Manhattan carrying signs which read: MORE NURSES = BETTER CARE.

Three Ways Leadership Can Get Nurses Back at the Bedside

Our healthcare heroes need support now more than ever

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We Know the Manner of Gabby Petito's Death. But What's the Cause?

All we have at this stage is public speculation

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The Cost of Blood Platelets Is About to Surge

FDA's flawed new guidance for blood transfusion safety takes effect October 1

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The Doctor Is Knitting

A tactile way of managing stress in healthcare

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Where's the Evidence Guiding Updated Titration Standards?

The regulations threaten the well-being of both patients and critical care nurses

A mature man has a telehealth visit with his male physician via smartphone

Video Visits, Calls, and Texts Have Their Place -- But We Need Limits

In-person visits can't always be replaced, and we need to be paid for the care we give

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More Empathy Means Better Care, Less Medical Liability

How empathy training can bring improvements for both you and your patients

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Cognitive Bias Is Influencing Forensic Pathology Decisions

Here are ideas for how to minimize it

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Accept It: COVID Will Be an Endemic Virus

Everyone will meet with the virus eventually, but doing so safely (while vaccinated) is key

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The Unvaxxed and a History of Cynicism

But this physician has hope

A male physician holds a tablet displaying a questionnaire to his patient.

Questions, Questions -- Who's Got the Answers?

Patient questionnaires do no good unless we have the resources to provide useful responses

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The Technological Marvel of Combination Vaccines

Many questions remain for co-formulating COVID vaccines, but pursuing this now is the right move

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Lawmakers Don't Care for Patients. Doctors Do.

And we must respond with force

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Vaccine Tribalism Is Poisoning Progress on COVID Science

It fails to promote safety or fight misinformation

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My Journey to the Root of Empathy

And why we must teach it to our med students

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Death Disparity in Black Liver Transplant Patients Warrants Action

The survival gap between Black and white patients has only gotten worse

A mature man with a cataract in his right eye.

When Prior Authorization Practices Go Too Far

Congress can reverse a troubling trend that creates patient care disruptions

A female U.S. Army doctor cares for a mother and child in Afghanistan.

COVID and Afghanistan: A War on Two Fronts

What it means to serve as a physician and military officer

Four physicians make demands of a weary young female nurse.

The LMNOPs of Caring for the Nursing Workforce

Healthcare systems can do more to prevent staff burnout

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Should Physicians Invest in Cryptocurrency?

This doctor thinks now is the time

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Physicians: From Pandemic Heroes to Villains

But we keep going

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Hospital Visitation Restrictions Are Hurting Patients and Nurses

New protocols and COVID mitigation techniques can enable safe visitation

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Medicine Is a Great Career Choice for Women

We can do more to support their entry into and success in the field

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Take Another Look at the Spacing Between COVID Vaccine Doses

Growing body of research suggests robust immune response with extended dosing interval

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How I Learned to Stop Reacting to Overnight Calls

It's all about perception

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A Letter From the Front Lines of Quarantining With Kids

As a pediatrician with three sick children, I'm terrified and angry

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We're Building the Plane as We Fly It

Health systems and organizations must do more to support the well-being of providers

A very concerned looking mature man looks at his laptop.

Will Our Medical Notes Change Now That Patients Can See Them?

The pitfalls of healthcare transparency

A female physician in a hair net and goggles puts her pink gloved finger up to her masked mouth in a quiet gesture.

Is Fear of Hospital Retaliation Silencing Doctors?

We must speak out on issues impacting the well-being of our patients and ourselves

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Meditations on a Patient's Heart Songs

Listening to the "lub-dub" remains a privilege

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Let's Not Forget COVID's Lessons on Health Inequality

Even as the pandemic rages on, other battles warrant attention too

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Get Messy in Healthcare!

Don't sit in the stands, get on the field

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Why You Need a Credit Card in Med School

Leveraging one could be extremely beneficial

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Mental Health: The New 'Coming Out' in Medicine

Openness about challenges with anxiety, depression can help fight the stigma

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Stop Resisting the 'Imposter' Inside of You

Let go and take on challenges

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Seven Cognitive Distortions Poisoning COVID Debates

Our society is more and more incapable of debating real issues

A male physician looks over the chart of his male patient who is asleep in a hospital bed in a darkened room.

Medicine Doesn't Stop at the Bedside

Medical organizations and physicians should play an active role in advancing positive change

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Robotic Surgery's Impact on the Next Generation of Surgeons

How tech will revolutionize training

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Is Financial Freedom for Doctors Possible?

Making a few financially savvy decisions as an attending can get you there

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