(Reuters Health) – A pilot study aimed at gauging the real-time mood in busy emergency rooms suggests doctors and nurses often feel strained as the number of waiting patients rises. The study’s aim was to test the feasibility of using terminals with touch-butt... More »
(Reuters Health) – Women in pediatrics still earn less than men even with similar levels of experience and even after accounting for the disproportionate amount of time they devote to unpaid work at home, two new studies suggest. Overall, U.S. pediatricians ha... More »
Hospital workers often come to work with contagious respiratory illnesses, against the recommendations of public health regulators, a Canadian study suggests. Nearly all of the 2,093 health care workers in the study who had such symptoms came to work at some p... More »
(Reuters Health) – Obesity simulation suits, worn by actors who play fake patients during training exercises, may help teach medical students about their own anti-fat prejudices, suggests a small study in Germany. In simulated patient encounters between medica... More »
(Reuters Health) – Fewer and fewer psychiatrists are accepting Medicaid even as increasing numbers of patients have gained mental health coverage through expansion of the program, a new study suggests. The percentage of psychiatrists taking Medicaid fell from ... More »
(Reuters Health) – Patients who see their doctors in the morning are a lot more likely to be referred for screenings for breast and colon cancer than patients with end-of-the-day appointments, a new study suggests. Researchers poring over records of more than ... More »
(Reuters Health) – Suicide is the only cause of death that is higher among doctors than the general population, according to two Canadian physicians who coauthored an information sheet about physician suicide. In particular, male doctors are 40 percent more li... More »
(Reuters Health) – When multiple doctors are on the job, there’s a higher likelihood that a correct diagnosis will be made, a new study suggests. Researchers found that diagnoses were far more accurate if they were the result of online physician crowdsourcing,... More »
(Reuters Health) – Spending on health care advertising in the U.S. has almost doubled over the past two decades as companies compete for their share of the world’s biggest health care market, a U.S. study suggests. Annual health care marketing surged from $17.... More »
(Reuters Health) – A growing number of nurse practitioners are providing primary care in rural and low-income U.S. communities where the physician workforce is shrinking, a new study suggests. Nationwide, primary care doctors outnumber nurse practitioners (NPs... More »
(Reuters Health) – Social behavior in the operating room is significantly affected by the mix of professional roles and the surgeon’s gender, according to researchers who observed 200 surgical procedures. “Hopefully our findings can be used to inform interprof... More »
(Reuters Health) – Surgeons’ skills may improve with age, and male and female surgeons perform equally well, a recent U.S. study finds. Medicare patients’ risk of dying in the month after an operation steadily fell as their surgeon’s age increased, Dr. Yusuke ... More »
(Reuters Health) – Patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia may be less likely to die after surgery when they’re treated at hospitals that employ a larger proportion of nurses with at least a college degree, a U.S. study suggests. Previous research has l... More »
(Reuters Health) – Some oncologists may be more likely to prescribe certain cancer medicines when they receive payments from the companies that make these drugs, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined data on payments drug companies made to doctors in 201... More »
By Ronnie Cohen(Reuters Health) – Dr. Jennifer Davids went straight from high school to college to medical school and into training to become a color More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Surgeons who get extra training to sharpen their communication skills may have an easier time explaining best and More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – U.S. patients may have lower mortality rates if their doctors were trained at foreign medical schools rather than More »
By Gene Emery(Reuters Health) – An analysis of 15.3 million doctor office visits shows that physicians get paid significantly more if they are part o More »
By Randi Belisomo(Reuters Health) – To humanize the intensive care unit and comfort families of the dying, Canadian doctors have found a way to elici More »
A 17-year-old has committed doctor-assisted suicide in Belgium, the first minor to do so under rules adopted in 2014 allowing euthanasia for people of all ages, the head of the national committee for euthanasia said on Saturday. More »
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Too few women and minorities are entering certain medical specialties in the U.S., researchers say. Diversifying the physician workforce may be key to addressing health disparities and inequities, Dr. Curtiland Deville of Johns Hopk... More »
