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[TRENDING NEWS] How I Became a Sick Person

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Author: BY ROSS DOUTHAT - Publish Date: October 24, 2021 at 02:00AM A sudden descent into a chronic illness.

[TRENDING NEWS] Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots

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Author: BY JAN HOFFMAN - Publish Date: October 12, 2021 at 01:00AM The number of eligible people still weighing whether to get a Covid vaccine has sharply dwindled, leaving an unvaccinated population that is mostly hard-core refusers.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘Nunca hay ayuda’: tras el terremoto en Haití miles buscan atención médica

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Author: BY MARIA ABI-HABIB - Publish Date: August 17, 2021 at 01:30AM Después de que un sismo de magnitud 7,2 causó la muerte de unas 1300 personas en el oeste de la isla, el país, que ya sufría una grave escasez de médicos, tiene dificultades para atender a los heridos.

[TRENDING NEWS] My Family’s Global Vaccine Journey

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Author: BY PUI-WING TAM - Publish Date: April 11, 2021 at 02:00PM We were spread across three continents, at the mercy of vaccine geopolitics. Which of us would be inoculated last?

[TRENDING NEWS] How to Get Really Rich!

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Author: BY DAVID BROOKS - Publish Date: February 26, 2021 at 07:00AM Getting into the right job is the key.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden Names His Personal Doctor, Kevin O’Connor, to Be White House Physician

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Author: BY THOMAS KAPLAN - Publish Date: January 26, 2021 at 07:18AM Dr. O’Connor succeeds Dr. Sean P. Conley, who drew criticism for misleading the public after President Donald J. Trump contracted the coronavirus last year.

[TRENDING NEWS] Instead of Reassurance, Trump’s Doctor Delivers Confusion, Experts Say

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Author: BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG - Publish Date: October 5, 2020 at 07:24AM Dr. Sean P. Conley, who admitted that he had misled the public about the president’s treatment, has lost credibility with some colleagues.

[TRENDING NEWS] For Doctors of Color, Microaggressions Are All Too Familiar

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Author: BY EMMA GOLDBERG - Publish Date: August 11, 2020 at 01:30PM “They ask you if you’re coming in to take the trash out — stuff they wouldn’t ask a physician who was a white male.”

[TRENDING NEWS] Is Telemedicine Here to Stay?

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Author: BY REED ABELSON - Publish Date: August 3, 2020 at 01:30PM The answer largely depends on whether Medicare and private health insurers will adequately cover virtual doctor visits once coronavirus outbreaks subside.

[TRENDING NEWS] It Paid Doctors Kickbacks. Now, Novartis Will Pay a $678 Million Settlement.

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Author: BY NEIL VIGDOR - Publish Date: July 2, 2020 at 10:05AM The pharmaceutical company spent more than $100 million on lavish meals, fishing junkets, golf outings, sporting events and speaker fees to influence doctors to prescribe its drugs, federal prosecutors said.

[TRENDING NEWS] Identifying Red Flags at the Ob-Gyn

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Author: BY CHRISTINA CARON - Publish Date: April 18, 2020 at 09:19AM For most women, the visit is routine and uneventful. But recent accusations of sexual misconduct have raised questions about how best to protect patients.

[TRENDING NEWS] Doctors Were Alarmed: ‘Would I Have My Children Have Surgery Here?’

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Author: ELLEN GABLER - Publish Date: May 30, 2019 at 07:00AM Secret recordings captured physicians’ concerns that more children seemed to fare poorly after heart surgery. Their hospital kept doing the operations.

[TRENDING NEWS] How to Reduce Overworked Doctors’ Fatigue

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: May 27, 2019 at 07:00AM Readers discuss an Op-Ed about how doctors may be less sharp in the afternoon because of their heavy workload each day.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Missed Opportunity for the Malpractice System to Improve Health Care

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Author: AARON E. CARROLL - Publish Date: May 27, 2019 at 07:00AM A small percentage of doctors keeps doing a large share of the damage.

[TRENDING NEWS] Talking to Patients About End-of-Life Care

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: May 11, 2019 at 07:00AM Readers offer their advice for patients, doctors and family members so that most people do not, in one reader’s words, “continue to die badly.”

[TRENDING NEWS] Why Your Doctor’s White Coat Can Be a Threat to Your Health

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Author: AUSTIN FRAKT - Publish Date: April 29, 2019 at 07:00AM A defining symbol of a profession may also be teeming with harmful bacteria and not washed as often as patients might hope.

[TRENDING NEWS] Trump Repeats a False Claim That Doctors ‘Execute’ Newborns

Author: CHRIS CAMERON - Publish Date: April 28, 2019 at 07:00AM The president has made “executing babies” part of his refrain on abortion, but the evidence does not back him up.

[TRENDING NEWS] When Email Comes to the Doctor’s Office, Wait Times Decrease

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Author: AUSTIN FRAKT - Publish Date: March 18, 2019 at 07:00AM The growing use of electronic consultations can save time, expense and headaches.

[TRENDING NEWS] How Artificial Intelligence Could Transform Medicine

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Author: ANAHAD O’CONNOR - Publish Date: March 11, 2019 at 07:00AM In “Deep Medicine,” Dr. Eric Topol looks at the ways that A.I. could improve health care, and where it might stumble.

[TRENDING NEWS] Can a Nice Doctor Make Treatments More Effective?

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Author: LAUREN C. HOWE and KARI LEIBOWITZ - Publish Date: January 22, 2019 at 07:00AM Connecting with patients doesn’t just make them think someone cares. It can make a difference for health outcomes.