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Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'?
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A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation.
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5/3/12
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Doc Takes Issue With Public Views of EMR
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Comments posted to a New York Times article about electronic medical records prompt Dr. Bruce Cheson to assess the pros and cons of EMRs.
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3/20/12
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Don't Dismiss Patients Who Won't Vaccinate!
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A bioethicist explains why it's not the best course of action to dismiss pediatric patients whose parents will not get them vaccinated.
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3/12/12
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Tracking Healthcare Variability: Is More Care Better Care?
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It has been more than 4 decades since Dr. John Wennberg first identified healthcare disparities across the United States and found that more care doesn't necessarily mean better care.
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2/24/12
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Lying to Patients: No Huge Ethical Failure, Says Bioethicist
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Truth is more a tool than a necessity, says a leading ethicist, commenting on a recent study showing that physicians are not always fully truthful with patients.
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2/10/12
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EMR: Efficiency Mauled Repeatedly
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Dr. John Marshall says that his efficiency as a clinician is undermined as he spends more and more time entering data into the EMR with less and less administrative support. Is there a way out?
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2/3/12
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HPV Vaccine and Sexual Activity: Any Relationship?
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Paul A. Offit, MD, discusses new research on the safety and side effects of the HPV vaccine.
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1/17/12
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Is It Time to 'Regulate' Prostate Cancer Care?
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Dr. Gerald Chodak argues that so much of prostate cancer care lies outside treatment recommendations that it may need to be subjected to more rigorous review.
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12/27/11
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How to Find and Cut Wasted Time From Each Patient Visit
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Doctors can speed up the patient visit without rushing or sacrificing quality. This lets a physician see more patients each day. Here's how to analyze the patient visit workflow.
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12/2/11
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Should Gay Doctors Reveal Their Orientation to Patients?
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A religious radio host recently exhorted parents to avoid gay doctors. An ethics expert talks about patients’ right to select their physicians and doctors’ rights to be open about their lives.
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11/18/11
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'We Went Political': Confronting Global Diabetes
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Ann Keeling, CEO of the International Diabetes Federation, describes the battle to gain recognition -- and responses -- to the growing global diabetes epidemic.
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11/11/11
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Surgical Fires: How They Start and How to Prevent Them
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In this FDA peer-to-peer video Stephanie Joseph and Dr. Kenneth Silverstein discuss his experience with surgical fires, which led to important and innovative improvements in preventive systems.
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10/12/11
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Steve Jobs: Fast Times in Computer and Cancer Science
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Dr. John Marshall reflects on the progress made in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine pancreas cancer in the time since Steve Jobs’ diagnosis and the distance still needed to go to cure this disease.
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10/7/11
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Will New Tests Promote Abortion of an 'Undesired Sex' Fetus?
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New noninvasive tests that screen for genetic disease in a fetus can also tell the baby's sex in the seventh week. This could lead to gender selection, but doctors don't need to go along with it.
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10/5/11
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US Docs' Pay Higher Than Other Nations: Really?
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Jeffrey Berns, MD, steps out of his comfort zone to talk about a recent paper that reported higher incomes among US PCPs and orthopaedists compared with their peers in other developed nations. He questions the numbers used and whether they are comparable.
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9/29/11
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Lower Hospital Subsidies vs Lower Resident Hours: Now What?
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Henry Black, MD, provides his opinion on the critical issue of the competing forces of reduced subsidies for teaching hospitals, reduced hours for residents, and PCP shortages.
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9/8/11
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Teen Pregnancy and Reproductive Health
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Make it easy for young men and women to discuss sexual health and reproductive issues with you.
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8/29/11
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Pets Can Make People Sick
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Which furry (and not furry) friends are most likely to transmit infection to humans? Share these precautions with your pet-loving patients.
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8/22/11
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Concierge Practice: Unjust for Patients and Doctors Alike
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Concierge medicine is gaining in popularity, and physicians claim that doctors are entitled to practice the way they want and patients enjoy this. Ethics expert Art Caplan, PhD, says it's an unfair arrangement.
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8/4/11
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Summer Reading: One Doc's Required List
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Dr. Bruce Cheson designates 2 award-winning, nonfiction books as compulsory reading for his oncology fellows and recommends the titles to Medscape viewers as rewarding summer reading.
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7/26/11
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Should Clinician Prescribing Data Be Sold?
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Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman discusses the ethics of disclosing or selling clinician prescribing data to private entities such as drug manufacturers.
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7/25/11
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Docs Lobby UN to Take Action on Chronic Diseases
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Dr. David Kerr reports on an international alliance of doctors who will press world leaders at an upcoming UN Summit to take 10 steps toward the global control of noncommunicable diseases.
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7/25/11
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Three Winnable Battles and Other Wars: A Talk With Thomas Frieden
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Eli Adashi, MD, talks to Thomas Frieden, MD, Director of the CDC about winnable battles -- preventing HIV, teen pregnancy, and automobile accidents. They also cover food safety and the budget crisis.
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7/15/11
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Can Congress Pass Federal Tort Reform?
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Eli Y. Adashi talks to Congressman Phil Gingrey, MD, who expresses his strong support of tort reform and his opposition to the Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements of the Affordable Care Act.
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7/6/11
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The Sustainable Growth Rate -- What Happens Now?
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Senator Tom Coburn describes the future of Medicare reimbursements and comments on other issues of concern for physicians, such as tort reform and the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act.
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6/30/11
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Senator Coburn on Medicaid: Let the Market Decide
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Tom Coburn, one of 3 physicians in the US Senate, discusses the realities of Medicaid in today's healthcare system and the struggles faced by healthcare providers and patients.
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6/13/11
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Taking An Adolescent's Sexual History
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Never miss an opportunity to take an adolescent's sexual history and conduct appropriate sexually transmitted infection screening and prevention counseling.
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6/13/11
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E-Prescribe by January -- Here's How
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Donald M. Berwick, MD, of the CMS provides specific advice and resources for implementing e-prescribing into your practice.
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6/9/11
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Let Us Bury Salt -- Not Praise It
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Henry Black, MD, provides an in-depth commentary on the controversial JAMA study reporting that low sodium levels are associated with higher mortality rates -- and, one would hope, puts the issue to rest
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6/8/11
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Overcoming Vaccine Concerns and Refusals
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Tips for having conversations with parents who are reticent to vaccinate their children are offered by Anne Schuchat of CDC.
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6/6/11
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Can Cell Phones Really Cause Brain Cancer?
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Dr. John Maris examines the WHO report suggesting a potential link between cell phone use and cancer and asks the question: Is there a physiologic mechanism that could explain a potential association?
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6/3/11
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The New USDA Plate Icon: Serving It to Your Patients
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6/3/11
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Cannabis Gives Cancer Patients the Munchies (Go Figure)
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Dr. David Kerr reports on a study indicating that the active cannabis ingredient delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol improves appetite and sense of taste in cancer patients. Can it also improve caloric intake?
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5/25/11
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VideoWarning! Media Distorts Results With Alarming Headlines!
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Henry Black and Andrew Vickers discuss how the media typically simplifies complex research findings which, given the increasing sophistication of clinical trials, can be very troublesome.
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5/19/11
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Art Caplan on Ethics and Clinical Trials, The Stem Cell Debate, and More
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Internationally renowned bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, talks with Eli Y. Adashi, MD, about the ethics of clinical trials overseas and other hot button issues of debate in medicine.
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5/5/11
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Paul Offit on the Dangers of the Anti-Vaccine Movement
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Paul A. Offit, MD, talks with Eli Y. Adashi, MD, about the history and hazards of the anti-vaccine movement.
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4/27/11
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What Can Go Wrong With the Spine
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Douglas Chang, MD, from UCSD talks about spine pain and provides a visual demonstration on how the spine works.
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3/28/11
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The Diverse Sexual Behaviors of Americans Aged 14-94 Years
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Which sexual activities are Americans engaging in? What's "normal"? How can clinicians help patients stay sexually healthy? Susan Wysocki presents findings published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
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3/24/11
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Diet Soda and the Kidney -- A Novel and Disturbing Finding
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Jeffrey Berns, MD, discusses a study that casts suspicions on soda -- including artifically sweetened soda -- on the kidney.
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3/24/11
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What Happens in Wisconsin Doesn't Stay There
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Robert Morrow, MD, talks about losing the right for collective bargaining in Wisconsin and whether this issue applies to physicians.
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3/17/11
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'Hospice Has Got to Suck'
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A comment from Dr. John Marshall's daughter prompts him to reflect on the emotional importance of end-of-life care -- for patients, their families, and their physicians.
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3/16/11
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Why Screen for CKD? A Nephrologist's Tricks for PCPs
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Lynda Szczech, MD, the current President of the National Kidney Foundation, introduces her lively new series, "Five Minutes a Day May Keep Dialysis Away: Applying the National Kidney Foundation CKD Guidelines."
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3/16/11
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2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: How to Advise Patients
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The major themes and noteworthy changes of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans that can help guide nutrition counseling with patients are outlined in this HHS commentary.
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3/16/11
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Is Zinc a Cure for the Common Cold? Not Yet
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Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, offers his thoughts on zinc -- benefits vs side effects -- in treating the common cold.
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3/3/11
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Against Occam's Razor: TAP Repair of Recurrent Hernia
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This SAGES video demonstrates a repair of recurrent inguinal hernia with concomitant inversion of original polypropylene plug.
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2/24/11
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Safe Use of Drugs Requires Reports From Clinicians
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The Safe Use Initiative is taking aim at adverse drug events and seeks input on safety issues encountered by frontline clinicians.
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2/17/11
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Separating Docs From Industry -- A Witch Hunt?
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Frank Veith, MD, believes that the initiative to separate physicians from industry is excessive and can lead to harm for patients. What do you think?
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2/16/11
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US Dietary Guidelines Get a Makeover
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Sandra Fryhofer, MD, reviews and summarizes the important messages from the new USDA/HHS Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010.
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2/11/11
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Stop Hounding Patients to Give Up Their Privacy
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Many people think that privacy of medical treatment should not apply to everyone. An ethics expert tells why privacy protects all of society.
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2/3/11
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