Welcome to this week’s edition of Healthcare Career Insights. This weekly roundup highlights healthcare career-related articles culled from across the web to help you learn what’s next. Lisa Grabl is president of the locum tenens division of CompHealth, the nation’s largest locum tenens physician staffing company and a leader in permanent and temporary allied healthcare
Month: December 2022
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is expecting a peak in COVID-19 infections within a week, a health official said, with authorities predicting extra strain on the country’s health system even as they downplay the disease’s severity and continue to report no new deaths. In the face of a surging outbreak and widespread protests against its “zero-COVID”
High-risk patients with certain acute heart conditions are more likely to survive than other similar patients if they are admitted to the hospital during national cardiology meetings, when many cardiologists are away from their regular practices. Read the full story: http://hms.harvard.edu/news/startling-benefit-cardiology-meetings
Many people are unaware of the continent ileostomy procedure and what a benefit it can be for them. When the procedure is done by experienced physicians, outcomes lead to a greater quality of life for patients.
This is how to cure your procrastination habit. First, break down your task into smaller bite sized pieces. Smaller tasks are less daunting, easier to plan for within a busy schedule, and you can overcome the activation energy of getting started. And we all know getting started is the hardest part. Second, set the bar
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A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Universitat de València (UV), and the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) has developed a lateral flow test that identifies and quantifies the level of allergens reliably in food with the help of a smartphone. The work has been published in
Target has recalled the Pillowfort weighted blankets after reporting a fatal incident involving young girls. The retailer recalled more than 200,000 weighted blankets from the brand sold from December 2018 through September 2022, CNN reported this week. The supposed child-friendly products were found to pose a risk of suffocation since they could trap kids inside
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HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension has spiraled since China relaxed its stringent zero-COVID policy on Dec. 7. Patients quarrel with doctors to access drugs that are in short supply, like cough medicines and pain killers. Medics are overloaded; infected staff continue to work
There’s reason to believe that people who were physically active before getting infected with SARS-CoV-2 would have better health outcomes than those who were not. A new study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine has shed light on how exercise could impact the severity of COVID-19 once infected with the virus. “Physical activity
In this photo illustration, PlanB one-step emergency contraceptive is displayed on June 30, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is changing the informational packaging of the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B One-Step, to clarify that it is not an abortion pill, the federal agency announced Friday.
A recent study published in the BMJ evaluated the effectiveness of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in Argentinian children when severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta and Omicron variants were predominant. Study: Effectiveness of mRNA-1273, BNT162b2, and BBIBP-CorV vaccines against infection and mortality in children in Argentina, during predominance of delta and omicron
“Is this an underestimate of the harm?” — Martin J. Landray, PhD, of the University of Oxford in England, on preprint data from the RECOVERY trial showing higher corticosteroid doses raised the risk of death in non-ventilated COVID-19 patients with hypoxia. “I was talking to some other doctors about it online, and there was a
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Only a few weeks ago COVID-19 positive Chinese teacher Yang Zengdong and her husband would probably have ended up in a makeshift quarantine centre with patchy heating, sparse bedding and overwhelmed toilets, but today they are isolating at home. Living in a post “zero-COVID” China, despite the anxiety about being infected and
Isaac Kohane, founding chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, describes the underlying motivation driving biomedical informatics. DBMI’s mission is to move biomedicine rapidly forward by advancing the computational methods, tools, and infrastructure required for a new generation of investigators and care providers. Connect with Dr.
Here are the top 5 doctor specialties with the highest hourly rate. Number five, cardiology. Cardiologists make an average salary of $490,000, and work an average of 58 hours per week, yielding an average hourly wage of $169 per hour. Number four, ear, nose, and throat. ENT physicians have an average salary of $469,000 per
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A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association describes that excessive consumption of coffee can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease-related mortality in individuals with severe hypertension. Study: Coffee and Green Tea Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among People With and Without Hypertension. Image Credit: Bohdan Malitskiy / Shutterstock Background Consumption of coffee is
There have been some murmurs and qualms about why people should get boosted after completing the COVID-19 main series. A new study presents one good reason for getting that extra dose amid the ongoing pandemic. In a new study published in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, researchers sought to evaluate the magnitude
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LONDON (Reuters) – Merck & Co Inc’s COVID antiviral molnupiravir speeds up recovery but does not reduce the hospitalisation or death rate in higher-risk vaccinated adults, detailed data from a large study showed on Thursday. The drug, which prevents the virus from replicating, generated nearly $5 billion in sales for the U.S. drugmaker in the
There is growing concern among older adults getting hospitalized due to COVID-19 amid the rough respiratory virus season. Based on the latest figures from different public health authorities, hospitalizations among seniors are rising fast and even nearing the peak from the delta variant surge last year. Dr. Eric Topol, a physician and professor of molecular
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Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. The Fed isn’t ready to stop Investing mantra reminder Looking to buy 1. The Fed isn’t ready to stop Stocks rose Friday after a rocky start following the core personal
Waiting for their turn in the emergency room, dazed-looking parents in winter coats bounced crying children in their arms, trying to catch the eye of Dr. Erica Michiels. Us! Pick us next! they seemed to plead with tired eyes. Michiels directs pediatric emergency medicine at Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In this video, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, sits down with Zachary Rubin, MD, to discuss the “tripledemic” of flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID that has led to a wave of pediatric hospitalizations in the past few weeks. Rubin is with Oak Brook Allergists in Illinois. The following is a transcript
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