Medical Lifestyle News

• New Health Cybersecurity Rule: What Docs Should Know A proposed federal rule would require hospitals and physicians’ groups to beef up health cybersecurity measures to protect patient privacy and prevent ransomware attacks. Some changes could be expensive, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Dementia Risk Higher for Stroke Survivors Dementia risk is nearly 80% higher in stroke survivors than in those without stroke, with risk declining within 1 year but remaining elevated for up to 20 years, data show.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Scientific Publications Face Credibility Crisis Are scientific publications losing credibility? AI and low-quality submissions undermine research integrity.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2025
• US to Build New Stockpile of Bird Flu Vaccine for Poultry The U.S. will rebuild a stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry that match the strain of the virus circulating in commercial flocks and wild birds, the Department of...
  Reuters Health Information, January 08, 2025
• Politics in the Exam Room As political decisions increasingly affect healthcare, doctors weigh in on the changes and challenges they’ll likely see with the new administration.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2025
• Dry January: Should Doctors Make It Year-Round? Have sobering studies on alcohol caused physicians to drink less themselves or changed the way doctors counsel patients on booze? The answer is complicated.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Lupus Ups Atherosclerosis Risk, But Disease Remission Helps Controlling cardiovascular risk factors and maintaining long-term disease remission mitigated the increased risk for atherosclerotic plaque progression in patients with lupus.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Study Reveals New Insights in Pneumonia Care for Seniors Neutrophil function was impaired, but glycolysis was unaffected in hospitalized older adults with community-acquired pneumonia and sepsis, showed a recent prospective study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Student-Run Clinics Seen Expanding With Promise and Pitfalls Medical students appear to be participating and managing more free clinics. A recent JAMA Internal Medicine article explored the benefits and potential risks of these programs.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Med Students: Ready for Residency, but Not Career New survey results showed that some med students feel confident heading into the next phase of learning but not so much in their eventual jobs.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Workplace Culture Trumps Pay for Most Internists: Survey A survey of internists found workplace culture is prioritized over pay, with physicians emphasizing supportive environments and flexibility in managing job responsibilities.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2025
• From Scrubs to Side Gigs: PAs Share Their Many Side Hustles Physician associates earn extra income in numerous side hustle gigs. Which one is best for you?
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2024
• Reality of Night Shifts: How to Stay Sharp and Healthy Taking stairs, packing healthy snacks, forgoing late-night caffeine, and other tips to ward off fatigue and remain alert when the sun goes down.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2024
• Study Smarter: Best Ways Med Students Can Retain Knowledge Learning and retaining medical knowledge is literally a full-time job. But it’s only time well spent if students are using proven study habits.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2024
• Physician Union Drives Have Skyrocketed, Data Show A new JAMA study finds that union drives by doctors rose dramatically in 2023 and 2024 compared to two decades prior.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2024
• AI Has Entered the Med School Building As artificial intelligence becomes ubiquitous, medical schools are determining how to best incorporate it into curriculum.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2024
• Enticing Rural Residents to Practice Where They Train Public and private healthcare funding, scholarships, and tuition reimbursement are among the incentives encouraging young doctors to practice in rural communities.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2024
• Seeking Solutions to Burnout Among Emergency Physicians While the culture is changing slowly, today’s residents and early-career emergency physicians are feeling the stress just as much as previous generations.
  Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2024
• Essential Skills Med Students Should Master Before Residency Perhaps it’s no surprise that learning how to take a patient history is one of the most important skills many physicians say they learned in medical school.
  Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2024
• Finding the Joy in Working During the Holidays Covering a shift over Christmas and New Year’s may not be everyone’s first choice, but there are rewards.
  Medscape Medical News, December 17, 2024