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This Amazing Scanner Will Allow Doctors to See Your Insides in High Definition

Take a look at these astounding GIFs

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Photo Given the remarkable advances that have been made in the last 50 or so years in pharmaceuticals, medical devices and surgical procedures, it’s not a surprise that people want more, and more invasive, care than they have had in the past. Just as it’s hard to do nothing when you’re ill, it’s...

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Medicine Is About to Get Personal

How can Americans get better health care for less money? There's a quiet experiment going on among primary-care physicians, and the results are intriguing

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The 2014 Best and Worst in Higher Education

It was an up and down year for higher education, as each of these matters took a turn atop the 24-hour news cycle. While I am not particularly nostalgic, I'd like to review some of the highlights -- and lowlights -- of 2014......

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Very true and very well written. Standardized tests are simply not how medicine is practiced and should be dismantled for the special interest industry they've become.

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Return of the Rhythm Method

Tired of condoms and the Pill, many women are turning to new apps that help them practice one of the oldest forms of contraception.

Kids these days and their 99.3% accuracy gadgets

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... the goal is for the medical profession to move forward with more comprehensive and nuanced approaches to help fulfill its responsibility to provide trainees with the necessary skills to manage fatigue and allow the safest environment for quality care.

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Few issues have engendered more passionate debate in the graduate medical education community in the last decade than the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) duty hour program requirements. The premise of work hour restrictions in a profession in which errors may result...

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American cities have bigger things to worry about than gentrification

Gentrification is an issue in only a handful of urban neighborhoods, according to a new report. The real problem is growing areas of "concentrated poverty."

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An editorial in the November/December Annals of Family Medicine contends that medical students should be trained in the use of electronic health records to enable them to succeed during residency and beyond.

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Without Education, Antibiotic Resistance Will Be Our Greatest Health Crisis

A new study says that patients don’t understand the risks of unnecessary antibiotic use. In the future, antibiotic resistance could have catastrophic consequences.

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The Clothes Make the Doctor

Often, a physician's first step in building a positive relationship with patients is figuring out what to wear.

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A Lack of Care: Why Medical Students Should Focus on Ferguson

You can’t ask your co-worker for narcotics the same way you can ask for extra Advil stashed in their purse or backpack. There are good reasons for this. Drugs like Advil or Tylenol carry no association with danger and can be easily bought at any local drugstore. While they are perfectly good for minimal pain relief from headaches or muscle soreness, they are underequipped for addressing major sources of pain. In comparison, opioid narcotics are serious painkillers.