Addressing the Primary Care Physician Shortage

Newswise imageA new Rutgers program that will help low-income students become physicians is aimed at improving the economic disparity and health care services in these communities.
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No quick fix for physician burnout, depression

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Close to 44 percent of U.S. physicians are burned out, and 15 percent are depressed and thinking about suicide, according to a survey conducted by Medscape.


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Experts Call for Action to Address Physician Burnout in Nephrology

Kidney specialists face increasing work demands, high rates of burnout, and declining interest in nephrology as a career. A group of articles publishing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN) sheds light on how that these factors threaten to reduce job satisfaction and impair the delivery of high-quality care to patients with kidney diseases.
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Georgetown Physician Available for Interviews Regarding Trump’s Physical Exam

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Physician Burnout: Mayo Researchers Identify Effective Interventions

After highlighting that more than half of American physicians are experiencing burnout, Mayo Clinic researchers now have identified some solutions that are being used to prevent or lessen burnout around the world. The findings show that some of the approaches being used are effective and making a difference. The article appears in the journal The Lancet.
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AskNadia: My Physician Says My Diabetes Will Disappear When I Loose Weight

Dear Nadia,

I have had Type 2 diabetes for five years. My doctor says if I lose 10 kilos in weight, diabetes may disappear. What do you think?

Roland

Dear Roland,

Once you are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, it

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Physician Assistant Demand Rivals That Of Primary Care Doctors

Physician assistants are so in demand to treat the nation’s newly insured patients they are coming close to primary care physicians as the health professional most in need at U.S. hospitals and health systems, according to a new ranking. The most frequently placed medical care provider has long been primary care […]
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