5 Side Hustles for Physicians
The side hustle—a means of making income outside of one’s main form of employment—has become...
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Nerve Dysfunction May Be a Source of Dry Eye Symptoms
A more robust conditioned pain modulation (CPM) response—a measure of descending (inhibitory) pain pathways—was associated with worse dry eye (DE) metrics, according to a study, suggesting that CPM is intact or even upregulated...
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What Are Penny Stocks?
Most physician investors have heard the adage buy low and sell high. It still rings true and is...
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General Surgery Compensation Report 2021: Pandemic Shows Some Financial Impact
For doctors who specialize in surgical procedures and are educated and trained in the diagnosis...
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Recognizing Moral Injury in Physicians
The stress and strain of the pandemic have taken a toll on the healthcare community, with many...
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REPORT: Nursing Homes Down 221,000 Jobs Since Start Of Pandemic
Long term care industry facing worst job loss among all health care providers WASHINGTON, D.C. –...
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What It Takes to Create the Perfect Medical Waiting Room
Waiting rooms are back. During the pandemic, quite a few healthcare professionals closed off their...
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Improving the Accuracy of Peanut Allergy Diagnosis
Despite improved diagnostic approaches, clinicians still face challenges with diagnosing...
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The Toxic Doctor-Insurer Relationship
The following was originally posted to KevinMD. My introduction to health insurance...
Read MoreAge & MS Status Independently Impact HRQOL
Data indicate that individuals with MS experience decreased HRQOL compared with the general population, but research is lacking on changes in MS as a function of aging. To investigate this relationship, researchers examined...
Read MoreConditioned Pain Modulation Intact in Dry Eye
To assess the role of conditioned pain modulation (CPM), a measure of inhibitory pain pathways, in dry eye management (DE), researchers conducted a cross-sectional study of 268 patients from October 2017 to August 2018. They...
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Conference Highlights: ACAAI 2021
New research was presented at ACAAI 2021, the annual American College of Allergy, Asthma &...
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How to Invest in Commodities
Aside from watching the 1980s comedy, Trading Places, most people have little experience with...
Read MoreTeprotumumab for Long-Standing, Active TED
While phase II and III trials indicate that teprotumumab therapy can significantly reduce proptosis and Clinical Activity Score (CAS) in patients with recent-onset (< 8 months), untreated TED (except for steroid therapy >...
Read MoreLacrimal Gland Enlargement Ups Risk TED-Compressive Optic Neuropathy
Past research has found that lacrimal gland (LG) enlargement can occur in thyroid eye disease (TED) secondary to antibody-mediated inflammation. However, studies specifically quantified LG volume in TED patients with compressive...
Read MoreRecalcitrant TED Responsive to Teprotumumab
New research presented at the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery’s fall symposium highlighted the benefits of Tepezza (teprotumumab) for patients with thyroid eye and Graves disease....
Read MoreCOVID-19 Pandemic Negatively Impacts Social Well-Being of Patients With MS
Currently, no research has reviewed the social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with MS, who may experience greater social strain and more serious health consequences because of isolation measures, according to...
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ACR 2021 Features Sessions
Keynote Lecture: The Covidization of Rheumatology: What Will or Won’t Change Beyond the COVID-19...
Read MoreASN Kidney Week Learning Pathways
The following learning pathways will help attendees locate sessions in their area of interest: Acute Kidney Injury Bone and Mineral Metabolism Cell and Transport Physiology Chronic Kidney Disease Development and Pediatrics...
Read MoreASN Kidney Week 2021 Abstracts & Info on What’s New
Browse or search Kidney Week 2021 Abstracts by type, category, presentation date, author first or last name, or keyword. Find out what’s new this year at Kidney Week 2021.
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