Medical Groups Urge Protections for Health Workers Providing Gender-Affirming Care
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Three leading medical groups have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate growing threats to doctors, hospitals and families providing and seeking gender-affirming care.In a letter to U.S. Attorn…
Learn MoreParental Leave Does Not Negatively Impact Ophthalmologic Residents
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Among ophthalmologic residents, there are no differences across performance metrics between residents taking parental leave versus their peers not taking leave, according to a study published online Sept. 29 i…
Learn More‘I’m Not the Doctor for You’: Disabled Americans Face Discrimination Seeking Care
TUESDAY, Oct. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Over 30 years since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), some doctors harbor biases toward people with disabilities, and even actively avoid accepting them as patients, a new study finds.I…
Learn MoreEE. UU. gastará 266 millones de dólares para mejorar los programas de salud pública
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — El Gobierno de EE. UU. invertirá 266 millones de dólares para mejorar la fuerza laboral comunitaria y de salud pública, usando fondos del Plan de Rescate Estadounidense (American Rescue Plan).Alred…
Learn MoreU.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government will invest $266 million to shore up the community and public health workforce using American Rescue Plan funding. About $225.5 million will go to 83 recipients to support training and app…
Learn MoreDoes Your Surgeon’s Gender Matter?
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Folks having surgery have lots of things to worry about as they go under the knife, but the gender of their surgeon isn’t one of them, a new study finds.There’s no difference in rates of death or complicati…
Learn MorePandemic Heightened Emotional Exhaustion in Health Care Workers
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Emotional exhaustion among health care workers (HCWs) worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Sept. 21 in JAMA Network Open.J. Bryan Sexton, Ph.D., from Duke University…
Learn MoreLos médicos de emergencias de EE. UU. están alarmados por el aumento en la violencia de los pacientes
VIERNES, 23 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Las historias llegaron a los titulares durante la pandemia: unos episodios de violencia en las salas de emergencias de EE. UU., en que los pacientes atacaron a los médicos.Ahora, una nueva encuesta…
Learn MorePhysician Burnout Significantly Increased During 2020 to 2021
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A dramatic increase in burnout occurred in U.S. physicians between 2020 and 2021, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Mayo Clinical Proceedings.Tait D. Shanafelt, M.D., from Stanford University …
Learn MoreAmerica’s Emergency Medicine Physicians Alarmed by Rising Violence From Patients
FRIDAY, Sept. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The stories grabbed headlines during the pandemic: violent episodes in U.S. emergency departments where patients attacked doctors.Now, a new poll shows just how widespread the problem has become: Two-thirds o…
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