The Dirty Truth Behind Some Doctor Reviews
On April 23, 2025, a Virginia Beach-based psychiatry nurse practitioner posted in a private Facebook group asking for reviews. “Would anyone be willing to endorse Google reviews?” they wrote. “We can never have too many Google reviews.”
EMR Errors Get Blamed On Physicians, Not Systems
I don’t think many physicians would disagree that EMR usability is a patient safety issue. And yet, health systems seem perfectly happy to place 100 percent of the blame for any glitches on physicians.
Leaders Resign From ADA After Experts Booted From Meeting
In the wake of clinicians and researchers being kicked out of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) meeting here, at least two of the organization's leaders have resigned. Reports of at least two additional experts abdicating their positions with ADA could not be confirmed as of press time.
Single High Dose Of Psilocybin Temporarily Restores Lost Abilities In An 80-Year-Old Alzheimer's Patient
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychoactive compound found in mushrooms of the Psilocybe genus. These mushrooms may have existed on Earth for nearly 65 million years, dating to the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaurs' extinction.
3 Money Mistakes Physicians Wish They’d Avoided
Looking at total compensation as more than just a paycheck, building up the infrastructure around you and finding the right practice setting are three pieces of advice that physicians wish they had received earlier in their careers.
Five Things I Wish Someone Said At My 1998 Medical School Graduation
Around this time of year, medical schools are engaging in a 250-year-old annual tradition: they're graduating their latest class of career-ready physicians. It's a deservedly triumphant moment -- the culmination of at least a decade's worth of determination, discipline, and grit.
FDA Approves First New Sunscreen Option in Two Decades
The US FDA today added bemotrizinol to the list of permitted sunscreen active ingredients, marking a significant moment in the agency’s efforts to advance sunscreen innovation. Bemotrizinol is the first new active ingredient added to the over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen monograph since 1999.