We both recently interacted with the healthcare system in other developed regions -- one of us (Friedman) as a patient in Hong Kong and the other (Brown) through conversations with other healthcare professionals in the U.K.
Malnutrition-related diabetes, distinct from both type 1 and type 2, has now been officially recognized and named “type 5 diabetes.” The vote to endorse the category took place on April 8, during the International Diabetes Federation’s (IDF’s) World Diabetes Congress, held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr. Nakita Mortimer was always a leader. The first of four children to move to the U.S. from Haiti for college in 2012, she was a guiding light for each sibling as they followed her.
For many clinicians, it's the small victories -- saving a patient from a life-threatening injury, helping a patient obtain much-needed medical treatment for cancer -- that bring immense satisfaction and joy in medicine.
Hypothetically, imagine you complete three years of internal medicine residency; working nights, managing complex cases, making real decisions.
A 77-year-old man with some cholesterol issues, but otherwise healthy, feels a fluttering sensation in his chest, along with some shortness of breath. It’s disquieting but not painful.
As independent practices continue to fight for survival in a challenging healthcare and economic environment, there are several market factors prominently shaping the future of physician practices.
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