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Intermittent Fasting: Is it Hype or Is There Scien ...

Intermittent fasting (IF) is a form of time-restricted fasting that involves consuming foods during a specific time wind ...

Filed under: Health Policy and Trends, Miscellaneous


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Consent for Invasive Exams While Under Anesthesia?

There was an interesting article in the New York Times called "She Didn't Want a Pelvic Exam. She Received One Anyway." ...

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You're Darned if You Do, You're Damned if You Don' ...

Sorry, but I believe we are past the point of being worried about scaring people about the novel coronavirus 2019, now s ...

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Coronavirus Update: Transmission - What Do We Know ...

On January 30, 2020, the first confirmed case of person-to-person 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) transmission was re ...

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Coronavirus Update: Thoughts on Its Origin

We've known for years that influenza virus occurs in both humans and animals—including swine and birds—and t ...

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Cancer Screening Guidelines 2020: Let's Recap!

We now have screening tools and methodologies for several of the most common types of cancer. Each year, the American Ca ...

Filed under: Health Policy and Trends, Oncology/Hematology, Preventive Medicine


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Millennials and Healthcare

Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are those born between 1981 and 1996. They currently comprise one-fourth of all ...

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Should We Accommodate Discriminatory Requests from ...

As medical providers, we took an oath to provide the same quality of care to all our patients regardless of their race, ...

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Mistakes in the Ambulatory Care Setting

A report published in late October entitled "Deep Dive: Safe Ambulatory Care, Strategies for Patient Safety and Ris ...

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