I’m primary care and I see a patient in a 10-minute appointment who tells me she now has a disabled daughter who is 22, had a stroke, and currently cannot cope with all that her disrupted life is demanding of her.
Brazilian researchers have identified a previously unrecognized function of sperm that is unrelated to reproduction. A study of 13 patients admitted with moderate to severe COVID-19 showed that male gametes released extracellular traps (in a process called ETosis) in response to the infection.
Medical education in the U.S. has evolved over the past century, but the way we evaluate and accredit medical schools has failed to keep pace. The LCME, established with noble goals, has become arbitrary and holds back innovation.
Modifying DNA was supposed to be a game changer. But drug companies and Wall Street are pulling back from the expensive-to-produce treatments, leaving parents to fund research on their own.
Today, most emergency departments (EDs) face overcrowding, high patient volumes and a strain on our increasingly limited staff and resources. As a result, the average patient experiences ED wait times of about two-and-a-half hours, with some reaching nearly four hours.
Graduates of a three-year medical school program performed as well as their four-year counterparts, according to a study of the nation's first three-year MD program for all residency programs.
There’s been a boom in allergies, says John Trowsdale, professor of immunology — it’s due to people leading lives that are too squeaky clean.
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