Doctors

Health & Safety

Pay, But Not Equity, Improves For Female Anesthesiologists

7:49am September 21, 2015

by Shefali Luthra

Anesthesiologists make a lot of money. But female anesthesiologists make much less than their male counterparts, a RAND study finds. It's the latest evidence of a persistent pay gap in health care.

Why A Snakebite Victim In An Indian Village Won't Walk Through A Door

4:25pm September 17, 2015

by Ankita Rao

When doctors travel to remote regions, they have to understand local traditions and beliefs before they can successfully treat a patient.

A boy sits on his father's shoulders, part of a crowd of migrants waiting to board a train leaving for the Austrian border at the Keleti railway station in Budapest.

World News

Trained In Budapest, Middle Eastern Doctors Return To Aid Migrants

12:31am September 14, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Budapest's medical school attracts students from all over the world. Many return to their countries of origin to practice medicine. Some graduates have come back to Budapest now to care for refugees.

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Dr. David Burkons holds the licensing certificates that allowed him to open a clinic that provides medical and surgical abortions. It took about 18 extra months of inspections, he says, to get the approval to offer surgical abortions.

Bucking Trend, Ohio Doctor Opens Clinic That Provides Abortion Services

4:04pm September 08, 2015

by Sarah Jane Tribble

Ohio has put many restrictions on abortion. Since 2010, about half the clinics performing the procedure in the state have closed. But Dr. David Burkons sees offering abortion as part of patient care.

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Patients of the Minnesota-based St. Cloud Medical Group can follow a public page on Facebook.

Health & Safety

Why Your Doctor Won't Friend You On Facebook

2:45pm August 26, 2015

by Shefali Luthra

Public professional Facebook pages focused on medicine are catching on. But doctors aren't ready to share vacation photos and other more intimate details with their patients.

Close Listening: How Sound Reveals The Invisible

6:44pm August 14, 2015

by Christopher Joyce

The stethoscope seems so simple — a 19th century tool for listening more closely to the human heart or lungs. It also sparked a culture of listening that is transforming the way scientists learn.

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Amanda Angelotti (left) and Connie Chen, both graduates of University of California, San Francisco's medical school, opted for careers in digital health.

Siren Song Of Tech Lures New Doctors Away From Medicine

4:53pm July 23, 2015

by Christina Farr

Medical school graduates around San Francisco Bay are far less likely to pursue medical residencies than those in other parts of the country. Instead, many are heading to health technology ventures.

Chart: Most Residents Carry Lots Of Medical School Debt

Health & Safety

Medical Residents Are Indebted But Reasonably Happy

4:43pm July 23, 2015

by Scott Hensley

Talking to medical residents is one way to get a bead on where medicine is headed. A recent survey of more than 1,700 residents asked a slew of questions about their hopes, daily work and finances.

Health & Safety

Should Doctors And Drugmakers Keep Their Distance?

8:52am July 13, 2015

by John Henning Schumann

One doctor rethinks his hardline stance against contact with industry. Beyond drugmakers' sales and marketing, perhaps there's room for productive and ethical collaboration to advance medicine.

Let's see: fever, headache and dizziness.

Health & Safety

Online Symptom Checkers Can't Replace The Real-Life Doc Just Yet

5:09pm July 10, 2015

by Nadia Whitehead

More than a third of U.S. adults turn to the Internet for help diagnosing their illnesses themselves. But how trustworthy are the results?