Desert Valley Hospital Celebrates First- Ever Internal Medicine Residency Graduation
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (VVNG.com) – Desert Valley Hospital proudly celebrated a historic milestone with the graduation of its first-ever Internal Medicine…
The trade-offs of a universal health care system
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Dr. Glaucomflecken on advocacy and eye misinformation
Below is a lightly edited, AI-generated transcript of the “First Opinion Podcast” interview with Will Flanary, aka Dr.…
The secret behind alternative medicine
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Breast cancer risk assessments: What to know
Each risk assessment considers different factors Breast cancer risk assessment tools estimate breast cancer risk over time. They…
What HaloMD’s legal win means for No Surprises Act arbitration
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What does a clinical ethicist do? Learn about their role in patient care
Clinical ethicists are neutral parties that help manage ethical issues that arise among patients, their families and their…
Transformative medical AI faces a continuity problem
There is a kind of labor at the center of medicine that rarely appears in a chart. It…
STAT readers on nutrition education, 340B, and more
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Drexel University is developing an acclerated medical degree program to help address the nation’s physician shortage
Drexel University College of Medicine is starting a three-year medical degree program slated to enroll its first students…