• Anti-Vaccine Doctors: “Kids Don’t Need the Vaccine Because They Are Less Likely to Acquire SARS-CoV-2 and Because Most Already Had COVID-19”

    Updated: 2023-06-30 07:14:29
    Those of us who thought about vaccines before the pandemic know perfectly well that anti-vaxxers start with their conclusions and work backwards to retrofit the "evidence." Doctors who do the same shouldn't be regarded any differently. The post Anti-Vaccine Doctors: “Kids Don’t Need the Vaccine Because They Are Less Likely to Acquire SARS-CoV-2 and Because Most Already Had COVID-19” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

  • Virtuosic Craft or Clerical Labour: The Rise of the Electronic Health Record and Challenges to Physicians’ Professional Identity (1950–2022)

    Updated: 2023-06-27 09:00:38
    : Skip to content Journal Latest Top Categories Global Health Book Reviews CFPs and Conference Reports Interviews Issue Index Submissions About Virtuosic Craft or Clerical Labour : The Rise of the Electronic Health Record and Challenges to Physicians†Professional Identity 1950–2022 Posted on June 27, 2023 by Chris Pak Article Summary by Lakshmi Krishnan and Michael J . Neuss What is the work of physicians Are we historians , detectives , magicians , or educators Or is our craft merely clerical work , our labor just data entry for other users—both human and non-human , intelligent and artificially intelligent—in non-clinical areas like finance and research Physicians today express deep anxieties about the nature of their work , and often worry about how the electronic health record

  • Global Community Celebrates Medical Innovations and Milestones Since Defining Leprosy Discovery 150 Years Ago

    Updated: 2023-06-23 19:16:25
    Yohei Sasakawa, WHO’s Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, speaks at the two-day Bergen International Conference on Hansen’s Disease. The conference coincided with the 150th anniversary of the discovery of Mycobacterium leprae by Norwegian doctor Gerhard Armauer Hansen. Credit: Thor Brødreskift/Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative By Joyce ChimbiNAIROBI, Jun 22 2023 (IPS) The 1873 discovery of Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy by Norwegian doctor Gerhard Armauer Hansen, remains one of the greatest paradigm shifts in medical history, a true revolution. “Before the great discovery, even in the days when communication and transportation technologies were not as developed as today, leprosy was detested by the entire world. Leprosy was believed to b...

  • Understanding the Value of Art Prompts in an Online Narrative Medicine Workshop: An Exploratory-Descriptive Focus Group Study

    Updated: 2023-06-22 09:00:32
    : Skip to content Journal Latest Top Categories Global Health Book Reviews CFPs and Conference Reports Interviews Issue Index Submissions About Understanding the Value of Art Prompts in an Online Narrative Medicine Workshop : An Exploratory-Descriptive Focus Group Study Posted on June 22, 2023 by Chris Pak Article Summary by Nancy Choe  Narrative medicine supports healthcare training by helping healthcare workers develop narrative competence skills and use creativity through writing prompts . Narrative medicine is also used to enhance empathy and counter burnout among healthcare workers . While evidence suggests that arts-based interventions can benefit healthcare workers’ well-being and personal growth , using art prompts in narrative medicine is not well-explored or widely used .

  • Dubious Autonomic Nervous System Claims

    Updated: 2023-06-14 00:13:21
    Beware overblown claims that autonomic testing can help almost anything. The post Dubious Autonomic Nervous System Claims first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

  • Sparing the Doctor’s Blushes: The Use of Sexually Explicit Films for the Purpose of Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR) in the Training of Medical Practitioners in Britain During the 1970s

    Updated: 2023-06-13 09:00:46
    : Skip to content Journal Latest Top Categories Global Health Book Reviews CFPs and Conference Reports Interviews Issue Index Submissions About Sparing the Doctor†s Blushes : The Use of Sexually Explicit Films for the Purpose of Sexual Attitude Reassessment SAR in the Training of Medical Practitioners in Britain During the 1970s Posted on June 13, 2023 by Chris Pak Article Summary by Rob Irwin How best to prepare healthcare professionals to address their patients†sexual health and wellbeing concerns is a question still in need of an answer . This article describes an early educational approach , the Sexual Attitude Reassessment SAR seminar , that was used in some British medical schools during the 1970s to prepare doctors for talking about sex . These seminars typically involved

  • Three New Studies Show the COVID Vaccines Are Very Safe for Children

    Updated: 2023-06-11 07:49:44
    Three new studies tell us what we already knew- vaccine isn't perfect, but it's far safer than the virus for children.  The post Three New Studies Show the COVID Vaccines Are Very Safe for Children first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

  • A Perhaps Not-So-Unexpected Spike in Pediatric Brain Abscesses

    Updated: 2023-06-09 11:00:28
    The surge in viral infections last year appears to be to blame for a significant increase in cases of brain abscesses in children. They remain rare, and panic is not warranted, but they are a life-threatening complication of common bacterial infections that should be taken seriously. The post A Perhaps Not-So-Unexpected Spike in Pediatric Brain Abscesses first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

  • The Production of Medicoethical Misconduct: Medical Ethics and Vivisection in Wilkie Collins’s Heart and Science

    Updated: 2023-06-08 09:00:51
    : Skip to content Journal Latest Top Categories Global Health Book Reviews CFPs and Conference Reports Interviews Issue Index Submissions About The Production of Medicoethical Misconduct : Medical Ethics and Vivisection in Wilkie Collins†s Heart and Science Posted on June 8, 2023 by Chris Pak Article Summary by Thomas G . Cole II Authors of popular fiction often question the world around them by telling stories that reflect their world . In so doing , these authors provide a necessary and sometimes powerful commentary on contemporary issues . This was no different for the popular fiction authors of the Victorian era . In this essay , I look at one of Wilkie Collins†s lesser-known books , Heart and Science published in 1883 as well as articles from Victorian medical journals , including

  • Contributions of Hippocratic Medicine and Plato to Today’s Debate Over Health, Social Determinants and the Authority of Biomedicine

    Updated: 2023-06-06 09:00:48
    , Skip to content Journal Latest Top Categories Global Health Book Reviews CFPs and Conference Reports Interviews Issue Index Submissions About Contributions of Hippocratic Medicine and Plato to Today†s Debate Over Health , Social Determinants and the Authority of Biomedicine Posted on June 6, 2023 by Chris Pak Article Summary by Susan Levin Though the portion of the USA†s gross domestic product allocated to healthcare vastly surpasses that directed to other major areas of societal concern , outcomes for life expectancy and infant mortality are highly disappointing . By such measures , the USA also fares poorly in international comparisons . One†s impression that , by giving pre-eminence to healthcare as health†s protector , the USA is doing far less than it could to safeguard

  • Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Responds to Words I Never Said

    Updated: 2023-06-04 00:55:57
    My critics lack the courage to accurately quote me. That tells you everything about them and nothing about me. The post Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Responds to Words I Never Said first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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