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AI in Medicine: Are Large Language Models Ready for the Exam Room?
So far, studies show these AI-tool mistakes — hallucinations — often create more work for doctors.
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Doctors Seek Additional Obesity Training in Wake of Obesity Patient Boom
It’s no mystery that the rapid expansion of obesity medicine coincides with the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of GLP-1 injections.
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More Than the Paycheck: Top Non-Salary Perks for Doctors
Incentives like CME budget, loan repayment, paid time for research or projects draw doctors more than salary alone.
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Primary Care Shortage Reshaping How Patients Seek Care
While retail clinics, urgent care, and telehealth help close the gap in acute needs they are not medical homes.
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‘There’s Nothing Left to Try’: Oncologists on Managing Grief
When patients die, cancer specialists rely on a range of strategies to cope with their painful feelings and sense of loss.
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Medicare preventive visits up over 20 years, clinicians say this is a good thing
These visits give clinicians and patients more valuable time together.
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AI tool perfect in study of inflammatory diseases
A model that combines machine learning with clinical cues could help clinicians easily differentiate MIS-C from typhus, a new study found.
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Young vapers and smokers beware: Eye problems abound
Use of both cigarettes and vapes is apparently much worse for eye health than either product use alone, a new study found.
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In new era of gene therapy, PCPs are ‘boots on the ground’
Pediatricians and general practitioners will be central to finding and monitoring the patients that need these treatments.
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New cancer screen, same issues: Physicians confront Galleri test
“Cancer screening is a very complicated issue. Being honest, the tests are good but are not ready yet [for wider use].”
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Buzz kill: Lung damage looks worse in pot smokers
Emphysema was significantly more common among smokers (75%) than among nonsmokers, a new study finds.
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Med groups urge feds to protect physicians from anti-trans violence
Not only do the threats bully physicians providing gender-affirming care and the patients who receive that care, but “they have also disrupted...
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Physician bias may prevent quality care for patients with disabilities
Many physicians report being ill-equipped to treat people with physical and cognitive disabilities, and some said they try to avoid doing so, a...
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Patients with cancer get valuable second opinion for free
Research shows that getting a second opinion can significantly change the course of a patient’s disease and treatment.
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Weight-loss surgery has a big effect on marriage
The person who had surgery may feel unsupported in the new journey if the partner keeps advocating for unhealthy habits. And the person who didn’t...