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Microplastics are inside us all. What does that mean for our health?

Tiny plastic particles have been found throughout the human body, but researchers say they’re just starting to understand the impact.

  • June 27, 2024
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‘Not all cancer needs to be cured’: Five ways that prostate cancer treatments have…

As prostate cancer cases rise, newer drugs, genetic testing, and clearer imaging give patients more options, reduce side effects, and save time.

  • June 25, 2024
In transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), an external device is used to drive electromagnetic pulses through the skull to improve mood.
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The growing field of neurotherapeutics offers psychiatric patients new hope

Brain procedures help patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions. But providers still grapple with ethical questions and the history of lobotomies

  • June 20, 2024
Annie’s Place at Parkland Health in Dallas, Texas, offers no-cost childcare for parents to attend medical appointments.
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Can providing childcare at hospitals improve health?

Patients miss appointments — and health care workers miss work — because there’s no one to watch the kids. New programs test how on-site childcare might help.

  • June 12, 2024

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“Until one day I stood on a bridge, looking down”

A physician sounds the alarm on mental illness and his own escape from the depths of despair.

  • Aug. 13, 2018
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Medical Faculty Need to Foster Resilience in Students (and in Themselves)

"Do as I say, not as I do," won't solve the problem. Faculty members in academic medicine must model and support self-care for students.

  • March 13, 2018
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What Happens When Doctors Become Patients? Renowned Writer Anna Quindlen “Jumped at the Chance” to Find Out

Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and acclaimed novelist Anna Quindlen has explored a huge swath of human experience.

  • Nov. 6, 2017
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Hospital Roof Gardens Soothe Patients and Staff

The therapeutic benefits of nature are prompting hospitals to turn rooftops into on-site oases.

  • Oct. 23, 2017
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Building a framework for clinician well-being and resilience

As research innovators, academic medical centers are well-positioned to develop new ways to address health care provider burnout, depression, and suicide.

  • Aug. 29, 2017
Young doctor in blue uniform touching head with hand and keeping eyes closed while leaning at the glass door
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Compassion Fatigue: The Toll of Being a Care Provider

Self-care can go a long way in helping physicians and other health providers prevent and overcome compassion fatigue.

  • July 11, 2017
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Residency Programs Develop Strategies to Respond to High Burnout Rates

Many graduate medical education programs are incorporating ways to improve resiliency and reduce burnout as residents progress through training.

  • July 3, 2017
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“Brain on Fire” by Susannah Cahalan

Video: Reporter and award-winning author Susannah Cahalan shares her experience of spending a month in the hospital before being diagnosed with a rare illness.

  • June 13, 2017
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Creating Learning Environments That Promote Physician Resilience

Darrell G. Kirch: The high-quality learning experience outlined in the updated AAMC compacts can help address the crisis of burnout and improve resiliency.

  • March 14, 2017
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Twitter is Trending in Academic Medicine

Twitter offers a means for educators, clinicians, and researchers to communicate and stay connected with each other in real time.

  • Feb. 20, 2017