(MedPage Today) — As usual, we are stuck here in the middle. Upstream from us in primary care is the world our patients live in, their social situations, their mental health challenges, the wearing down on a body and soul that living a life leads… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — In this exclusive Instagram Live clip, Jeremy Faust, MD, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, and Marta Wosińska, PhD, senior fellow of economic studies at the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative on Health Policy, discuss how… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — “Two lessons: believe in your data and question conventional wisdom.” — Stephen Hauser, MD, of the University of California San Francisco, discussing his book, The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries. “You don’t always think… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — A few years ago, I was the oncology doctor on call when I was paged about a new patient in the intensive care unit (ICU). The patient, whom I’ll call Beth, was weak — so weak that first she struggled to stand from a sitting… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — Nearly every ask of Congress comes with a price tag, especially when it comes to reforming Medicare. For example, the Medicare conversion factor — the rate used to pay providers caring for Medicare patients — is lower in… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — From stomping on Koopas and collecting coins as Mario to “catching ’em all” in Pokemon, we and countless others were enthralled by video games during our childhoods. It was our guilty pleasure, much to the chagrin of our parents… Powered by WPeMatico
