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Obesity Officially Classified as a Disease
… advance obesity treatment and prevention." This decision is likely to affect national health policy and health … insurance coverage for evaluating and managing obesity. It is also likely to encourage physicians to take obesity more … thinner colleagues per year, and for males, the difference is close to $5000 per year on average. Marc Bessler, MD, …
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What We’re Reading: 06/26/20
… cost tens of thousands of lives. What’s so well done here is the mapping and tracing of travel patterns linked to … What We’re Reading: 06/26/20 …
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A Thanksgiving Update from Dr. Smith: 11/26/20
… Dear Colleagues, I hope everyone in the Department is enjoying a safe, healthy, and festive Thanksgiving. This … that the Pilgrims had the opportunity to occupy a choice site in Plymouth only because it had been vacated by … from the Chair: 4/27/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/26/20 COVID-19 Updates from the Chair: 4/25/20 COVID-19 …
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Thyroid Biopsy: What is it and when is it recommended?
… Thyroid Biopsy: What is it and when is it recommended? …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 4/26/20
… array of media reveals general agreement that our region is past the peak. Unfortunately, CUIMC ICU census has only … over the past 10 days. As I’ve said several times, that is an enormous obstacle to our restart plans. A bit like … challenges facing the beer industry (Saabira Chaudry, 3/26). During March alone, cancellation of events like March …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 3/26/20
… by anyone working in proximity to other people. The mask is not necessary when alone in an office, or in other … giver” will receive one N95 mask, although use of the N95 is still officially restricted to aerosol-generating … be available very soon. Importantly, “direct care” giving is not the exclusive province of nurses or physicians. For …
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What We’re Reading: 02/06/26
… care for older adults. What makes it especially powerful is how it centers the cost to us all. Residents in … take priority over lived experience. (from nytimes.com) Fearing ICE crackdown, immigrants nationally are … (from newyorker.com) Related: What We’re Reading: 01/09/26 What We’re Reading: 12/05/25 People Are Everything: Dr. …
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What We’re Reading: 02/26/21
… Others? As Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee put it, this article is his epidemiological whodunnit. A fantastic exploration … and socio-ecological profile.” ( From newyorker.com ) We Still Don’t Know How Well Covid Vaccines Stop … What We’re Reading: 07/10/20 What We’re Reading: 06/26/20 What We’re Reading: 06/19/20 What We’re Reading: …
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What We’re Reading: 01/09/26
… technological progress in transplantation. (from nytimes.com) In China, A.I. Is Finding Deadly Tumors That Doctors Might Miss We’re heavy … trust to act on what the technology finds. (from nytimes.com) 90 Minutes to Give Baby Luna a New Heart An … What We’re Reading: 01/09/26 …
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What We're Reading: 07/26/24
… the web that made it into our feeds recently. How on Earth Is There a Syphilis Epidemic in 2024? Yes, there appears to … to combat this preventable disease. (From nytimes.com) How ECMO Is Redefining Death This long piece is worth … complex medical and ethical challenges. (From newyorker.com) Pain Doesn’t Belong on a Scale of Zero to 10 Sometimes …
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What is Minimal Access Surgery?
… Minimal access surgery is completed with one or more small incisions instead of a … magnified images on a television. When the telescope is used to operate on the abdomen, the procedure is called laparoscopy. When used in the chest, the procedure … What is Minimal Access Surgery? …
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When the Cover Is the Story
… of Books Bound in Human Skin Judging a book by its cover is appropriate for once, because this cover has her own … to a chestnut brown, Robert Couper’s book on impregnation is bound in leather of the human variety. Anthropodermic bibliopegy is the practice of binding books in human skin. While now …
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Palliative Care Is Actually for Everyone
… at death was missing the bigger picture. Palliative care is wider than I thought, more flexible than I assumed. It’s … it’s not just for the patient. “Palliative care is appropriate for seriously ill people at any stage of … members. Every day can be a struggle. “Caregiver burden is an under-recognized and underappreciated aspect of serious …
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September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
… September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. The NY … of this disease. As many of you know, thyroid cancer is one of the most common cancers and affects women 3 times … in terms of number of new cases each year, thyroid cancer is the fastest growing cancer among women, even more so than …
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Is Robotic Surgery Safe for Breast Cancer Patients?
… be linked to lower long-term survival, but more research is needed. Robotic surgery allows for a minimally invasive … use during mastectomy, specifically? A: The issue at hand is that the robot has been shown to be beneficial for only … approved for use in these procedures. The use of the robot is now being expanded to mastectomy, and that is where the …
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