What’s fast, easy and cheap isn’t necessarily good for you. Just about every fast food chain has calorie content on the menu showing consumers what they’re getting, but physicians recently got a closer look in a study of chicken nuggets.
Patients that know who their doctor is — and a couple of facts about that person — may go a long way toward improving patient satisfaction, according to a recent Vanderbilt study. Faced with the knowledge that between 82 percent and 90 percent of medical patients are unable to correctly name their treating physician following inpatient admission, orthopaedic trauma surgeon Alex Jahangir, M.D., and his Vanderbilt colleagues studied the effects of giving a randomized group of patients a simple biosketch card about their doctor.
The number of active doctors continues to rise while more students are enrolling in medical school, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Stem cell research is ongoing at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The latest announcement described a clinical trial in which angina patients were treated with stem cells. Angina is chest pain due to restricted blood flow to the heart muscle. The clinical trial was designed to evaluate treatment for angina patients who have not responded to other procedures.
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Work is confined to a secure compound during 90 day in country rotation. Work schedules are 12 hour shifts, 6 days a week. General Surgeons will be provided the opportunity to attend a surgical rotation under the auspice of the University of Miami. These rotations will take place in either Miami, Fl or Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rotations will be scheduled as schedules allow in accordance with mission capabilities.
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