Ever Get the Holiday Blues? It’s more common than you might think for the holiday season to exacerbate SAD. Don’t feel trapped by this! It’s important to be aware of how things like the seasons and your surroundings affect your
Giving Doctors What They Need to Avoid Burnout Across the health care industry, there’s a growing sense that pushing doctors ever harder to achieve productivity, quality, and service goals is backfiring. Doctors are working harder than ever and spending more
Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi Remembered The Smithsonian Mag has recently published a fascinating article about the life of Anandi Gopal Joshi, one of the first Indian female physicians. Dr. Joshi recognized the lack of female physicians in India and took it upon
The folks over at https://fitt.co have put together an amazing list of weekend getaway destinations that are all within reasonable driving distance from Pittsburgh. There are some great options here for an excursion without having to worry about flights, or major
Don’t let the hot summer weather get you down! Take a trip out to raccoon creek state park and do some: Hiking Mountain biking Swimming Boating Camping Horse riding Fishing Hunting Start planning your trip here! http://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/RaccoonCreekStatePark/Pages/default.aspx
AI vs. MD (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/03/ai-versus-md) In this article from The New Yorker Annals of Medicine, Siddhartha Mukherjee explores the unique features that make a skilled diagnostician, and then highlights research conducted by Sebastian Thrun in an effort to apply machine learning
Two great articles published by the AAFP on how to manage difficult patient encounters. Read More Here: How to Manage Difficult Patient Encounters: http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0600/p30.html Rethinking Difficult Patient Encounters: http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2012/0700/p17.html Photo Credit: www.aafp.org
Article in the WSJ regarding innovative technologies in health care. Read more here: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-future-of-medicine-is-in-your-smartphone-1420828632 Photo: Ellen Weinstein (www.wsj.com)
“In a world where physicians in training are encouraged to know the Patient’s Bill of Rights — posted on the walls of nearly every hospital and clinic in the country — why are we not teaching them the U.N.’s Universal
A new report in the Wall Street Journal, “A Road to Mental Health Through the Kitchen,” the WSJ reveals that going into the kitchen can help patients with their anxiety and depression because it helps them to learn “healthy cooking