General Practice

General practice receptionists frequently experience aggression and verbal abuse from patients “almost ubiquitously,” leading some to accept it as “an occupational hazard," according to researchers.

NEW ORLEANS — The Renal Physicians Association presented awards at its annual meeting here in recognition of expertise in nephrology practice and service to the organization.

In this Healio video exclusive, Jagmeet Singh, MD, DPhil, the co-producer of the Heart Rhythm Society’s inaugural HRX meeting on digital health advancements, discusses how the event encouraged discussion of the future of health care.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Vaccines against common health care-associated, resistant pathogens could be a key in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, according to data presented at the World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress.

For endocrinologists and those who follow endocrine literature and sciences, annual meetings of the Endocrine Society, American Association of Clinical Endocrinology and the American Diabetes Association have recently ended.

In a statement, the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons thanked the House Ways and Means Committee for its recent proposal that would protect patients from surprise medical billing and create a framework for independent dispute resolution.

Many Americans would agree money spent on higher education is one of the best investments. No other asset class has the ability to change the trajectory of a young person’s life as powerfully as a college and graduate education. For this reason, many parents and grandparents strive to empower young students to pursue their dreams through higher education.

In a review of the 2019 milestones, Endocrine Today compiled a list of drugs and devices related to the field that were newly approved, cleared and had label or indication changes. Information was gathered from the FDA website and news releases.