Physician News

• NextGen's (NXGN) Integrated Platform Gets Leveraged by Mednax
  
  Mednax utilizes NextGen's (NXGN) fully-integrated platform to enhance its efficacy in placing crucial information on patients' health and well-being at the physician's fingertips.
  Zacks.  Friday, 15 Oct 2021.
• Physicians Make Great Entrepreneurs
  
  What is easy to overlook for many in the medical field is the way that the patient-centric workplace prepares you for life as an entrepreneur.
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 13 Oct 2021.
• Morale at 'an all-time low': Doctors feel unprepared for winter months, poll warns
  
  Doctors believe the NHS is inadequately prepared for the winter months, a poll from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has found.
  Sky News.  Tuesday, 12 Oct 2021.
• Dr Mike reveals 5 risks of showering daily in viral TikTok video
  
  Not everybody needs to shower daily, and doing so can carry risks, says social media medic Dr. Mike. The 31-year-old New Jersey-based primary care physician revealed why on TikTok.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 1 Oct 2021.
• Controversial abortion bill similar to Texas' ban introduced in Florida
  
  The bill would require physicians to test for a "fetal heartbeat" on a pregnant person.
  ABC News.  Thursday, 23 Sep 2021.
• To Boost Black Men in Medicine, Advocates Turn to Sports
  
  High-performing athletes possess many of the skills and attributes that physicians need, supporters of the strategy say
  Smithsonian.  Tuesday, 21 Sep 2021.
• Texas Limits Abortion Even More As Gov. Abbott Signs Restrictions On Abortion-Inducing Drugs
  
  The new law blocks physicians from giving patients abortion-inducing medication more than seven weeks into a pregnancy.
  Forbes.  Monday, 20 Sep 2021.
• OB/GYN says he VIOLATED Texas law by performing abortion after six-week limit
  
  Alan Braid, an OB/GYN physician, said he did the procedure while treating a woman at his San Antonio clinic on September 6 - five days after the restrictive new law known as SB8 went into effect.
  Daily Mail.  Sunday, 19 Sep 2021.
• A Medical Career, at a Cost: Infertility
  
  Physicians are raising awareness of the reproductive toll that work stress, long hours, sleep deprivation and years of training can exact.
  New York Times.  Friday, 17 Sep 2021.
• Inspiration4 civilian astronaut, cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux writes a note to her younger self
  
  Inspiration4's first all-civilian mission to space aboard a SpaceX rocket will include St. Jude Children's Research Hospital physician assistant and cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux. ...
  CBS News.  Tuesday, 14 Sep 2021.
• The day after 9/11: Ari Fleischer recalls heartbreaking message Walter Reed physician had for President Bush
  
  September 11, 2001 will be forever etched in the hearts and minds of Americans, but for former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, the day after terror and tragedy struck will also remain a most vivid memory.
  Fox News.  Saturday, 11 Sep 2021.
• Florida doctor will refuse to treat unvaccinated patients
  
  A South Florida doctor became the second physician to make the contentious decision to refuse treatment to unvaccinated patients in a COVID-ravaged state.
  Fox News.  Tuesday, 7 Sep 2021.
• Cardiovascular Systems (CSII) Introduces Diamondback in Canada
  
  The introduction of Cardiovascular Systems' (CSII) Diamondback 360 Coronary OAS in Canada will offer physicians an effective treatment option for patients with coronary artery diseases.
  Zacks.  Tuesday, 31 Aug 2021.
• Pentagon Spox Proposes Re-Educating Troops Who Object To COVID Vaccine
  
  'Have that physician communicate to them the risks that they are taking'
  Daily Caller.  Wednesday, 25 Aug 2021.
• The social network for doctors is full of vaccine disinformation
  
  Doctors are surprised to find anti-vaccine posts proliferating on Doximity, a professional network for physicians.
  CNBC.  Friday, 6 Aug 2021.

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