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Opinion > Second Opinions — Who comes out on top? by Bryan Carmody, MD, MPH February 2, 2023 Last Updated February 3, 2023 It wasn't long ago that the U.S. News & World Report rankings were the agreed-upon arbiter of prestige and quality in medical schools. Sure, you might quibble with their results or their

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Quizzes > Weekly News Quiz — You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz by MedPage Today Staff January 28, 2023 The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Expanding anesthesiology residency programs—even in the absence of federal funding—may help medical institutions save staffing costs and address projected shortages of anesthesia care professionals, suggests a first-of-its-kind study being presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists' ADVANCE 2023, the Anesthesiology Business Event. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital expenses

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Inaccurately recording the start of anesthesia care during a procedure is common and results in significant lost billing time for anesthesia practices and medical centers, suggests a study being presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists' ADVANCE 2023, the Anesthesiology Business Event. The anesthesia start time (AST) must be documented from

Skip to main content January 27, 2023 12:39 PM University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine on Thursday joined a growing list of elite schools to end their participation in U.S. News & World Report's medical school rankings. In a letter to U.S. News, Dr. Mark Anderson, Pritzker's dean, cited concerns about methodology and equity, asking U.S.

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of East Anglia have solved an 80-year-old medical mystery of the cause of kidney damage in children, which can be fatal in babies. Those affected by the condition cannot metabolize vitamin D properly, causing a build-up of calcium in the blood and leading to kidney damage and

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Was the shift to virtual visits during the pandemic with primary care physicians associated with increased emergency department visits? A new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) found no evidence that patients with a primary care physician in Ontario visited the emergency department as a substitution for in-person physician