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According to the official UAE government website – u.ae – foreign nationals need to be free from all forms of communicable diseases such as HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and TB (Tuberculosis). In addition, the following categories of workers should test negative for syphilis and Hepatitis B: • Workers in nurseries• Domestic workers including housemaids, nannies

Perspectives > Second Opinions — Artificial intelligence should be used differently in training and medical practice by Naga Kanaparthy, MD, MPH December 1, 2024 Kanaparthy is a practicing internal medicine physician specializing in clinical informatics. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of education, Linda McMahon, will be wrestling with growing uncertainty around education in the

April 20, 2023 – Maureen Kennedy struggled with sleep problems for more than 30 years. She tried Excedrin PM, trazodone, and Ambien. That last one worked, but her doctor cut her off, worried the drug might increase the 82-year-old’s risk of a dangerous fall.  “I asked my doctor about cannabis for sleep,” said Kennedy, who

Note: “An Arm and a Leg” uses speech-recognition software to generate transcripts, which may contain errors. Please use the transcript as a tool but check the corresponding audio before quoting the podcast. Dan: Hey there– Lisa French was a clerk for a trucking company in Denver. She’d been in a car crash, and her doctor

Skip to main content Meharry Medical College has agreed to pay more than $100,000 to settle federal allegations that the medical school submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare for services provided by unsupervised, non-physician residents. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee alleged that from 2016 to 2020 the medical school fraudulently sought physician

Skip to main content CHICAGO — The first openly gay person to lead the American Medical Association takes the reins at a fractious time for U.S. healthcare. Transgender patients and those seeking abortion care face restrictions in many places. The medical judgment of physicians is being overridden by state laws. Disinformation is rampant. And the nation

Opinion > The Activist Psychiatrist — We can and must do better by Amanda J. Calhoun, MD, MPH April 9, 2023 My Black patient spent most of February in a locked inpatient psychiatric ward. Well, he wasn't my patient anymore, but he had been at one time. As a resident working with hospitalized children with

A new report led by the University of Manitoba suggests the majority of Canadians who consume medical cannabis aren’t being prescribed the drug, but rather getting it at their local recreational pot shop, raising some health and safety concerns...