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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 21, 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

Jan. 20, 2023 – Preslee Marshall, a 25-year-old resident of Canada, began having severe electric shock-like sensations shooting throughout her body. It started happening once a week, then progressed to once a day, then multiple times a day, she says. Worried,  Marshall, who co-manages a public relations agency, consulted a neurologist. “He told me my symptoms

It’s not a secret that the medical profession has become increasingly impersonal in recent years. With overcrowded hospitals and clinics, it’s often difficult for doctors to give their patients the time and attention they deserve. As a result, many people are feeling increasingly frustrated with the state of healthcare...

Samsung Medical Center in South Korea has achieved a top score globally for the HIMSS Digital Health Indicator.  Launched in 2020, the DHI measures a health organisation's progress in building a digital health ecosystem in four dimensions: governance and workforce, predictive analytics, interoperability, and person-enabled health. The hospital scored 365/400 for the DHI.  WHY IT

Sebnem Korur Fincanci sentenced to nearly three years in prison for disseminating ‘terror organisation propaganda’.A court has convicted the president of the Turkish Medical...

Public Health & Policy > Equity in Medicine — Debt disparities start long before postgrad training; debt forgiveness could provide relief by Sophie Putka, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today January 9, 2023 Medical resident trainees bear the burden of debt inequitably along racial and ethnic lines, according to a cross-sectional study. Among over 120,000

Skip to main content January 03, 2023 02:26 PM Amazon’s $3.9 billion proposed deal to acquire One Medical surmounted one obstacle when Oregon regulators approved the deal last week. The Oregon Health Authority cleared the Amazon-One Medical transaction Dec. 28. The regulator concluded the acquisition would be unlikely to affect access and cost for Oregonians