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Abortion bans drive off doctors and close clinics, putting other health care at risk
by Julie Rovner May 23, 2023Enlarge this image Dr. Franz Theard performs a sonogram on a patient seeking abortion services at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic in Santa…
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80-hour weeks and roaches near your cot? More medical residents unionize
by Alan Yu March 23, 2023Enlarge this image Dr. Leah Rethy is an internal medicine resident with Penn Medicine. Kimberly Paynter/WHYY hide caption toggle caption Kimberly Paynter/WHYY…
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Scant obesity training in medical school leaves docs ill-prepared to help patients
by Yuki Noguchi January 31, 2023Enlarge this image wagnerokasaki/Getty Images wagnerokasaki/Getty Images Tong Yan grew up in a Chinese-American enclave of Los Angeles in a family that…
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Despite its central role in the COVID pandemic, the infectious diseases specialty saw 44% of its training programs for doctors go unfilled.…
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‘Does Your Knee Make More Of A Click Or A Clack?’ — Teaching ‘Car Talk’ To New Docs
by Paul Chisholm February 27, 2019In their classic radio show, Car Talk, hosts Ray and Tom Magliozzi, demonstrated what some doctors consider an ideal example of the…
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Enlarge this image Students and administrators at the Icahn School of Medicine are working to fight racial disparities at their school, including:…
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Enlarge this image Lisa Iezzoni is professor of medicine at Harvard. She has multiple sclerosis and researches disparities in health care for…
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