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Women in Gastroenterology Struggle To Find Work–Life BalanceISSUE: JANUARY, 2010 A late autumn evening seminar hosted by the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (NYSGE) provided a casual, but elegant, forum for female gastroenterologists to discuss women’s viewpoints on working in the field of gastroenterology—e.g., academic versus clinical work, the importance of finding and being good mentors, identifying and defining professional interests. But when the panel opened the floor to questions, one topic dominated the evening’s discussion: How do you manage a medical career and a family? read more |
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Questions About PPI, Clopidogrel Combo Abound ISSUE: JANUARY, 2010 A recent warning issued to patients by the FDA has led to an outcry from the medical community. The Nov. 17 statement told patients to avoid taking the combination of omeprazole and clopidogrel, even if they separate ingestion of the two medications by up to 12 hours. read more |
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Should Doctors Use Facebook With Patients? ISSUE: JANUARY, 2010 By Michael Kirsch, MD When it comes to Facebook, I offer full disclosure: I am neither a friend nor a fan of this godfather of social media. In my seven-member nuclear family, six use Facebook as a portal into their personal worlds. I am the outlier. I just don’t have the time to create and maintain another universe in my life. read more |
A Care With Words: Effects of Clinician Comments on PatientsISSUE: JANUARY, 2010 By Marc E. Agronin, MD Clinicians often speak to patients in ways that appear accurate and informative to them but are wholly insensitive, overly paternalistic and sometimes, frankly, wrong. Our words can have great consequences, for the reactions of patients to them can literally mean the difference between hope and despair, recovery and persistent illness, and in some cases between life and death itself. read more |
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