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President Speaks Against Obamacare During Address to Congress

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Senate Majority Leader Delays Vote on Republican Health Care Bill

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Board Certification Exams: Worth the Expense?

While the intention behind maintenance of certification (MOC) requirements from member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is to ensure that physicians stay current in their...

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Practice What You Preach: How Exercising Can Make You a Better Physician

Between seeing patients all day, studying for board certification exams, and slaving away in electronic health systems — not to mention personal and family responsibilities — it is often difficult to...

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WHO: Estimated Costs of Reaching Global Health Targets Released

A new estimate published by the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Health Price Tag describing in detail the costs and benefits of expanding health services to achieve 16 SDG health targets,...

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Should Access to External Resources Be Allowed During Certification...

According to a recent article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, access to an electronic resource during a certification examination did not adversely affect test performance, nor did it...

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Improving Physician Nutrition: Hospital Cafeteria Food or Brown Bagging It?

Maintaining a healthy life balance can be difficult for physicians, especially as our days are filled with seeing patients, studying for certification exams, staying up to date on new medical...

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Fitting in Time for Exercise When Working a 70-Hour-Week Rotation

How does a physician stay active or maintain a healthy exercise regimen during grueling hospital rotations? Making time to take care of yourself can be quite difficult when most of our time is spent...

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Should Foreign Language Fluency Be a Required Competency for International...

Physicians are, by nature, compassionate and altruistic people, or we’re supposed to be anyway. So when a chance comes up for us to travel to a developing nation and offer medical assistance, it’s not...

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The End of DACA: What This Means for Dreamer Physicians Across America

“Dreamers” across the country erupted in emotion earlier this week when President Donald Trump announced the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protected...

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