Latest Residents News

• Second US Coronavirus Patient Confirmed A Chicago resident returning from Wuhan, China, on Jan. 13, 2020, developed symptoms of the disease and contacted her health care provider.
  Medscape Medical News, January 24, 2020
• Paraguay's President Abdo Contracts Dengue Fever Amid Outbreak A dengue fever outbreak that has affected thousands of Paraguayans in recent weeks has reached as far as the presidential palace, with the country's leader Mario Abdo confirmed as having been struck by the disease.
  Reuters Health Information, January 22, 2020
• 'UroLeak 2020' Gave Early Look at Urology Match Results Some medical students accessed their Urology Match Day results before the official release.
  Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2020
• Nursing Homes Underreport Falls Requiring Hospitalization Reporting rates of falls were even lower for nonwhite and short-stay residents, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2020
• An Ongoing Cover-Up: Docs With Tattoos and Body Piercings As tattoos and piercings become increasingly common, institutions are being forced to rethink their policies. Where is the line between allowing individual expression and requiring professionalism?
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2020
• The Family Wanted a Do Not Resuscitate Order. The Doctors Didn't. Andy Jurtschenko didn't want to be a burden on his family. After he suffered brain damage during a heart transplant at a New Jersey hospital, his medical team deflected the family's request for a DNR.
  ProPublica, January 02, 2020
• Diet Dr Pepper Does Not Promise Weight Loss or Deceive Consumers -U.S. Appeals Court A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday said the maker of Diet Dr Pepper did not deceive consumers into thinking the soft drink promoted weight loss by including "diet" in its name, a decision that could doom a similar lawsuit over Diet Coke.
  Reuters Health Information, December 30, 2019
• Laundry Pods Cause Growing Number of Eye Injuries in U.S.
  Reuters Health Information, December 30, 2019
• Oxygen Bar to Fake Rain: 10 Ways India Tried to Beat Its 'Airpocalypse'
  Reuters Health Information, December 26, 2019
• Equal Ratio of Plasma, RBCs Appears Best for Hemorrhaging Trauma Patients A 1:1 ratio of fresh frozen plasma to packed red blood cells (FFP:pRBC) is associated with the lowest 24-hour mortality in trauma patients needing massive transfusion, according to a study of data from a nationwide cohort.
  Reuters Health Information, December 25, 2019
• Internal Medicine Residency Program Directors Misinterpret Leave Policies Most internal medicine program directors (PDs) misinterpret American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) leave policies for resident physicians, in large part because the policies don't explicitly define "one month," according to a new report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
  Reuters Health Information, December 24, 2019
• Not So Lonely This Christmas: Britain's Ethical Businesses Tackle Isolation Epidemic
  Reuters Health Information, December 24, 2019
• Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease Increasing, More Common in Women, Older People Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease is on the rise across the U.S., especially among women and older people, new research shows.
  Reuters Health Information, December 19, 2019
• US Patients Sexually Harass Their Docs More Than UK Patients Do There are differences between the UK and US healthcare systems, but doctors in both places have to contend with sexual harassment from colleagues and patients.
  Medscape Medical News, December 17, 2019
• Major Political Events Depress Young Doctors' Moods Major U.S. political events, such as the 2016 presidential election and inauguration, were linked with declines in the moods of first-year residents, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 11, 2019
• Women Make Up the Majority of US Med Students for First Time This builds on a previous first from 2017, when women made up the majority of first-year med students, according to the latest figures from the AAMC.
  Medscape Medical News, December 11, 2019
• MDs in Postgrad Training May Skip Routine Health Care (Reuters Health) - Young physicians in residency programs often miss out on routine medical care and preventive health services even when they take daily prescriptions, a small study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 05, 2019
• An MD in the US Fights to Get a Green Card Before It's Too Late Battling breast cancer while working to reform green card rules for physicians has become daily life for Vara Venkata Ponnada, MD.
  Medscape Medical News, December 03, 2019
• Federal Court Dismisses MOC Complaint vs Radiology Board Judge denies that American Board of Radiology's recertfication program violates the Sherman Antitrust Act.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2019
• Women More Likely to Be Warned Away From Surgery Careers Due to Gender Punishing hours and concerns about having little time to marry and have children deter both male and female medical students from choosing careers in surgery, but more women say they've been warned away from the field because of their gender, a survey found.
  Reuters Health Information, November 19, 2019