Have you or a loved one gotten a mosquito bite in the last month? The entire time I’ve been on vacation, everyone is aiming to prevent Zika but at the expense of keeping the peace. The reality is, we’re more likely to get Norovirus than Zika virus. How do we go about increasing public awareness […]
Thoughts on Smoking
I think it’s probably obvious to those in the medical field that smoking is terrible for you. For starters, it can increase your risk for developing all sorts of cancer. Additionally, when you discount skin cancers, lung cancer has the highest rate of mortality. While many of these lung cancer cases may not be attributable […]
Stress + Physician = Bad
Research has shown that a physician’s experience of stress in a clinical setting has wide spread effects on the patient, hospital, and themselves. Physicians undergoing high levels of stress are more likely to change jobs, place less emphasis on teamwork, have higher burnout rates, and report less practice autonomy. Even more significantly, physicians who work […]
