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[Read the ultimate guide]( on extending the value of your organization’s EHR. --------------------------------------------------------------- KevinMD Plus: Oct 17, 2022 [Is Google your first responder?]( An excerpt from Taking Care of You: The Empowered Woman’s Guide to Better Health. How many times have you found yourself with an unusual symptom or ailment and then quickly opened your phone to Google what it means? A lot of us do it! Whether we are searching for information for ourselves, or trying to [...] [Take steps (literally) to prevent dementia]( A recent study out of England found that walking just under 10,000 steps a day reduces a person’s risk of developing dementia by 50 percent. Pick up the pace to a “brisk” walk (over 40 steps per minute), and that risk goes down even further. Perhaps most strikingly, the authors found that even a low [...] [For a better practitioner and better outcomes, we need to start teaching this]( Current medical education promotes and encourages the textbook approach to learning, while interactive patient-centered learning rarely happens. Although rote learning plays a critical role in medical education, applying what is learned deepens the understanding and application of rote-learned materials. Undergraduate students can learn with supervision from instructors and patients, so they are prepared to practice [...] [What physicians can do in Ukraine [PODCAST]]( “You can talk about Ukraine and the courage of the Ukrainian people as you talk to colleagues and patients and as you talk to family and friends in your community. The U.S. may be divided now, but we can speak as one people in [...] [My motherland is burning, but patient care can’t wait]( My relationship with my cultural identity has always been a complicated one. As many children of immigrants can relate, I often felt disconnected from my parents’ country of origin in an attempt to assimilate to American life. I was born in Manhattan, New York, and have always defined myself as a New Yorker first and [...] [Pediatrician and pharmacist agree: Children should be vaccinated against COVID-19]( With COVID-19 vaccines now widely available for children six months and older, we join pediatricians and pharmacists across the country and urge parents to vaccinate their young children against COVID-19 as soon as possible. Schools are open and more activities are moving indoors with the cooler weather, so now is the time to ensure your [...] [Why do smart doctors sink money into silly investments?]( People who’ve done what it takes to earn a medical degree are typically pretty special. Most doctors spend reasonably, invest wisely and incubate a healthy nest egg: a recipe for a comfortable retirement. But some doctors are profligate and foolishly fall prey to hare-brained financial schemes. On the outside, they seem just like their financially [...] [End printed medical journals [PODCAST]]( “For the better part of two decades in medicine, I considered printed journals an old friend. Getting my latest medical journal in the mail, opening it, enjoying the feel, look, and even the smell of the journal was almost like getting a monthly present. [...] [Next of kin in the medical decision making process]( Four years ago, as chairman of the hospital ethics committee, I was asked to convene an emergency meeting brought by a distraught family as medical decisions had to be made for their ill loved one. The hospital, HMO lawyers, the family, three adult children, and their mother were at the meeting. The father had arrived [...] [The White House should help students swap out dairy milk in school lunches]( I have an urgent request for the White House as it is garnering support for its national nutrition strategy that was unveiled at the September 28 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health: Tell the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stop putting students’ health at risk, and cut the red tape for them to get [...] [Activity is good. Exercise is better.]( An excerpt from Man Overboard!: A Medical Lifeline for the Aging Male. OK, you don’t consider yourself an exerciser. It’s just not you. You hate running. You don’t have the social temperament or the body image to show up in a gym. You’re not interested in doing a Turkey Trot, Reindeer Run or, God forbid, [...] [How discovering trauma changed this doctor’s life [PODCAST]]( “In some ways, my diagnosis was the beginning of the rest of my life. I’m now a health coach, helping women struggling with chronic stress and anxiety. And I love what I do. I am able to use all of my healing skills and [...] [Batman catching babies]( Whenever asked, I hesitate to tell people what I do because when a young man says: “I’m a gynecologist,” he never seems to be taken quite so seriously. “No, really, I am” – “Oh.” Instead, I opt for the more charming “I deliver babies” line. Works every time. And why is that? What about birth [...] [Tips to be a more productive, less stressed physician]( Why should you be more productive? Because time is money? Not only that. I prefer time is family or time is go-home-sooner. Being more productive in medicine isn’t working more hours or faster; it means working better. Take breaks. Doctors rarely take breaks during their workday. Yet most employees do take two 15 minutes breaks [...] [Invest in your child. Invest in their future: ESG funds and 529 plans]( For parents looking to fund their child’s education, a 529 plan is an optimal way to grow savings through investments and gain significant tax breaks in the process. But as we have previously explored, investments that grow your own portfolio may be causing harm to others by supporting companies that don’t take their social or [...] [Practicing great medicine got a lot simpler. It’s health care that’s getting in the way.]( We pay more than any other nation for health care, yet we have suffered the single biggest decline in life expectancy since WWII. Something went wrong. At a time of record inflation and rising taxes, isn’t it time we stopped to ask where the money is going, what exactly we are paying for, and why? [...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Thousands of physicians are browsing this job board](. 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