Coronavirus Perspective

• Doctors' Burden: Psychiatry Suicide Report 2023 For some psychiatrists, the stress of practicing medicine has become so unbearable that they contemplate or attempt suicide. Others have found ways to support their mental health.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 31, 2023
• Doctors' Burden: Family Medicine Suicide Report 2023 For some family physicians, the stress of practicing medicine has become so unbearable that they contemplate or attempt suicide. Others have found ways to support their mental health.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 31, 2023
• Doctors' Burden: Oncology Suicide Report 2023 For some oncologists, the stress of practicing medicine has become so unbearable that they contemplate or attempt suicide. Others have found ways to support their mental health.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 31, 2023
• Doctors' Burden: Neurology Suicide Report 2023 For some neurologists, the stress of practicing medicine has become so unbearable that they contemplate or attempt suicide. Others have found ways to support their mental health.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 31, 2023
• 'Excess' Deaths Surging, but Why?   We can't blame COVID for this. F. Perry Wilson comments on a new study of excess deaths in the United States compared with Europe.
  Medscape, March 29, 2023
• COVID-19: 3 Years Later and Lessons Learned   We hit the streets and ask everyday folks what they’ve learned in the 3 years since COVID changed the world.
  WebMD, March 29, 2023
• On Friendships: What Canadian Physicians Say Today Physicians may struggle to make and maintain friendships alongside work, family, and other responsibilities, according to our survey findings.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 28, 2023
• Long-COVID Mystery Has Doctors in the Dark Dr Amesh Adalja discusses the lack of knowledge regarding post-acute long-COVID symptoms and how to move forward.
  WebMD, March 28, 2023
• Long-COVID Brain Fog Brain fog is one of the most common symptoms after COVID-19 in both people who have been hospitalized and those who have not.
  CDC Expert Commentary, March 27, 2023
• COVID-19 Vaccinations Lag in Youngest Children Despite evidence of vaccine efficacy, very few parents are opting to protect their young children with the COVID-19 vaccine.
  MDedge, March 24, 2023
• Why Aren't Clinicians Referring Patients to Cardiac Rehab? According to Dr Cate Collings, it's even financially feasible to start a cardiac rehab program in a primary care practice.
  Medscape Family Medicine, March 21, 2023
• COVID Can Mimic Prostate Cancer Signs Sharp spike in PSA? Infection with SARS-CoV-2, not cancer, might be to blame.
  Medscape Urology, March 20, 2023
• Rogue Faculty and Academic Freedom in the Age of Misinformation   Should our nation's academic institutions rein in faculty who amplify conspiracy theories and spread potentially harmful falsehoods?
  Medscape, March 15, 2023
• Doctors' Burden: Medscape Physician Suicide Report 2023 For some physicians, the stress of practicing medicine has become so unbearable that they contemplate or attempt suicide. Others have found ways to support their mental health.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 03, 2023
• Emergency Risk Communication for Healthcare Professionals The COCA and HAN team at CDC focuses on emergency preparedness and response communication tailored to healthcare professionals.
  CDC Expert Commentary, March 02, 2023
• Epilepsy in Nursing Homes: The Need for Education   Andrew N. Wilner, MD, and Ilo E. Leppik, MD, discuss research presented at the American Epilepsy Society meeting.
  Medscape Neurology, March 01, 2023
• How to Help Your Colleagues, Coworkers, and Staff Many people in your professional orbit may need you to step in and help them address mental health issues. Here's how to do that, one step at a time.
  Medscape Physician Business Academy, February 28, 2023
• The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health Changes to healthcare triggered by the pandemic have had a deep and lasting effect on mental health and how physicians and patients perceive and react to challenging situations.
  Medscape Physician Business Academy, February 28, 2023
• Mental Health: What Is It? Because mental health is not often discussed in medical school and beyond, many physicians have difficulty addressing their patients' — and their own — emotional welfare.
  Medscape Physician Business Academy, February 28, 2023
• Infographic: How Bad Are Burnout, Depression for Physicians? Hospitalists assess contentment levels at the office and in their personal lives before and after COVID-19 shook the profession. They also reveal favored approaches for maintaining mental health.
  Medscape, February 28, 2023