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Doctors Write Their Ideal Medical News Headlines

We are bombarded daily with negative headlines touting ominous news about our health such as, “Aggressive tick whose bite makes people allergic to red meat is arriving in Canada” or “Millions of Americans live nowhere…

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How Much Money Are Drs. Saving for Retirement?

A radiologist from Canada recently posted on the network asking his fellow physicians how much money they would need to have saved to comfortable retire: “I’ve written about the ongoing negotiations between government and Ontario’s…

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Doctors Share their Off-the-Clock CPR Stories

We know you’re familiar with the words, “Is there a doctor in the house?” We occasionally ask the Sermo network of global physicians to share their off-the-clock doctor experiences, when they needed to spring into…

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What Should I Do With My Extra Medication?

When it comes to surplus medication leftover from a prescription, many may feel the natural urge to just toss it in the garbage, or perhaps flush it down the toilet. However, the FDA has long been trying…

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Is multitasking bad for your brain?

 A new study recently suggested that multitasking may be bad for the brain: people who are regularly bombarded with several streams of electronic information do not pay attention, control their memory, or switch from one task…

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Organ Donation: Opt-In vs Opt-Out?

April is Nation Donate Life Month, which consists of regional and national activities to help encourage Americans to register as organ donors and potentially save lives. 116,000+ people are on the national transplant waiting list,…

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Is Depression Worse in the Western World?

Depression has become so prevalent in our society that many argue that it is an epidemic. In fact, 20 percent of the American population will experience at least one episode of what we refer to as clinical depression.…

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