Insights

All too often, media portrays the relationship between patients and doctors as a hostile negotiation, ignoring the existence of wonderful doctor-patient relationships. We recently asked doctors on Sermo about one element of their great relationships…

Viral hepatitis, a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E, effects millions of people and is one of the leading causes of death globally, responsible for 1.32 million deaths…

Artificial colors have been used in foods, vitamins, medicine, toiletries, fabrics, and more for several decades. Nearly as long as these synthetic products have been in use, debates about the safety of certain dyes have…

In 2012, about 9 percent of the U.S. population had diabetes, and about 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year, There are major costs associated with the condition in the U.S.: average medical expenditure…

The optimal occupancy rate for a hospital is 85 percent, but in many hospitals around the world the occupancy rate is actually significantly higher. When the rate remains high for prolonged periods of time, it…

It is a difficult and little-known truth that doctors are about twice as likely to commit suicide as members of the general public – according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, physicians have the…

If you knew of a newly developed prevention method that offered your patients 90% protection from a potentially fatal and incurable viral infection, would you offer it to them?  HIV experts are more optimistic than…

Physicians on the Sermo social network are not strangers to discussing healthcare policy – they’ve collectively evaluated parental leave policies, the presidential candidates’ perspectives on the ACA, regulating drug prices, how to curb the opioid…

In the United States, the vitamin/supplement industry is regulated quite differently than the pharmaceutical industry. Prescription drugs are required to go though rigorous testing with ample evidence that the drug is effective and safe. The…