TAKING CARE OF THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF KIDS Pediatrics is the specialty of medicine that focuses on the comprehensive care of children—beginning from birth and continuing through the adolescent years. Yes, kids are cute, innocent, and fun and most will get better. But children also rarely explain their symptoms, know several ways to…
WHAT MEDICAL SPECIALTIES ARE MOST IN DEMAND FOR 2021? Physician shortages are nothing new. Globally there is a growing demand for highly trained physicians to meet patient needs. Medical students often wonder whether the specialty they dream of is in demand, or in other words, will they have their choice of locations and jobs once…
THE ROLE OF PSILOCYBIN IN DEPRESSION A 2021 study conducted at Yale University indicates that psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, has the ability to prompt neural plasticity and remodeling of the neurons in the brain resulting in immediate increase in the number of neural connections in the frontal pyramidal cortical cells in…
CAN EATING CHILLI PEPPERS CAUSE RCVS? Biting into the “world’s hottest pepper” sounds painful enough, but for one man who entered a chili-pepper-eating contest, the daring feat was followed by excruciating headaches known as “thunderclap” headaches. The 34-year-old man ate a Carolina Reaper, which is considered the hottest chili pepper in the world, according to…
GOOD INCOME + PREDICTABLE SHIFT WORK = HOSPITALIST The American Board of Physician Specialists defines hospitalists as “…physicians who have dedicated their careers to hospitalized patients.” Simply put, hospitalists are medical specialists who generally completed a residency program in internal medicine or paediatrics. These physicians chose to practice in the hospital, seeing hospitalized patients only,…
DIFFERENCES IN THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MD’s BY STATE As of 2020, it is estimated that just under 25% of the physician workforce in the United States are international medical graduates. As the demand for physicians in the United States continues to grow, international medical graduates will also be in increased demand. This is great…