Lead Or Follow: What Sets Leaders Apart?
Leaders are more willing to take responsibility for making decisions that affect the welfare of others. A new study identified the cognitive and neurobiological processes...
Healthier Hearts Equal Healthier Guts
It turns out that exercise can do more than slim down your waistline and boost heart health. It might also make what's inside your...
Majority Of US Physicians Say They’re Burned Out Or Depressed
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. physicians report feeling burned out, depressed - or both - with one in three physicians admitting that their feelings of...
Algorithm Shows Differences Between Nurse, Doctor Care
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago has published the first quantitative study on the divergent scopes of practice...
Words Matter
A new John Hopkins study found stigmatizing language in medical records may affect the care a patient receives.
When doctors and nurses read notes and...
Sitting Is Bad For Your Brain — Not Just Your Metabolism Or Heart
Studies show that too much sitting, like smoking, increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and premature death. Researchers at UCLA wanted to see...
What Do You Think? –Mandatory Flu Vaccines For Health Care Workers
A recent study about mandatory flu vaccines for health care workers caught our attention. The multi-institutional study found that mandatory flu vaccines improved participation...
Patient Prejudice: New Survey Finds Bias Toward Doctors, Nurses
A majority of doctors (59%) say they confront bias from patients, including offensive remarks about gender, age, race and ethnicity, according to a new...
To Curb Medical Errors, Physicians Must Be Better Trained To Admit Mistakes
Medical errors are a leading cause of death in the United States, with some research suggesting that errors can cause as many 250,000 fatalities...
Love Actually: Americans Agree On What Makes People ‘Feel The Love’
Americans may disagree on many things, but love might not be one of them. According to researchers, people in the U.S. largely agree about...
