The "Top 5" healthcare articles on our reading list this week:
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The "Top 5" healthcare articles on our reading list this week:
Why fentanyl is deadlier than heroin; study finds out that in countries with more black doctors, black people live longer, healthier lives; and more.
Here are the "Top 5" healthcare articles on our reading list this week:
Why fentanyl is deadlier than heroin; study finds out that in countries with more black doctors, black people live longer, healthier lives; and more.
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Why Are We So Focused On Boys When Girls Are The Ones In Crisis?
"Depression and anxiety are serious concerns for people of all ages. But it can be especially troubling in our youth. For the last several years a great deal of attention has been paid to depression and anxiety in adolescent boys. The narrative states males are underserved in diagnosis and treatment because of social pressures to never ask for help or admit weakness. But what about the girls? Are they getting the help they need such that rates of depression are dropping?"
The 5 Levels Of Automation In Medicine
AI has been the talk of the town for well over a year now, and experts, researchers, investors and enthusiasts all have something to say about it. In the healthcare industry, AI is ushering in a new era of healthcare. It's changing how patients and clients seek health and how healthcare professionals render care.
Australia’s Nurse Retention Dilemma
"Even before the pandemic, Australia faced nursing shortages, caused in part by a shrinking supply of nursing-school graduates and a decline in the number of nurses migrating from other countries. In the immediate future, the Australian health system could see further shortages due to the longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic."
Why Fentanyl Is Deadlier Than Heroin, In A Single Photo
"Fentanyl was originally used as an anesthetic. Then doctors realized how effective it was at relieving pain in small quantities and started using it for that purpose. In the hands of trained professionals — and with laboratory-grade equipment — fentanyl actually has a pretty wide therapeutic index, or range within which the drug is both effective and safe."
In Counties With More Black Doctors, Black People Live Longer, ‘Astonishing’ Study Finds
"Black people in counties with more Black primary care physicians live longer, according to a new national analysis that provides the strongest evidence yet that increasing the diversity of the medical workforce may be key to ending deeply entrenched racial health disparities."
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