COVID changed doctors’ views of providing care despite risk

The COVID-19 pandemic altered a long-held convention that doctors provide care regardless of personal risk.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
April 29, 2024 ~6 min

Doctor-parent chats can keep kids safe from injuries

When pediatricians simply talk to parents about preventing childhood injuries, it can help families keep kids safer, a new study shows.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
April 19, 2024 ~7 min


Primary care clinics help control ‘Essential Eight’ heart disease risks

Specialized care can help you survive a heart attack or stroke. But a primary care doctor can help prevent those problems in the first place.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
April 4, 2024 ~8 min

Trust in doctors may help overcome COVID vax hesitancy

People who trust doctors were more likely to get a COVID-19 vaccine and booster. Trust in public officials did not have the same effect.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
Feb. 7, 2024 ~5 min

Suicide has reached epidemic proportions in the US − yet medical students still don’t receive adequate training to treat suicidal patients

Close to half of those who die by suicide saw a primary care doctor within a month of their death.

Nathaly Shoua-Desmarais, Assistant Dean for Student Success and Well-Being and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Florida International University • conversation
Feb. 1, 2024 ~11 min

Representation of women physicians is lacking in US movies

Women and people of color are largely missing from movie roles depicting physicians, a new study finds.

Andrea Clement-Emory • futurity
Sept. 13, 2023 ~5 min

New recs empower kids, parents in medical decisions

New recommendations for decision making in pediatric medicine aim to empower the child and their parents.

Emily Boynton-Rochester • futurity
Aug. 22, 2023 ~9 min

Pronoun pins would let doctors signal gender inclusivity

Pronoun pins would be a cheap, simple way for health care providers to signal acceptance of gender diverse patients.

Melissa Thomas-Indiana U. • futurity
July 19, 2023 ~7 min


Marginalized groups face harassment in academic medicine

Women, racial and ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ+ individuals are disproportionately affected by workplace mistreatment in academic medicine, a study finds.

Jenny Owen-Emory • futurity
July 7, 2023 ~6 min

Patients are split on getting health care from artificial intelligence

A new study digs into whether people would choose a human doctor or an artificial intelligence for diagnosis and treatment.

Phil Villarreal-U. Arizona • futurity
May 22, 2023 ~5 min

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