Medical LifeDecember 05, 2022 | The Personal Side of Medicine All Specialties NP Must Pay $20K for Implying She Was a Doctor After earning a doctorate in nursing practice, this NP began to refer to herself as “Doctor Sarah Erny.” Now she must pay a civil fine and clean up her attribution. Read full article All Specialties Ethics Consult: Fertilize Human Egg with Neanderthal Sperm? MD/JD Weighs In Genetic tools such as CRISPR could enable creating a close approximation Neanderthal or other lost species DNA. Harvard geneticist George Church, PhD, argued some potential benefits to humans. But what are the potential implications and how should the question be weighed? Read full article All Specialties Ridden with Shame as a ‘Gray Area’ Drinker This physician relates his struggle with drinking that was mostly “internal, with few external consequences” as he puts it — just a few occasional red lights as he looked at how his alcohol use was touching his relationships with himself, his wife, and his kids. Read full article Allergy & Immunology 4 Nonmedical Books Every Doctor Should Read MDLinx compiled a reading list of captivating books that have nothing to do with medicine—but might just help physicians realize some things about their work — and life. Read full article All Specialties A Remedy for the Federally Funded Physician Shortage Around 82% of residency programs in the US subsist on federal funding. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 capped the number of federally funded residency spots at 100,000 and the only adjustment since then has been a 1% increase. At least eight bills to address the issue have been put forward in Congress but none have passed. Read full article
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