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,…
TORONTO, June 17, 2021 – Revive Therapeutics Ltd. (“Revive” or the “Company”) (CSE: RVV, USA: RVVTF, Frankfurt: 31R), a specialty life sciences company focused on the research and development of therapeutics for medical needs and rare disorders, is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with the University of Health Sciences Antigua (“UHSA”)…
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…
FAMILY DOCS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE It has been my experience that many of the medical students I’ve worked with over the years want to practice emergency medicine. Personally, having practiced pre-hospital emergency medicine, I am not sure why this is. But I can see the allure of the action of the emergency department tempered against…
COMPARING NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS Mid-level providers are those who provide a level of care below that of a physician, but with a degree of independence and practice that allows them to still provide high-quality care. They are full members of the healthcare team, working alongside physicians, nurses, laboratorians, and others to ensure that…