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Wary of the stigma of a mental health diagnosis and its toll on their careers

Many Doctors Reluctant to Reveal Mental Health Issues

Perceived stigma, fear of career repercussions hinder treatment, study suggests
Empathetic listening can help physicians navigate difficult situations and forge deeper connections with patients

AMA: Practicing Empathy May Lead to More Joy in Medicine

Doctors should take advantage of first few minutes of clinical encounter, give full attention to patients
Patients with scars from head and neck surgeries may benefit from dermatography (medical tattooing)

Dermatography Helps Lessen Appearance of Surgical Scars

Pigments can restore more natural skin appearance that patients are happy with
A drug used for rheumatoid arthritis might regrow hair in alopecia areata patients

Tofacitinib Citrate May Stimulate Hair Regrowth in Alopecia Areata

However, drug cessation resulted in disease relapse in 8.5 weeks
Treatment with a multigrowth-factor-containing cream is associated with more rapid recovery after laser ablation

Multigrowth Factor Cream Speeds Recovery After Laser Therapy

Smaller areas of microcrusts in MGF-treated regions; more improvement for edema, wrinkles
Patients who have an organ transplant may be more likely to develop skin cancer

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Risk Up in Organ Transplant Recipients

All recipients should have full-body skin evaluations after transplant surgery, regardless of ethnicity
Hospitals are increasingly switching to an employment relationship with physicians

Hospitals Increasingly Employing Doctors, Effects on Care Uncertain

Switch to employment model not linked to improvement in any of four composite quality metrics
The average annual premiums for single and family coverage remained stable in 2016

Average Premiums for Health Care Coverage Stable in 2016

Family premium 3 percent higher in 2016 than 2015; no change in share of firms offering health benefits
For patients with chronic chilblains

Nifedipine Not Superior to Placebo for Chronic Chilblains

No significant improvements in mean visual analogue scale scores on complaints, disability
A new set of recommendations has been developed for conduct and reporting of cost-effectiveness analyses

Recommendations Developed for Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

Concept of reference case, set of standard practices that all analyses should follow is recommended