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Physicians who volunteer their medical expertise should consider their legal risks

Volunteer Doctors Need to Check Liability Coverage

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Immunity laws vary by state; liability policies vary coverage outside of regular practice
Tai chi has a favorable effect on physical performance in four chronic conditions

Tai Chi Aids Physical Performance in Chronic Conditions

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Improvement or tendency toward improvement in heart failure, osteoarthritis, cancer, COPD
A decision-support tool would help with decision making for total joint arthroplasty for patients with osteoarthritis

Support Tool Could Aid Decision on Total Joint Arthroplasty

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Surgeons agree pain, quality of life are key to assessing appropriateness of TJA for osteoarthritis
Physical activity counters the negative effect that fatigue can have on positive mood among adults with arthritis

Exercise Counters Fatigue-Related Mood Decline in Arthritis

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Physical activity benefits mood in both osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis patients
In academic medicine

Women Less Likely to Be Full Professors Than Men

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And male grant applicants report significantly higher startup support compared with females
For pediatric patients with appendicitis

Racial Disparities in Analgesia for Children With Appendicitis

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Black children less likely to receive pain meds for moderate pain, less likely to receive opioids
For patients with cervicogenic headache

Lasting Analgesia for Subcompartmental GON Block

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Subcompartmental greater occipital nerve block gives 24 weeks analgesia in cervicogenic headache
Migraine frequency and intensity seem to be positively associated with total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

Migraine Frequency, Intensity Linked to Cholesterol Levels

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Number and intensity of crises reduced in association with reduction in total, LDL cholesterol
Physician access for pharmaceutical representatives is continuing to decline

For Pharma Reps, Access to Physicians Continuing to Drop

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Only 47 percent of prescribers considered accessible in 2015, compared with 55 percent in 2013
An online educational program aims to help physicians get back to work and reduce the nation's physician shortage

Physician Re-Entry Program Set to Redress Physician Shortage

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Program open to physicians of any specialty who complete an intensive online curriculum