The Mayo Clinic and the Arizona State University have collaborated for more than a decade on various projects including nursing education, dual degree programs, joint research, intellectual property disclosures, and faculty appointments. Now, the two institutions have teamed up once again to offer a new...
On January 1, 2015, China officially ended its decades-long practice of harvesting the organs of executed prisoners for medical transplants. It was considered an ethical triumph for medical professionals and humans rights advocates worldwide, and a step towards transforming China’s corrupt, often underground and illegal...
You know that person in your class who can't seem to sit still? The one who always seems restless, tapping their pen, jostling their legs, and just fidgeting around? Maybe that person is even you - either way, it turns out that fidgeting can actually...
Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram - these are all names of popular social media websites. Internet social media came into existence in 1997 with the website Six Degrees, which allowed users to upload a profile and make friends with other users. Blogging sites arrived soon after in 1999....
With long work hours, high-stress environments, and patients’ health and lives in their hands, it’s no wonder that career burnout is more prevalent in physicians compared to the rest of the U.S. working population. According to a recent American Medical Association and Mayo Clinic study, which measured...
The Right Fit MD is a subdivision of Medelita's blog Enclothed Cognition which aims to be a resource for medical or nursing students, interns, residents, fellows, and everyone in between. Many of the top universities in the nation have their own medical centers as a way to...
According to researchers at this year’s 2016 annual meeting of the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), more than 90% of physician assistants (PAs) have provided care for the relatives. Spousal care was the most common, followed by siblings and a parent. This finding has drawn...
Direct care workers in Massachusetts are being offered a new path to career success thanks to the collaboration between the University of Massachusetts Medical School, the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, and six community colleges in the state who have recognized the need for a...
Meet 18 year old Malachi Love-Robinson. This February Florida teen Malachi Love-Robinson was arrested on charges of practicing without a license, and held on $21,000 bail. He was caught after treating an undercover sting officer during the grand opening of his own natural holistic practice -...
Medical malpractice claims are a growing concern among physicians and future doctors, including medical students and residents who worry about the potential legal burden that could possibly cripple a career they've worked so hard for. The New England Journal of Medicine investigated 14 years worth of malpractice...
