Key players in the United States» medical research enterprise, particularly the NIH, have responded impressively to these calls.17, 18 In 1998, the NIH established new career development awards
for young physicians being trained to carry out clinical research (K23), awards for established clinical investigators (K24), and awards for academic institutions with programs supporting clinical research training and infrastructure (K30).
If you divide this number by the number of clinical specialties, it becomes obvious why the competition
for young physician - investigators with promise can be so fierce.
For a young physician - scientist seeking a career in academic medicine, choosing a residency can be stressful and difficult.
Although NIH has been worrying for years about the aging of the biomedical workforce, the need
for younger physician - scientists is even more pressing, the working group found.
Foundations expand the range of training opportunities and awards
for young physician - researchers.
The burden of large student loan debt and the intense stress of training are frequently too much
for younger physicians to handle.
For a young physician and public health professional, the research and writing by René Dubos were always worth my attention.
Not exact matches
Though many older patients won't reach
for their cell phones when they have a mysterious ache or a slight fever, notes
physician and mHealth expert Good,
younger patients will readily flock to services like HealthTap.
While I agree that the tax system should be fair and equitable
for all, I am very concerned that the proposed changes will negatively impact hardworking small and medium - sized business owners, lawyers, accountants and
physicians who play by the rules, create jobs in our community and are also raising
young families in Riverbend.
This lack of agreement, even along the most general lines, is a characteristic feature of the situation today and accounts in a large measure
for the low educational status of the ministry The work of the lawyer, the
physician, the teacher, the artist, the writer and the engineer, is clear - cut and rather sharply defined (at least in the mind of the average man), so that when a
young man chooses one of these professions he has some idea of what he is getting into.
Last year, overdue
for a physical exam, I decided to go to a highly recommended
young physician who had just opened a practice in my neighborhood.
We carried an illegal passenger: a
young physician with two enormous suitcases of medicines, bound
for Magdeburg in the Soviet Zone.
as a mom of 5
young kids and a full time
physician... I can definitely use some ideas
for slow cooking whole foods... we are on a gluten free, casein free diet... well I am and am trying to convince the hubby..
This fall, the sports medicine
physicians and athletic trainers at the Sports Medicine Center
for Young Athletes will be implementing a new injury reporting system in the high schools that they cover in the Bay Area.
This is important not only
for the
physician planning a surgical reconstruction but more importantly
for the parents and
young athlete so that they understand the potential growth implications of their surgery.
«While surgery still may be the best option
for many ACL injuries, it brings to light the important factors
physicians must consider when treating the
younger population,» Roe said.
The objectives are to (1) Increase TBI knowledge in the athletic community particularly in programs serving
young children; (2) Increase appropriate referrals
for young athletes who have sustained a brain injury; (3) Increase the knowledge of the medical community, specifically primary care
physicians, medical home providers, and emergency room
physicians, about TBI and available TBI resources in PA..
The product is recommended
for use on babies who are six months old or
younger though the baby's
physician should be consulted first.
Liegner vividly recalls one
young man who had been treated
for Lyme disease whose
physician recommended hospitalizing him
for long - term psychiatric care.
«We are hopeful that these data may help
physicians and families make healthy lifestyle decisions
for their
young children to avoid later weight problems,» said researcher Mark DeBoer, MD, of the UVA Children's Hospital.
For very
young children, the medications that
physicians sometimes try tend to have many side effects.
Specifically,
physicians who reported knowing at least one patient, family member or friend with a poor breast cancer prognosis and who had not been screened were more likely to recommend routine screening
for their
younger and older patients, age groups where routine screening is controversial.
Just mention of the words «molecular biology» or «pathology» and he is transformed into a walking recruitment ad
for young academic
physicians.
In the past,
young physicians with a passion and aptitude
for research were nourished and incubated in highly supportive environments.
It is a particularly challenging period
for young women
physician - scientists.
After analyzing the medical records of more than 1,000 women who gave birth between the ages of 15 and 24, investigators from the University of Michigan conclude that
physicians caring
for adolescent women should use BMI before pregnancy as a strong predictor of whether a
young mother will gain too much weight during pregnancy, a risk factor
for later obesity.
2006 — Merck's HPV vaccine, Gardasil, is approved
for use in the U.S., and
physicians recommend vaccinating all
young girls before they become sexually active.
Guy
Young, MD, director of the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program and lead
physician for study efforts at Children's Hospital Los Angeles explains further, «While the standard medications allow us to «bypass» the need
for Factor VIII, they don't do the job as efficiently or as well
for these patients.
The private not -
for - profit sector has responded too.16, 18,21 Foundations (led by Burroughs - Wellcome and Doris Duke) created new awards
for young and established
physician - scientists.
To enable
young, superbly trained, community - oriented
physicians to build a better network of care in the underserved areas where they learned their profession, the University of Chicago Medical Center is initiating the UCMC REACH (Repayment
for Education to Alumni in Community Health) program, which will encourage Pritzker graduates to return to the South Side of Chicago to practice medicine in underserved communities.
«A research career in life sciences is one of the most exciting and fulfilling careers that any
young person can hope
for,» said R. Sanders «Sandy» Williams, MD, the
physician / scientist who is president at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco.
His personal characteristics and professional standards as a medical research scientist make him a great role model
for young scientists,
physicians, and research workers in all the disciplines of science.
It was a well - respected program with excellent staff
physicians, a competitive bunch of
young residents, and opportunities
for procedures that I wouldn't have had elsewhere.
While symptoms of pica have been present
for centuries, there appears to be a
young community of
physicians who may not be aware of the links between craving non-nutritional substances and a nutritional deficiency.4
The Chicago - based professional organization
for physicians expressed worry in a statement that such drinks, also known as «alcopops,» are being marketed by the liquor industry directly to
young people.
IN A HANDWRITTEN LETTER, Alma Thomas (1891 - 1978) thanked an aspiring
young African American
physician for sending his final payment to purchase one of her paintings.
The wife, who was unemployed, largely without assets, and the primary caregiver
for the parties»
young children, would, under the prenuptial agreement, receive only $ 20,000, in full satisfaction of all claims, even though the husband earns approximately $ 300,000 annually as a
physician.
According to a recent survey in the Journal of the American Medical Association, male
physicians age 55 or older are twice as likely to be sued
for medical negligence as
younger women doctors.
The discipline proceedings involved a
physician practicing
for 47 years when a discipline committee revoked his license to practice in 2009,
for his engaging in sexual conduct with three
young boys aged 8 to 14 off - duty, but with one boy being a patient.
Despite evidence
for the effectiveness and safety of emergency contraceptives (ECs), 3,5,6,7 this method of preventing pregnancy is underused.8 Barriers include lack of knowledge, 9,10 reluctance of
young women to request medication from their
physicians, 11 denial of pregnancy risk12 and lack of timely access to
physicians or family planning clinics.13 As the effectiveness of emergency contraception is time - dependent, convenient prescription and dispensing mechanisms are crucial to enabling its use.
Family
physicians are usually one of the first professionals that
young parents refer to
for counsel on the care of their
young child, particularly with physical and socioemotional development.
Now, from their office on the top floor of the Medical Arts Clinic on Charlotte Street (the former office of the late prominent Peterborough
physician Andrew Chan), Kyla performs half of her services
for free to
young trauma survivors.
Tallahassee, FL — Today on behalf of four women's health care centers and two individual
physicians, the Center
for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood Federation of America asked a federal court to strike down a new law that will endanger the health and lives of
young women seeking abortions in Florida.
It is important to recognition of mental illness as well as awareness
for physicians to always question and screen
for mental illness in their
young patients.
It is notable that over 15 % of
physicians recommended two or more psychoactive medications
for this patient (a Third grade student), reflecting some concerns that have been raised regarding increased rates of polypharmacy use in
young children.
Adolescents on average do not follow
physician's recommendations
for self - care as well as
younger children and adults (Delamater, 2000a; Greening et al., 2007; Holmes et al., 2006).