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Sermo doctors believe in eliminating the time change

The recent time change in the U.S. and Canada from daylight saving time to standard time was a difficult transition for many. Critics of the time switch point to studies that have shown an increase…

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Patient treatment compliance and adherence are a medical challenge…can blockchain help?

We are in a golden age of medical advancement. Diseases that were deadly and untreatable decades ago—smallpox, polio, tuberculosis—are rare and no longer a certain death sentence. However, effective treatments and therapies are only successful…

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Revisiting the burnout problem for physicians

Burnout impacts professions across industries. Work-related stress became an international conversation in 2020 at the height of the Covid pandemic. However, no group may feel more burnt out these last few years than physicians and…

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87% of doctors say experimental Alzheimer’s drug is promising

For the millions of people who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and their families, the promising news of an experimental drug could bring much-needed hope. The new drug called lecanemab, slowed cognitive and functional decline by…

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Doctors “Use Heart for Every Heart” on World Heart Day

On Thursday, September 29, physicians from around the world honored and observed World Heart Day by sharing powerful pictures of their hands making a heart shape. They also discussed cardiovascular disease (CVD) and this year’s theme: “Use…

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Sermo physicians honor world marrow donor day

September 17 was World Marrow Donor Day (WMDD)—a global initiative designed to thank all blood stem cell donors worldwide, and to raise awareness around the importance of registering as a stem cell donor and the…

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Physicians alarmed by rise of polypharmacy in children

Health experts are becoming increasingly concerned by the rise of polypharmacy—the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition—among adolescents. A.D.H.D. medication prescriptions have steadily increased over the last 20…

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Physicians say organ transplant system should be overhauled

A new confidential review revealed that the transplanting of kidneys, livers, hearts and other vital organs to patients currently depends on out-of-date technology. And 86% of Sermo physicians agree that the archaic aspects of the…

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