Women physicians report fewer professional opportunities from online networking
By Dave Muoio
FierceHealthcare.com—Most male and female physicians say they use social media for professional networking, but the latter group is less likely to report that their time online yielded tangible professional benefits such as speaking opportunities or a scholarship.
Among a sample of 577 physicians (56% women, 44% men), about two-thirds of respondents from both genders said they used the technology for networking, according to a survey study recently published in JAMA Network Open.
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Pandemic accelerating employers’ interest in voluntary benefits: WTW survey
By Paige Minemyer
FierceHealthcare.com—The pandemic has accelerated employers’ interest in offering voluntary benefits such as hospital indemnity coverage to workers, a new survey show.
New data from Willis Towers Watson show 94% of employers believe additional voluntary benefits will be key at their organizations over the next three years.
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A Healthier Heart Might Make You Smarter
By Serena McNiff, Healthyday Reporter
USNews.com—In new evidence that illustrates that health issues rarely exist in a vacuum, a new study find a link between heart health and brain function.
Existing evidence suggests that having a heart disease raises one’s risk of dementia and vice versa, but a team of researchers based in London wanted to find out if this connection could be seen in a healthier population.
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Cancer patients often charged exorbitant fees for parking
By Rebecca Ritzel
NBCNews.com—For cancer patients, the road from diagnosis to survivorship feels like a never-ending parade of medical appointments: surgeries, blood work, chemotherapy, radiation treatments, scans. The routine is time-consuming and costly.
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How AI Vendors Can Navigate the Health Care Industry
By Trishan Panch and Nikhil Bhojwani
HBR.org—The adoption of AI in health care is being driven by an exponential growth of health data, the broad availability of computational power, and foundation advances in machine learning techniques. AI has already demonstrated the potential to create value by reducing costs, expanding access, and improving quality.
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Fighting Weight: How Military Recruiters Take On Obesity, Case By Case
By Yuki Noguchi
NPR.org—Marcus Robinson wanted to follow the older brother he idolizes into military life. He also needed the Army benefits to help pay for college.
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Prepping the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments
By Arlene Weintraub
FierceBiotech.com—As COVID-19 diagnoses and hospitalization fall, and some mask mandates are lifted around the country, it’s tempting to dream about a world without the novel coronavirus. But many biopharma companies are betting the virus is here to stay—and they’re continuing the develop vaccines and drug treatments to keep it under control.
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Experts are warning about the unintended consequences of the CDC mask guidance
By Christina Maxouris
CNN.com—Communities across the US ushered in a quick return to normalcy over the weekend as the country responded to the latest mask guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The agency said Thursday fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks or social distance indoors or outdoors, with some exceptions, triggering announcements nationwide from state leaders and businesses who lift their mask requirements for people who’ve gotten their Covid-19 shots.
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