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By Jo Gardner | Oct 4, 2020 | Comments Off on

Federal Housing Administration mortgages — the affordable path to homeownership — now have the highest #delinquency rate in 4 decades.  The share of late #FHA loans rose to 16% in the second quarter. #Conventional loans delinquent were 6.7%. need help https://www.wrongfullyforeclosed.com/

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Physicians sometimes need to deviate from established policies

By Angelica | Oct 4, 2020 | Comments Off on Physicians sometimes need to deviate from established policies

Some time ago, I performed a colonoscopy on a patient who was having serious internal bleeding.  He had already received multiple transfusions since he was admitted to the hospital.  After obtaining informed consent for the procedure, I performed the colon exam.   I encountered blood throughout the entire colon, but saw no definite bleeding site, raising the possibility that…

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How coronavirus took my grandfather’s life [PODCAST]

By Angelica | Oct 3, 2020 | Comments Off on How coronavirus took my grandfather’s life [PODCAST]

“One of the calls you dread making as a doctor is telling a family member their loved one is dying. That was the call I received when my grandfather decompensated. We grow accustomed to making the call as clinicians, but we never expect to get it ourselves. I felt for his pulse. Slow but faint.…

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America needs to invest in proactive patient outreach now

By Angelica | Oct 3, 2020 | Comments Off on America needs to invest in proactive patient outreach now

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced multiple new threats for physical and mental health. The novel coronavirus itself continues to infect more than 30,000 Americans as we enter the influenza season. The pandemic, economic devastation, and racial reckoning have led to a tripling of emotional distress. Essential preventive services such as cancer screenings, childhood vaccination, maintenance visits for…

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The Trump health update that raises more questions

By Angelica | Oct 3, 2020 | Comments Off on The Trump health update that raises more questions

A brief press conference at Walter Reed Medical Center on Saturday sought to provide answers, but may only have raised more questions about President Trump’s clinical status since his COVID-19 diagnosis. The main point of contention between White House physician Sean Conley, DO, and reporters was if the president ever received supplemental oxygen. Conley said…

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The mysterious White House testing scheme that did not protect Trump

By Angelica | Oct 3, 2020 | Comments Off on The mysterious White House testing scheme that did not protect Trump

President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis is raising fresh questions about the White House’s strategy for testing and containing the virus for a president whose cavalier attitude about the coronavirus has persisted since it landed on American shores. The president has said others are tested before getting close to him, appearing to hold it as an…

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COVID-19 and the college experience

By Angelica | Oct 3, 2020 | Comments Off on COVID-19 and the college experience

Everyone seems to be walking about in disbelief. College educators and administrators are shocked. Public health officials are incredulous. Politicians are confused, and news reporters are busily shaking their heads at the numbers. Physicians, my colleagues across the country, are beside themselves. And all of this head-scratching and hand-wringing is because students went back to…

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How to be an empathetic and compassionate communicator

By Angelica | Oct 3, 2020 | Comments Off on How to be an empathetic and compassionate communicator

One of the most annoying things for any professional, is to be face-to-face with the person you are serving—whether it be your customer, client, or patient—in the limited time available to you, and feel that your attention is being diverted from the main problem at hand. It happens to all of us; we are all…

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Infertility as a physician: the gift of perspective

By Angelica | Oct 3, 2020 | Comments Off on Infertility as a physician: the gift of perspective

As physicians, we know all too well how life can change in an instant.  How tomorrow is never promised.  This knowledge can sometimes feel overwhelming, but it is also a gift. Because we know how precious life is. I am a physician—but I am also a patient.  An infertility patient, for whom each passing year…

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How to (almost) never have a bad shift

By Angelica | Oct 3, 2020 | Comments Off on How to (almost) never have a bad shift

Walking through the sliding glass doors at 10:55 p.m. on a Monday, I found myself wondering if it would be a good shift or a bad shift. In emergency medicine, a “good shift” has to strike many delicate balances. It can’t be too busy, but it also can’t be too Q-Word-That-Must-Not-Be-Named. It should have some…

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