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The world needs more infectious disease doctors

By Angelica | Aug 23, 2020 | Comments Off on The world needs more infectious disease doctors

My face shield whistled with noise as it brushed against my thin yellow gown. Bright monitors surrounded me, chirping like cardinals in the summer. A slow exhale felt comfortably warm against my N-95 mask. Treading down the river of COVID-19 patients as a second-year infectious disease fellow, I knew this was exactly where I needed…

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Next coronavirus economic stimulus: why you may still get $1,200 checks

By Angelica | Aug 23, 2020 | Comments Off on Next coronavirus economic stimulus: why you may still get $1,200 checks
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Over the past few days, we have been hearing reports that the next coronavirus economic stimulus may not offer checks. Many, however, are still hopeful that Congress will approve stimulus checks to help cash-strapped Americans. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Coronavirus stimulus checks: are they coming? Americans are still waiting for the […]

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Let’s talk about dying

By Angelica | Aug 23, 2020 | Comments Off on Let’s talk about dying

Every time I visit my great grandmother, Tata, Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal floods my thoughts. Tata is 101 and developed severe dementia within the past two years. In 2019, she fell and fractured her hip. In the hospital, she recovered poorly. The physicians on her team offered hospice. My grandfather (her only son), declined fervently.…

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Issues faced by LGBTQ individuals in the operative setting

By Angelica | Aug 23, 2020 | Comments Off on Issues faced by LGBTQ individuals in the operative setting

This was the first time that I was unsure of how to respond when a patient cried.  Usually, as a medical student, compassion and understanding helped make up for obvious gaps in our knowledge.  It just comes with the territory.  But this time was different: I could not understand why the patient was crying, because…

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Why physician advocacy is so important [PODCAST]

By Angelica | Aug 22, 2020 | Comments Off on Why physician advocacy is so important [PODCAST]

“We need to stay healthy for our patients, but also for ourselves and our families. We need to mobilize the faction not just with regard to this pandemic, but by anticipating the arrival of others. So how do we advocate for ourselves? A great way to start is continuing our conversations amongst our colleagues and…

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The path to a healthy nation starts with the you, the voter

By Angelica | Aug 22, 2020 | Comments Off on The path to a healthy nation starts with the you, the voter

It is hard to envision that this is an election year. With a paucity of campaign ads and the presidential nominees locked up for quite a while, I didn’t even know that the Democratic convention was going on until I saw a report about it after the fact. With election day now on the horizon,…

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How to Remove CMRE Financial Services From Your Credit Report

By Angelica | Aug 22, 2020 | Comments Off on How to Remove CMRE Financial Services From Your Credit Report

If you have an unpaid medical bill, you may begin to hear from a debt collector known as CMRE Financial Services. CMRE Financial Services is a collection agency that collects medical debts on behalf of hospitals and other healthcare businesses. They make their money by coercing payments from you on behalf of original creditors. They…

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To better take care of patients, we need to take care of ourselves

By Angelica | Aug 22, 2020 | Comments Off on To better take care of patients, we need to take care of ourselves

We all know by now that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world altogether. There is no question that stressors in our lives are more than ever before. This year’s Fall will be the most dangerous of Falls. So what does it mean for the physicians? How do we keep ourselves going when all we…

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A medical student’s experience at an urban free clinic

By Angelica | Aug 22, 2020 | Comments Off on A medical student’s experience at an urban free clinic

During my first year of medical school, a professor in my clinical skills course shared a timeless adage in medicine: “If you listen closely enough to the patient, they will tell you the diagnosis.” I accepted this statement as a fact of medicine – if I could develop astute history taking skills in my first…

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Latest update on coronavirus relief package is just a mirage

By Angelica | Aug 22, 2020 | Comments Off on Latest update on coronavirus relief package is just a mirage
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The latest update is that lawmakers are far from a deal on the next coronavirus relief package, although signs that a bipartisan spirit is returning to Congress have appeared. It’s looking again like the next stimulus package won’t include a second round of checks, but it will include money for the U.S. Postal Service. Q2 […]

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