To meet national guidelines, PCPs would need to dedicate 26.7 hours per day to treating patients
Doctors need more daylight to help all their patients. A study that appears in the Journal of General Internal Medicine reveals how demanding a doctor’s day can be. In order to meet national guidelines, primary care physicians need to dedicate 26.7 hours a day to treating their patients. Considering there are only 24 hours in the day, this is an impossible standard. Researchers recommend a team care model in which work is more evenly divided and doctors bear less of a burden.
Locusts are capable of detecting the difference between cancer cells and healthy cells
Insects may be taking over the field of medicine. According to research on the website, bioRxiv, locusts are capable of smelling the difference between cancer cells and healthy cells. Scientists are attempting to fashion a device that replicates the bug’s sense of smell, allowing them to detect cancer earlier than ever before.
Research shows Covid-19 has a much harder time replicating in a child’s nose than in an adult’s
Youth proves yet again to be an asset in the fight against Covid-19. Research that appears in PLOS Biology shows that the virus has a much harder time replicating in a child’s nose than in an adult’s. Scientists think that this response could be due to children having more exposure to similar viral and bacterial threats in their everyday lives.
Testosterone doesn’t always fuel anger
And finally, why testosterone doesn’t always fuel anger. Though this hormone is typically associated with aggression, a study conducted on gerbils reveals that increasing testosterone made some of the males friendlier and more sociable. Research in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B attributes this effect to the influence testosterone has on our ‘love hormone’. These oxytocin cells are responsible for compassion, trust, and all feelings warm and fuzzy.
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