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Home for the Holidays: Why ER Visits Spike Around Christmas

>> December 18, 2022

The holidays are full of traveling, seeing our family, and visits to the emergency room. Whether you live in snowy Colorado or sunny LA, accidents increase during winter. Experts discuss this phenomenon and share tips on how to safely make it through the …

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Dissecting the Emergency Room: Every Patient Has a Story

>> October 9, 2022

As an ER doctor, Jay Baruch wears many hats. He’s a healer, listener, traffic director, and so much more during each shift. But in such a chaotic space, how can doctors maximize their time with patients? Baruch explains his beliefs on medicine’s moral center …

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Why Are Men Skipping Their Annual Checkups?

>> July 17, 2022

A recent survey by Orlando Health finds that many men overestimate how healthy they are, prompting one-third of them to skip their annual health screening. Dr. Thomas Kelley addresses common fears that keep men away from the doctor’s office, and why annual …

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Exhaustion on the Covid Front Lines

>> February 7, 2021

Healthcare workers in ER’s and ICU’s are in their 11th month of fighting Covid-19 and its exhaustion and depression. Two front line doctors describe how they’re managing to stay optimistic amid so much chaos, and how the vaccine has given them a goal keeping …

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Smoldering Concussions

>> January 19, 2020

Doctors are realizing that concussions can smolder in the brain for years with symptoms that are missed, making diagnosis at the time of occurrence all the more important. Yet a new study shows that protocols affecting the most vulnerable—young athletes—often …

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Christmas in the E.R.: It’s No Holiday

>> December 22, 2019

Winter in general, and the holidays in particular, are the busiest time of year in hospital emergency departments, even in places where it doesn’t snow. Experts discuss the increase in deaths of all kinds, including the “Merry Christmas Coronary” and possible …

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A Real-Life Star Trek Tricorder

>> February 25, 2018

Most people have seen sci-fi shows or films like Star Wars and Star Trek, and been amused by the imagined technology used in their fictional universes. But Dr. Basil Harris, an emergency physician at Lankenau Medical Center and the founder of Final Frontier …

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