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For-Profit Healthcare Doomed Our Coronavirus Response – The New York Times

The arrival of Covid-19 has provided a nuclear-level stress test to the American health care system and our grade isn’t pretty: At least 71,100 dead, 1.2 million infected and 30 million unemployed; nursing homes, prisons and meat packing plants that have become hotbeds of infection. The actual numbers are certainly far higher, since there still… Read More: For-Profit Healthcare Doomed Our Coronavirus Response – The New York… »

Why You Should Definitely Keep Running During Stressful Times

by Nemanja Marinkoff There comes a time in every person’s life when they can no longer cope with all the daily stress. A boss that’s harassing you, a sick child or a marital problem are all causes enough for us to crawl back into our shells. We start disrupting or daily habits and exercising takes… Read More: Why You Should Definitely Keep Running During Stressful Times »

The Huge Waste in the U.S. Health System – The New York Times

Even a divided America can agree on this goal: a health system that is cheaper but doesn’t sacrifice quality. In other words, just get rid of the waste. A new study, published Monday in JAMA, finds that roughly 20 percent to 25 percent of American health care spending is wasteful. It’s a startling number but… Read More: The Huge Waste in the U.S. Health System – The… »

#MeToo Meets Medicine: Philly doctors fight sex harassment, pay gaps by joining Time’s Up Healthcare – The Philadelphia Inquirer

In response, Philadelphia signatories, found on the group’s website timesuphealthcare.org, include Drexel University College of Medicine, Einstein Health Network, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, and Rutgers School of Nursing-Camden. So far, Penn has not signed. "Medicine|Pharmacology" –… Read More: #MeToo Meets Medicine: Philly doctors fight sex harassment, pay gaps… »