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Physician Thriving: Bullying in the Workplace

Physician Thriving: Bullying in the Workplace By Hilary McClafferty, MD, FAAP This month’s topic is bullying in the workplace and is adapted from my work in the American Academy of Pediatrics.  My interest in this topic stems from my recent mentoring of a younger colleague who was bullied to the point of near-complete derailment of her medical training, and from ...

Heather V. Auld, MD, on Identifying the Cause of Your Pain

According to a study by the Mayo Clinic, about 70 percent of Americans regularly take prescription drugs. Half of Americans were found to be taking two, and 20 percent five or more.  In fact, it’s been said that we live in an age when there is a pill for every ill. But Heather V. Auld, MD, an OB/GYN and integrative medicine ...

Edward O. Senu-Oke MD, ABOIM, ABIM

Edward O. Senu-Oke MD, ABOIM, ABIM Dr. Senu-Oke is board certified in Integrative Holistic Medicine as well as Internal Medicine and has been in independent practice since 2006.  He began his medical career as a traditional private practice physician seeing patients inside and out of the hospital.  He converted his practice to almost exclusively inpatient work in the fall of ...

Vascular Dementia - By Edward Senu-Oke MD, ABIM, ABOIM

Vascular Dementia - By Edward Senu-Oke MD, ABIM, ABOIM Alzheimer’s disease was first described in 1906 by Dr. Aloysious Alzheimer, a German Neuropathologist who associated specific neuropathologic findings with stereotyped memory and personality changes.  It is questionable whether Dr. Alzheimer was the first to diagnosed dementia, but what is known is that there have been a number of other types ...

Social Network for Physicians to Share Medical Information

Ken Wallace, MD, a Diplomate of the American Board of Physician Specialties® (ABPS), has co-founded the Notebook of Medicine, a social networking app for doctors. The goal of this medical app is to make the world a healthier place by allowing doctors to share health care information without being limited by traditional boundaries. Dr. Wallace says the app enables physicians ...

Treatment by Dr. Paul Harch Shows Improvement in Veterans with Brain Damage

Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury/persistent post-concussion syndrome (PPCS) have shown significant improvements following a study at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. The hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) study was led by Dr. Paul Harch, director of hyperbaric medicine at the LSU center. Thirty veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars took part. Like the ...

New Therapy Reverses Brain Damage in Toddler

A two-year-old girl who suffered severe brain damage after almost drowning in her family’s swimming pool has almost fully recovered, thanks to an innovative series of oxygen treatments. In February 2016, the Arkansas girl was found without a heartbeat after being submerged in cold water for almost 15 minutes, reports say. She was resuscitated at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital, but ...

Vote ‘No’ on the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact

As of July 2017, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC) is in force in 22 U.S. states. Developed by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), the IMLC is a legally binding agreement that was created to facilitate the licensing of physicians across state lines. It establishes qualifications for licensure and defines the process by which an experienced physician can ...

Edison de Mello, M.D., Ph.D. Champions a Proven Path to Better Health

ABOIM® Diplomate Edison de Mello, M.D., Ph.D., the founder of the Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine, recently spoke with The Chalkboard Magazine about his passion for practicing integrative medicine and the many reasons why this clinical specialty is one of the most important trends in wellness. When asked to define integrative medicine, Dr. de Mello stated that it draws from ...

The American Board of Physician Specialties® Urges States to Reject the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact

The American Board of Physician Specialties® remains steadfast in its rejection of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and strongly encourages states to consider the potential ramifications of enactment. Developed as a result of a close partnership between the Federation of State Medical Boards and the American Board of Medical Specialties, the Compact will create a private national commission that has ...

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