Tag Archives: medicine

Ask the Doctor: D. Todd Detar, DO, Answers Questions about Osteopathic Medicine and His Role in the Community

D. Todd Detar, DO Q. What attracted you to medicine? A. While studying health education at the University of Delaware, a college sports injury ended my life’s dream of becoming an NFL player. One of my coaches saw an opportunity for me to work as a trainer for the Philadelphia Phillies, and over time, I… Read More »

“All About Team”: CIO Michael Restuccia on How Insourcing IS Helped Transform Penn Medicine

Michael Restuccia, SVP & CIO, Penn Medicine Rarely is the phrase “drinking the Kool-Aid” considered a good thing — and even rarer is it cited as the reason for staying with an organization. But in Michael Restuccia’s case, it makes perfect sense. When he was offered an opportunity to lead an IS project at Penn… Read More »

Daniel Fitzgerald ’21: Pragmatically Defining Race in Medicine – Bowdoin News

As he is approaching his subject philosophically, he’s taking careful steps at every stage of his argument. His first goal is to examine how philosophers have dealt with the instability of the definition of race, and how their accounts of race could be ameliorative or useful in medical contexts. “My overarching hypothesis is that a… Read More »

Dramatic Health Introduces Game Changers in Medicine Podcast Series – PRNewswire

According to Moloney, who developed Game Changers in Medicine‘s concept, “Many significant advances in medicine owe a lot to coincidence and plain dumb luck. Some of the most important achievements in healthcare were the result of fortuitous accidents followed by scientific rigor. But serendipity and science alone don’t improve health and healthcare. It took curious,… Read More »

Stanford Medicine trial to test favipiravir for treating COVID-19 outpatients – Stanford Medical Center Report

Email Tweet Stanford Medicine trial to test favipiravir for treating COVID-19 outpatients Researchers want to determine whether favipiravir, an oral drug, is effective in reducing the severity of symptoms and shortening the duration of COVID-19. Jun 30 2020 Aruna Subramanian is investigating an antiviral drug, favipiravir, to see if it reduces symptoms and viral shedding… Read More »