Doctors: Love & Money
Key Questions for you and your partner that will keep your financial relationship on steady ground:
(1) What is your relationship to money? Do you like to spend or save?
(2) How do you feel about debt? Credit card, mortgage, student loans, etc.
(3) What is your investment philosophy?
Read MoreA 15-year-old female presents to your emergency department with her mother. She is tearful and withdrawn. She tells you that she was sexually assaulted by a 20 year old male acquaintance 2 days prior. She reports that she would like to report the assault and would like to have a forensic exam. She is having some vaginal bleeding and pain around her rectum. She admits to using alcohol and some marijuana on the night of the assault. She is unable to remember everything that happened and thinks her assailant may have put a drug in her drink…
Read More…complained of significant superior lateral knee pain and swelling, as well as difficulty moving his leg due to pain. On exam, he had notable swelling and tenderness of the left knee, particularly along the superior aspect of the patella. After controlling his pain with intravenous medications, he was able to flex at the hip but was unable to extend his lower leg at the knee or to perform a straight leg raise….
Read More“Appendicitis is the most common surgical condition in pediatric emergency department (ED) patients. Prompt diagnosis can reduce morbidity, including appendiceal perforation. The goal of this study was to measure racial/ethnic differences in rates of 1) appendiceal perforation, 2) delayed diagnosis of appendicitis, and 3) diagnostic imaging during prior visit(s).”
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