Doctoral studies articles
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Doctors seeing more syphilis patients with unusual and severe symptoms, study shows
Disease detectives in Chicago say they have been seeing a worrisome trend: Patients complaining of unusual symptoms like vision and eye problems, headaches and hearing loss or dizziness caused by the sexually transmitted infection syphilis. Doctors have long known that syphilis can permanently damage a person’s vision and hearing and can even lead to psychiatric changes, but these symptoms are usually associated with infections that have gone undiagnosed and untreated for years. In a new study...
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Treatment from female doctors leads to lower death rates, study finds
Women have better survival rates and lower hospital readmission rates when treated by female physicians, a new study found.
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I'm an end of care doctor who's studied 1,000 people on their death beds
Palliative care doctor Dr Christopher Kerr said patients' visions are 'fascinating'. He has been studying end-of-life events for years and interviewing patients. READ MORE: End of care doctors reveal the