Tom Collins is a freelance writer in South Florida who has written about medical topics from nasty infections to ethical dilemmas, runaway tumors to tornado-chasing doctors. He travels the globe gathering conference health news and lives in West Palm Beach.
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Gut bacteria linked with long COVID
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Drink up: Large study confirms coffee beneficial to liver health
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“This is the closest we’re ever going to get to a linkage between what people are eating or drinking and the health of their liver.”
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Psoriatic arthritis health care costs continue to rise over time
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- Thomas R. Collins
In a database claims review, the average person with PsA had higher inpatient, outpatient, and pharmacy costs, compared with those with only...
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Experts debate merits of dual therapy for lupus nephritis
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- Thomas R. Collins
Brad Rovin, MD, and Richard Furie, MD, discussed the merits of dual therapy with voclosporin or belimumab in lupus nephritis but said response...
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New options explored for sarcopenia in rheumatic diseases
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- Thomas R. Collins
Targeting mitochondrial pathways has produced the most promising results so far, but other avenues are still being explored as well, experts said...
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Third COVID-19 vaccine dose helped some transplant recipients
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- Thomas R. Collins
All of those with low titers before the third dose had high titers after receiving the extra shot, in case series.
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Better ways to handle in-hospital conflicts
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- Thomas R. Collins
Managing conflicts better can improve patient care but can also benefit clinicians.
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Hospital medicine leaders offer tips for gender equity
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Flexible work opportunities can help boost female physicians’ careers.
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Hospitalists innovate in ICU management
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Hospitalists helped develop and staff critical care programs to optimize patient care during the pandemic.
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Update in Hospital Medicine relays important findings
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- Thomas R. Collins
Two panelists highlighted the year of research in areas most relevant and important to hospital medicine.
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Mentor-mentee relationships in hospital medicine
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- Thomas R. Collins
While mentoring is a crucial part of the learning and career process, it is littered with pitfalls.
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Clinician well-being a top priority, Surgeon General says
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said he’ll push for scientists to be heard in an unpoliticized way.
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COVID experience underscores ‘vital’ role of hospital medicine
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“The response to the acute care needs in this pandemic would have been impossible in the health care system that existed before hospitalists,”...
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Hospitalist leader offers a post–COVID-19 approach to career advancement
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Dr. Vineet Arora highlights the importance of trust, staying the course on projects, and the need for systemic change.
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Military leader shows hospitalists a way out of pandemic ‘combat’
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Hospitalists treating patients during the pandemic must take stock of the physical and mental toll on their own health.