New Doctors Develop an Old Skill
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In a pistachio-colored classroom in downtown Richmond, a dozen neophyte doctors gathered recently to learn the old-fashioned skill known as bedside manner, now rechristened with a more contemporary moniker: clinical empathy.
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It&#39;s a lesson that children learn even before their ABCs - say you&#39;re sorry when you have hurt someone. But now it&#39;s being taught in the grown-up world of medicine as a surprisingly effective way to soothe patients and head off malpractice lawsuits.
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Doctors aren&#39;t afraid to say it: Practicing medicine has never been more difficult. General practitioners are under intense pressure to see dozens of patients daily.
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Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body, thanks to new 3D imaging.
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Doctors are saying that the lack of knowledge about preventing bone disease often leads to bad practice.
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It&#39;s a lesson children learn before their ABCs - say you&#39;re sorry when you hurt someone. Now it&#39;s being taught in the grown-up world of medicine as a surprisingly powerful way to
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By Holly VanScoy, HealthDay Reporter    Doctors are combining time-honored therapies with conventional treatments     HealthDayNews -- In medical circles, what was once considered either old-fashioned or "far out" is getting another look. And sometimes that new look can bring about different ways to treat diseases and conditions...
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Imagine you&#39;ve been diagnosed with high cholesterol and your doctor is preparing to write a prescription to help remedy the problem.
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A new kind of medical practice is flourishing nationwide that offers to go to where the patients are â whether a home, an office or a hotel.
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Look inside an animated patient to learn how doctors are treating catastrophic injuries with new technologies that meld humans and machines.
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Many doctors prescribe medicine without providing detailed information about it to patients, a new study suggests.
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A new body will be set up to coordinate health research, but doctors fear it could lead to a cut in the budget.
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The government is to change a new doctors' recruitment system after an outcry from the profession.
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Physicians are among the most trusted professionals in America, but a new survey shows that when it comes to dealing with colleagues' mistakes or incompetence, many doctors abandon the high standards they espouse.
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Medical students will teach primary school children about healthcare under a new programme
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Science & environment: Trainee surgeons are turning to game consoles, which boost dexterity, to hone their scalpel skills
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Many junior doctors do not understand many common hospital laboratory tests, and are putting patients at risk as a result, claim biochemists.