How Doctors Can Communicate Better with Patients

No doubt about it: Doctors are stressed out. Surveys show that physician burnout is on the rise, with the percentage of physicians in the United States reporting symptoms of burnout rising from 45 percent in 2011 to 54 percent in 2014.

How a Huge Blood Clot Took the Shape of a Lung Passage

The New England Journal of Medicine tweeted the most recent addition to its photo series of the most visually arresting medical anomalies. The image is of a mysterious, branchlike structure that, posted elsewhere, would probably pass for a cherry-red chunk of some underground root system or a piece of bright reef coral. But this is no creature of the deep. It's a completely intact, six-inch-wide clot of human blood in the exact shape of the right bronchial tree, one of the two key tubular networks that ferry air to and from the lungs. And it was coughed up in one piece.

14 Best Essential Oils for Sinus Infection (Sinusitis) Treatment

Essential oils for sinus infections are a way to help ease symptoms and resolve the condition. Whether you take essential oils via post-nasal drip or steam, you can use them for sinus headaches, congestion, and a drippy nose, as well as to open up blocked passages and otherwise promote the draining of the mucus clogging up your skull.

Doctors Encouraged to Prescribe Art Lessons to Cure Loneliness

A range of activities including art lessons, cookery and dance classes could be prescribed on the NHS. Doctors will be urged to recommend social activities to patients suffering from loneliness, rather than drug-based treatments, as part of a new GBP�1.8 million government strategy.

Can Mindfulness Help Stop Health Worker Burnout?

Medical professionals are burdened daily with the pain and suffering of patients. Many work long hours, and regularly face stressful situations. This burden does not come without consequence: 60 percent of physicians report having experienced burnout at some point in their careers.

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