A 2023 study published in JAMA found that large numbers of doctors now hope to leave clinical practice. Of the nearly 19,000 physicians surveyed, "approximately one-third reported moderate or greater intention to leave." Burnout and lack of professional fulfillment appeared particularly likely to spur that intention. Among specialists, anesthesiologists, pulmonologists, and ER doctors reported high levels of burnout. According to one report, more than 70,000 physicians — over 6 percent of the country's physicians — left medicine just between 2021 and 2022. For doctors seeking to enter other industries, there are lots of options, including biotech, consulting, venture capital, medical devices, and pharmaceutical companies. Some even join insurance companies, evaluating the claims that come in from clinicians.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals' non-opioid painkiller pill, a new alternative for pain relief that comes without the risk of addiction.
Women who go on to develop postpartum depression may have characteristic levels of neuroactive steroids, molecules derived from the hormone progesterone, in their blood during the third trimester of pregnancy, according to a new study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
An approach to prescribing opioids that pairs clinician education with patient-centered monitoring and feedback could help primary care doctors minimize prescribing opioid medications to manage patients' chronic pain, according to a University of Wisconsin–Madison research team.