/tags/doctors doctors en-US Copyright Wed, 22 Dec 2021 10:00:00 GMT /coronavirus/2021-12-22/central-ohio-hospitals-brace-for-covid-surge Healthcare workers continue to fight the all-out battle against the deadly coronavirus that has been going on for two years straight. Wed, 22 Dec 2021 10:00:00 GMT /coronavirus/2021-12-22/central-ohio-hospitals-brace-for-covid-surge Natasha Williams /coronavirus/2021-12-21/central-ohio-nurses-urge-people-to-get-vaccinated A major spike in Coronavirus cases throughout the state has nurses, doctors and other health officials very worried. They say we are headed into another deadly COVID winter, and if more Ohioans don't get vaccinated, the highly infectious omicron variant could lead to even more infections and hospitalizations, breaking last winter's records. Tue, 21 Dec 2021 21:14:30 GMT /coronavirus/2021-12-21/central-ohio-nurses-urge-people-to-get-vaccinated Natasha Williams /news/2020-04-03/coronavirus-in-ohio-state-considering-hygiene-protocols-for-nurses-doctors Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton says the state could be looking at issuing protocols for all hospital staff in order to help preserve… Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:18:52 GMT /news/2020-04-03/coronavirus-in-ohio-state-considering-hygiene-protocols-for-nurses-doctors Andy Chow /2019-11-26/medical-students-say-their-opioid-experiences-will-shape-how-they-prescribe One medical student was addicted to opioids. Another relied on them to control disabling pain. Both think their experiences will help them be better doctors when it comes to prescribing opioids. Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:02:00 GMT /2019-11-26/medical-students-say-their-opioid-experiences-will-shape-how-they-prescribe Jon Hamilton /news/2019-09-06/ohio-state-raising-awareness-of-physician-suicide The Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center is hosting a statewide conference to raise awareness about physician suicide."Some numbers suggest that… Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:26:08 GMT /news/2019-09-06/ohio-state-raising-awareness-of-physician-suicide Clare Roth /wvxu-stories/2019-04-17/60-arrested-in-largest-opioid-prescriber-takedown-ever Federal officials are charging 60 defendants across five states in what they're calling the largest opioid prescriber takedown ever. These are the first... Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:08:23 GMT /wvxu-stories/2019-04-17/60-arrested-in-largest-opioid-prescriber-takedown-ever Tana Weingartner /news/2019-04-10/in-ohio-one-quarter-of-physicians-and-surgeons-are-immigrants Deepa Halaharvi is a morning person."Eat, read, pray, and get ready to go to work," she says, laughing. "And usually I’m out the door around 6:15 or… Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/2019-04-10/in-ohio-one-quarter-of-physicians-and-surgeons-are-immigrants /news/2018-12-11/ohio-distributes-first-1-000-medical-marijuana-cards State officials say doctors have submitted nearly 2,000 recommendations in the medical marijuana patient and caregiver registry for Ohio.The State of Ohio… Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:38:20 GMT /news/2018-12-11/ohio-distributes-first-1-000-medical-marijuana-cards Associated Press /side-effects-public-media/2018-12-04/neurosurgeon-tells-nra-gun-violence-is-his-lane Physicians across the country have a message for the National Rifle Association: Gun violence is our concern. It's part of a battle being fought... Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:16:04 GMT /side-effects-public-media/2018-12-04/neurosurgeon-tells-nra-gun-violence-is-his-lane Jake Harper, Jake Harper /news-partners/2018-11-11/after-nra-mocks-doctors-physicians-reply-this-is-our-lane "We are not anti-gun: we are anti-bullet holes in our patients," wrote one physician in response to the NRA. Another posted a photo of his own scrubs, bloody from trying to save a gunshot victim. Sun, 11 Nov 2018 23:35:00 GMT /news-partners/2018-11-11/after-nra-mocks-doctors-physicians-reply-this-is-our-lane Laurel Wamsley