Health & Wellness

In 2007, neurologist Kim Hutchison moved with her husband and two kids to Saipan, the island in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean. She had no intention of practicing medicine. But not only did she end up opening a neurology and sleep medicine clinic, she also expanded her ability…

Even before the novel coronavirus pandemic stretched healthcare workers to their limits, burnout was growing in the profession. The University of Rochester's neurology department has pushed wellness initiatives forward in a big way

‘It’s allowed us to put the accelerator down on the use of telemedicine,’ says St. Louis-based Dr. Laurence Kinsella. ‘We were already dealing with a scarce resource: the general neurologist. This has dramatically changed the landscape.’

Telemedicine is remarkable, but there’s no arguing that it literally increases the distance between the clinician and patient. Is it possible to maintain an emotional connection with patients via telemedicine? We asked three neurology providers what they think.

Dr. Tait Shanafelt has been studying healthcare worker burnout for nearly two decades. How is the novel coronavirus pandemic impacting the societal shifts and emotional stressors seen in today’s neurology practice?

When neurologist Rachel Salas first heard about physician coaching, she was skeptical, to say the least. So why did the coaching turn out to be such a game changer not just for herself but also her students and patients?

It’s not just a buzzword – it’s a common problem among physicians, especially during times of professional change and upheaval. Learn how two neurologists came to terms with this issue and successfully came out the other side.

Every year, the personal coaching sessions offered at the annual AAN meeting fill up within hours of opening. One of the coaches explains why these sessions have become so popular.

Dr. Laurence Kinsella has some clever hacks to help you finish charting sooner without compromising patient care – and avoiding burnout in the process.

If you are a practicing physiatrist, you are familiar with burnout – either you have experienced it yourself or have a colleague who has struggled with it. We know this because 63 percent of physiatrists had experienced burnout as of 2014, and the problem seems poised to continue. In other words, burnout is the rule,…

If you are like many Americans, you’ve already binged the first season of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo on Netflix and started decluttering your house. You might want to hold off, though, and skip straight to another, arguably greater, source of stress in your life: your office. This month on Instagram, Marie Kondo released a…

It’s not news to anyone that physical fitness has a positive effect on the health of pretty much every system in the body. But there are so many variables at play, it’s difficult to define the exact mechanism and magnitude of its effect on brain health. Are the brain benefits from fitness due to its…

“If I have any choice in the matter, I will never go back,” says Colorado neurologist Pearce J. Korb, MD, about his use of medical scribes in clinical practice. “Now I walk in a room and I look at somebody face-to-face, patients and their families, and I talk to them. I have to admit as…

“Like some virulent bacteria doubling on the agar plate, the E.M.R. grows more gargantuan with each passing month, requiring ever more (and ever more arduous) documentation to feed the beast,” wrote Danielle Ofri, M.D., in this New York Times article. She is not alone in her concerns about the runaway paperwork problem faced by doctors…

CBD shops are popping up all over the country, and 33 states have legalized some form of medical marijuana. But the reality is that marijuana is still a Schedule 1 substance according to the DEA. Federally, it’s illegal to use, sell, or possess marijuana in the U.S., regardless of what any state law says about…