Enclothed Cognition

Across social media there have been cries of outrage in response to a recent segment on The View during which the talk show hosts mocked and belittled a contestant of the recent Miss America Pageant who came onstage to discuss her career as a registered nurse while wearing scrubs and a “doctor's stethoscope". But with every cloud comes a silver lining. 

FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) is a radical departure from how practitioners across the globe have traditionally accessed medical information. It is a philosophy, a movement, and a community—FOAM is as fluid of a concept as the constantly evolving medical knowledge it strives to make accessible. 

Reports from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) have projected that the U.S. will have a shortage of up to 90,000 physicians in the next 10 years. This massive gap between supply and demand of physicians can be traced to two major trends: the Affordable Care Act and the aging of America’s baby boomer generation. 

Every few weeks we try to bring you the top five most compelling stories in recent medical news. Keep reading to learn about about a new liquid biopsy, how digital health can help Hepatitis-C victims, and more!

Medelita is proud to announce Sarah Bryczkowski, MD as the winner of our #HelpUsMedelita giveaway, for which we received many stellar submissions for offices that needed a uniform makeover! Sarah is a general surgery resident at the university hospital at Rutgers, and her team desperately needed a wardrobe upgrade from the baggy, uncomfortable scrubs and lab coats they had to work in.

Every few weeks we try to bring you the top five most compelling stories in recent medical news. Keep reading to learn about about how a wasp can treat cancer, a paralytic taking his first steps in a bionic suit, and more!

Last month the FDA approved the very first 3D printed drug, an epilepsy medication called SPRITAM. This past June, three little boys with a condition that caused their windpipes to spontaneously collapse had their lives saved when they received 3D-printed bronchial-splint implants. 

New statistics show that 41% of consumers agreed that information on social media would affect their decision in choosing a particular doctor, hospital, or private practice. Almost a third of consumers say that they discuss health issues online using social media. 

Medelita is proud to announce that we have partnered with the founders of the #ILookLikeASurgeon movement to offer an exciting giveaway on social media! Just post a picture of yourself that showcases your unique identity as a surgeon and promotes diversity within the field with the hashtag #ILookLikeASurgeon in order to win lab coats and scrubs with personal embroidery. Here are the rules for this exciting giveaway.

Every few weeks we try to bring you the top five most compelling stories in recent medical news. Keep reading to learn about about how a selfie cost a man $153K in medical charges, how precision medicine can be used to treat lung cancer and more!