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a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
you should always consult a physician if you develop a high fever
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Kaiser Permanente will serve as the official team physicians for the Valkyries, providing physical and mental health care to the athletes throughout the year.
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Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Just last summer, federal prosecutors charged two physicians with conspiracy to distribute ketamine in the Matthew Perry case.
—Josh Yager, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Nurses, physicians flow into Asheville More than 100 nurses and physicians from across the nation are helping out at Mission Hospital in Asheville, HCA Healthcare system spokesperson Harlow Sumerford said.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
As many as 94% of physicians said prior authorization delayed care for patients, according to a 2023 survey from the American Medicine Association.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Nearly a quarter — 24% — of physicians report that such delays resulted in direct harm to patients.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
As these fretting physicians reveal, through the early decades of the 20th century, a particular narrative around the gut began to take shape which pictured it as a storehouse for dirt and danger in the body, a leaky vessel always threatening to spill its contents.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Yet nearly two decades after my misdiagnosis, most young physicians still receive only a handful of lectures on menopause during their four-year OB-GYN training.
—Dr. Elizabeth Poynor, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
The Journal Sentinel analysis showed that in many cases, insurance companies hired physicians to review a claimant's medical file and come to a conclusion about their condition — conclusions that often contradicted a claimant's own team of specialists.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Just last summer, federal prosecutors charged two physicians with conspiracy to distribute ketamine in the Matthew Perry case.
—Josh Yager, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Nurses, physicians flow into Asheville More than 100 nurses and physicians from across the nation are helping out at Mission Hospital in Asheville, HCA Healthcare system spokesperson Harlow Sumerford said.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
As many as 94% of physicians said prior authorization delayed care for patients, according to a 2023 survey from the American Medicine Association.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Nearly a quarter — 24% — of physicians report that such delays resulted in direct harm to patients.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
As these fretting physicians reveal, through the early decades of the 20th century, a particular narrative around the gut began to take shape which pictured it as a storehouse for dirt and danger in the body, a leaky vessel always threatening to spill its contents.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Yet nearly two decades after my misdiagnosis, most young physicians still receive only a handful of lectures on menopause during their four-year OB-GYN training.
—Dr. Elizabeth Poynor, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
The Journal Sentinel analysis showed that in many cases, insurance companies hired physicians to review a claimant's medical file and come to a conclusion about their condition — conclusions that often contradicted a claimant's own team of specialists.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Physicians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physicians. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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