Should NPs Perform Colonoscopies? New Study Leads to Controversy
A new study from John Hopkins is causing quite a stir on social media. It centers on three nurse practitioners who were trained to perform colonoscopies. The study looked at more than 1,000 patients who received this procedure from the NPs between 2010 and 2016, 75% of whom were black.
The study is raising eyebrows for its questionable ethics; some have been criticizing it for its lack of consent and transparency.
The Need for Colonoscopies
The medical community is bracing for a surge in demand for colonoscopies as the population continues to age and baby boomers head into retirement. It’s considered a life-saving cancer screening tool, but many men are reluctant to sign up for the procedure.
Assistant chief Ralph Law is the longest-serving member of the Benton Township Volunteer Fire Department Author: 10TV Web Staff Updated: 10:06 AM EDT May 13, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio A Pike County firefighter was escorted home from the hospital Wednesday, more than a month after a life-threatening crash.
Benton Township assistant chief Ralph Law was injured when he lost control of his fire truck when responding to a building fire on April 9.
He was flown to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
Fire Chief Shannon Elliott said Law was healing well at the hospital and on Wednesday, Law was escorted home by law enforcement officers and firefighters.
The doctor becomes a patient
There’s little Michael Dick, MD, hasn’t seen in 27 years in the Emergency Department at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Dr. Dick is medical director of Emergency Medicine at Ohio State East Hospital and professor of Emergency Medicine. His is a physically and emotionally demanding job. But he doesn’t get a reprieve when he takes off his scrubs. He isn’t just fighting on the front lines of COVID-19, he’s also fighting cancer.
Like most Americans, 2020 tested Dr. Dick’s body and psyche. But his battle has been different than most. In the waning months of 2019, he started to feel pain in his neck and shoulders. Reluctant to get it checked out, it soon became impossible to ignore. An X-ray of his thoracic spine a stack of 12 tightly pressed bones in the spinal column revealed a tumor in his lung. A subsequent CT scan revealed another in his liver. The tumors had irritated the nerves in his thoracic spine and all the pain had dum
Around 8:45 a.m. Sunday, police received a call about a man reported to be attempting to break into the Glenwood Avenue home. When officers arrived, the man said he was there because his cousin was dead inside.
Officers went into the home and found two men, identified Monday as 44-year-old Carlos Benito, of the Near East Side, and 42-year-old Jeremy Bickerstaff, of Reynoldsburg. Both Benito and Bickerstaff were pronounced dead at the scene.
A 43-year-old man who also was injured and taken to Ohio State University s Wexner Medical Center in stable condition.
About 16 hours later, officers were called around 12:35 a.m. Monday to a report of a shooting in the area of the Kenmore Square apartments on the 1700 block of Kenmore Road on the Northeast Side.