Self-Care Activities for Physicians to Avoid Burnout
Physicians carve out time to practice self care activities to avoid burnout and provide the most effective care to their patients.
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Physicians carve out time to practice self care activities to avoid burnout and provide the most effective care to their patients.
Physicians carve out time to practice self care activities to avoid burnout and provide the most effective care to their patients.
While Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) affects about five percent of the general pediatric population, 80 percent of children with Down syndrome experience OSA. Continual OSA results in poor health, including disruptions to cognitive development and functioning, leading physician-researchers from Mass General Brigham to investigate better methods to treat these patients as early as possible to maximize their health outcomes.
A boy with Down syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea showed significant improvement after receiving a hypoglossal nerve stimulation implant.
Holy See Mission and Center for Family and Human Rights co-sponsor gathering to focus on positive aspects of chromosomal condition.