Lisa O’Mary

4 days ago | medscape.com | Lisa O’Mary

Do you hesitate to bring up COVID vaccines with your patients? You’re not alone — and experts said these conversations are becoming less common in routine care.

1 month ago | medscape.com | Lisa O’Mary

When you tell someone you’re in medical school, they probably envision the third year. Bedside learning is fundamental to developing core skills like physical examination and communication, as well as empathy. For those about to start doing rounds, medical school is certainly on the extreme end of life experiences and can unsettle even the steadiest among us. “Rounds, and much of medical school, can often feel like performance art.

1 month ago | medscape.com | Lisa O’Mary

The recent projection that national hospital bed occupancy will reach dangerous shortage levels as soon as 2032 perhaps rang a familiar alarm for those seeking to solve the persistent puzzle that is hospital throughput. Just a few years ago, fresh off the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, some hospitals looked again to methods that arose alongside the hospitalist model.

Feb 7, 2025 | thenbxpress.com | Lisa O’Mary |Sue Miklovic

Jan. 30, 2025 – This may not be a popular plan according to your kids: People ages 5 to 18 years old should drink mainly water and pasteurized milk. Basically, if a nutrition label mentions added sugar, they shouldn’t drink it. A small serving of 8 ounces or less of 100% fruit or vegetable juice each day is OK, but it’s not needed for their growing bodies. Plant-based milks and — sorry, kids — flavored milk should be limited, as well.

Jan 10, 2025 | mdedge.com | Lisa O’Mary

The new COVID-19 strain known as “Arcturus” has increased in the United States so much that it has been added to the Centers for Disease and Control’s watch list. Officially labeled XBB.1.16, Arcturus is a subvariant of Omicron that was first seen in India and has been on the World Health Organization’s watchlist since the end of March.