Questioning Medicine

1) nurses commit more suicide and average population (doctors don't)2) AK will turn in to SCC at a rate of about 2% per year3) STOP SMOKING (even if you gain weight)4) zofran is about equal to the rest for pregnant patients and the outcomes we care about5) Tubes in the ear for children with acute otitis media?? It works about the same as medical managementAssociation of US Nurse and Physician Occupation With Risk of Suicide | Nursing | JAMA Psychiatry | JAMA Network This retrospective cohort study used US data from 159 372 suicides reported in the National Violent Death Reporting System from 2007 to 2018. Researchers found that suicide was more common among nurses compared with the general population (sex-adjusted incidence, 23.8 per 100,000 vs 20.1 per 100,000; RR, 1.18). By sex, the physician suicide rate was not different from that of the general population Ten-Year Follow-up of Persons With Sun-Damaged Skin Associated With Subsequent Development of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Dermatology | JAMA