COVID variants have presented many challenges for our medical system. In addition to coping with unknown transmission methods and rates as well as varying symptoms over the years, protecting our community from pandemic levels of disease becomes a paramount focus despite the limited information initially at hand of a new variant. All of this continues to put strain on our doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers. Sometimes this strain becomes so great that our medical professionals become unable to work due to a disabling condition. COVID has disabled doctors in many ways. Some medical professionals suffer due to exposure to […]

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious respiratory disease affecting approximately 16 million Americans, in addition to many more who suffer despite not having a diagnosis. COPD drastically affects one’s ability to carry out daily tasks, let alone continuing in a high-stress, high-functioning career like the medical field. Physicians, surgeons, and other medical professionals need to have a certain level of physical fitness to complete the long shift work and the physically demanding tasks necessary to provide medical care to their patients. Due to the physical limitations caused by COPD, many doctors are unable to continue practicing medicine. To […]