Study shows paying people to lose weight works. Or does it?
A recent study looked at the effect of paying people to lose weight. The authors randomized 100...
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Managing Critically Ill Surgery Patients
Staff shortages for surgeons and intensivists can make it challenging for hospitals to optimize...
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Patient-Provider Dialogue With HIV Drugs
Research has shown that race and ethnicity may be associated with differences in how healthcare...
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Treating Type 2 Diabetes in Youths
The American Diabetes Association recently released nutrition therapy recommendations for the...
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Reducing Pediatric Drug Errors in Rural EDs
Previous research has shown that patients receiving treatment in EDs are at particularly high risk...
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Nutrition Therapy Recommendations for Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association recently released nutrition therapy recommendations for the...
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Medical Simulation in Interventional Cardiology
Use of medical simulation has grown considerably over the past decade because it helps physicians...
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Simulation-Based Training Lecture
“Simulation-Based Training: More Than Experience and Mere Repetition,” a lecture by...
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Clinical Guidelines for Managing Obesity
According to published data, nearly 155 million adults in the United States are classified as...
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Physician Rapport With Obese Patients
Recent studies suggest that obese patients may be vulnerable to poorer physician–patient...
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A Look at Anaphylaxis in America
Anaphylaxis is an acute, life-threating condition that typically requires an ED visit, a...
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Show Me the Evidence
A Twitter follower wrote me this: “hospital making me use ‘safety scalpel’...
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Relieving Pain in Colorectal Surgery
Researchers have developed enhanced recovery pathways (ERP) to improve outcomes and reduce...
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Analyzing Antibiotic Use in EDs
Antibiotics are ineffective for treating infections caused by viruses. Inappropriate antibiotic...
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Dysfunctional Systems Prolong Hospital Stay After Trauma
In published studies, excessively prolonged hospitalization has been linked with higher clinical...
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Identifying Predictors of Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a significant health problem, with studies suggesting that the condition...
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Quality of Care for Secondary HF
Current performance measures for heart failure (HF) from CMS target patients with a principal...
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