Preventing Diabetes Complications to Improve Outcomes
More than 84 million people in America have diabetes or are on the verge of getting it, and 90% of...
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Author: Janine Anthes
Preventing Diabetes Complications Improves Outcomes
A recent survey found that more than 80% of physicians believe that a team of specialists...
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Light Technology Zaps Hospital Superbugs
A lighting system appears to be able to kill hospital superbugs—including MRSA and C. Difficile—by...
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Battling Obesity: Improving Interactions with Patients
Healthcare providers have frequent interaction with patients struggling with their weight....
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Conference Highlights: 2010 Society of Interventional Radiology Meeting
The Society of Interventional Radiology held its 2010 annual meeting from March 13 to 18 in Tampa,...
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Public Awareness of Specialized Stroke Hospitals
When managing stroke, time is brain. Every minute that stroke therapy is delayed can make a major...
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Effective Approaches to Managing Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Patients
This Physician’s Weekly feature covering effective approaches to managing newly diagnosed...
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Overcoming the Hurdles of Insulin Initiation
This Physician’s Weekly feature covering insulin initiation and strategies to overcome...
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Early Observations From Look AHEAD
Type 2 diabetes continues to adversely impact life expectancy, quality of life, and medical costs....
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Physician's Weekly eNewsletter Wins Web Health Award
Physician’s Weekly eNewsletter has been named a winner in the 12th annual Web Health Awards...
Read MoreDiabetics Shown to Benefit from Lifestyle Intervention
Lifestyle interventions have thus far more than doubled the percentage of diabetic participants achieving optimal care goals in The Look AHEAD (Action for Health and Diabetes) study, an ongoing National Institute of Health trial...
Read MoreOvercoming the Hurdles of Insulin Initiation
Insulin is generally viewed as an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes, but both physicians and patients often consider the drug a last resort. Identifying barriers and solutions to insulin initiation is critical to enhancing...
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Diabetes Predicted to Strike 30% of Americans by 2050
As many as 1 in 3 Americans could have diabetes in 40 years if current trends continue, according...
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Battling CKD in Patients with Diabetes
This Physician’s Weekly feature on chronic kidney disease and diabetes was completed in...
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A New Strategy to Manage Charcot Foot
Each year in the United States, over 60,000 lower extremity amputations occur in patients with...
Read MoreInterpreting Data on Intensive Glucose Control
New data shed light on whether or not patients with type 2 diabetes should undergo intensive glucose control to reduce their risk of developing heart disease.
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Myths in Diabetes Care: A Clinician’s Perspective
Myths in diabetes are common among patients suffering from the disease, but myths can also affect...
Read MoreNew Surveys Classify Pharma Access to Physicians
A new survey of physician access preferences found that nearly half of physicians require or prefer appointments by pharmaceutical sales reps to be scheduled. This percentage appears to significantly increase when practices are...
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Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Annual Scientific Symposium
The 22nd Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics, or TCT, Annual Scientific Symposium was held...
Read MoreConference Highlights: ICAAC Annual Meeting
The 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, or ICAAC, held its 2010 annual meeting from September 12 to 15 in Boston. Among the news emerging from the meeting was the risk of invasive aspergillosis...
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