Economics of Hospital Palliative Care
Previous studies indicate that approximately half of Medicare spending is accounted for by those...
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Author: Rebecca Shover
Diabetes in Lesbian & Bisexual Women
Social stigma related to lesbian and bisexual women’s sexual orientation is believed to underlie a...
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Assessing Drug-Induced Anaphylaxis
Research indicates that approximately 1 in 3,000 hospitalized patients suffer drug-induced...
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Assessing HAI Trends
A point-prevalence survey conducted in the United States in 2011 indicated that 4% of hospitalized...
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Electroacupuncture for DPN
For a study published in Diabetes Care, Kyung-Min Shin, DKM, PhD, Sun-Mi Choi, DKM, PhD, and...
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Comparing Perceptions of Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity
While guidelines for psoriatic arthritis recommend a treatment target of remission or low disease...
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Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapy for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
In patients with the frequently fatal, rapidly progressive opportunistic brain infection...
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Auditory Brainstem in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Evidence indicates that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulty hearing and...
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Early Vs Delayed Cholecystectomy for Gallstone Pancreatitis
Data indicate that gallstones are the most common cause of acute pancreatitis in the United...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis & CVD Risk
Previous research indicates that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of...
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Racial Disparities in HIV Incidence Among MSM
Despite overall progress in HIV prevention and treatment, the condition continues to...
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OSA & Cardiovascular Events in Noncardiac Surgical Patients
Prior research indicates an association between obstructive sleep apnea and unfavorable long-term...
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A Novel Disease Activity Measure for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
“There is a well-recognized, unmet need for a new disease activity measure for systemic lupus...
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Colorectal Cancer Screening & Death
Data indicate that potentially avoidable failures in the screening process for colorectal cancer...
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Inhaler Technique Errors in Hospitalized Children With Asthma
Children who are hospitalized due to their asthma represent an at-risk population for...
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Linking Gestational & Incident Childhood Diabetes
Research has long indicated that gestational diabetes is a predictor of type 2 diabetes in...
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An Early Warning Sign for Chronic Kidney Disease
Screening for kidney disease is limited in that we rely on measuring urinary protein excretion and...
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Insomnia as Risk Factor for CVD in Patients With HIV
Data indicate that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is now among the leading causes of death among...
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Blood Pressure & Gray Matter
“The assumption by many in medicine has been that brain damage manifests over years of evident...
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Hepatocellular Cancer in NAFLD
With limited data available on the risk of hepatocellular cancer (HCC) in patients with...
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