Examining Diets for Patients With Diabetes
Studies of patients with type 2 diabetes have shown that a low-carbohydrate diet can achieve at...
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Sexual Risk Behavior & Viral Suppression in Patients With HIV
Research indicates that nearly 90% of new HIV infections in the United States in 2010 were...
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Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Cancer Survivors
Studies have shown that distress is common among people with cancer, but the types and causes...
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Patient Preferences for Non-Insulin Diabetes Drugs
As type 2 diabetes has become a more manageable chronic condition, there has been a recent push to...
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Alternative Medicine Docs Confused About Oxygen
An article called “Simple ‘4-7-8’ breathing trick can induce sleep in 60 seconds”...
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Journal Publishers’ Exorbitant Profit Margins
Many have written about who is making money in healthcare. Sure doctors do very well, but not as...
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Heart Disease, Sex Differences, & Mental Stress
Clinical research has demonstrated that there is a relationship between mental stress and...
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Preparing for Avian Influenza Outbreaks
Who Flew the Coop? Few studies have determined the likelihood of emergency nurses reporting to...
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POLST & Emergency Medicine: Considering the Issues
Emergency physicians frequently care for dying patients and are forced to make time-sensitive...
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Guidelines for Managing ACL Injuries
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are among the most common injuries that occur in athletes...
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The Cult of Dr. Oz Crumbles
We all saw Dr. Oz respond to his “critics”, the 10 doctors who petitioned Columbia Medical School...
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Wisconsin Bill: Cameras in the OR
A legislator in Wisconsin is proposing a bill that would require facilities to record both video...
Read MoreDo OR Checklists Improve Outcomes?
“Implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist was associated with robust reduction in morbidity and length of in-hospital stay and some reduction in mortality,” says the conclusion of a paper in the May 2015...
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Reconnecting With Those Who Inspired You
I got an e-mail recently from a Dr. Tim Race, MD, FACS. I didn’t remember knowing a Dr. Race and...
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Bariatric Surgery: Looking at Long-Term Follow-Up
Many published studies on bariatric surgery are retrospective, short-term analyses with...
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Guidelines for Methadone Safety
Methadone is used for the treatment of opioid addiction and for chronic pain, but safety of the...
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Echocardiography Use in Pediatric Heart Patients
With the rapid advance-ment of cardiovascular imaging technologies, it is important for physicians...
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Women & IHD: Coming to a Consensus
In recent decades, physicians have used the male model of testing to identify coronary artery...
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