Early Detection & Treatment of Breast Cancer
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and two-thirds of women...
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Managing Pain in Patients With IBD
Among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), abdominal pain is a common and frustrating...
Read MoreA Purse More Contaminated Than a Toilet Seat? Really?
I’ve been pondering that question ever since this revelation splashed across the Internet. Like most of these groundbreaking discoveries, this one got plenty of media attention. Despite the numerous articles mentioning the...
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Opioid Backlash Threatens Sickle Cell Care
The well-meaning push to curb opioid prescribing could worsen healthcare for sickle cell patients....
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Skinny Snowman
“Sudden weight loss, profuse sweating … I’m sorry, I’m afraid you’re melting.” ...
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If You’re Going to Criticize, Get Your Facts Straight
I just found out about an article that appeared in Forbes online 7 months ago. It said that a...
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Child Passenger Safety Resources in EDs
Each year in the United States, more than 130,000 children younger than age 13 are treated in EDs...
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Guidelines for Managing Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction
Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) describes the acute airway narrowing that occurs as a...
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Improving Care for Persistent Pediatric Asthma
About 7 million children in the United States suffer from asthma, and most are typically dependent...
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Diabetics & Ethnic Minorities: Going Beyond Black & White
According to 2010 United States Census data, the number of Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in...
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Forecasting Heart Failure’s Impact
Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization for people aged 65 and older in the...
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Harvard Med School Video Parody: What Does the Spleen Do?
Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine class of 2016 students parody...
Read MorePerformance Goals for Hospital CEOs Discourage Change
A big problem with changing the focus of healthcare in the United States is that hospital chief executive officers (CEOs) are incented to produce profits for their institutions. This chart from Kaiser Health News shows that the...
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Practicing What We Preach?
It has been largely assumed that healthcare workers (HCWs) take better care of themselves than the...
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A Helpful Guide for CDI Prevention
According to the CDC, the mortality rate associated with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)...
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Putting Context in Medical Care
Effective care requires diagnosing and treating clinical conditions using evidence-based practices...
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Acute Spinal Cord Injury: New Practice Guidelines
About a decade ago, the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves of the...
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An Innovative DBS System for Parkinson’s
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery is a procedure in which electrodes are implanted into...
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Will Surgeons Lose Proficiency for Open Procedures?
Media outlets (Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo) are again reporting that automation is degrading...
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Early Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
In 2013, the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association (ASA) updated...
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