Type 1 Diabetes, Celiac Disease, & Retinopathy
Among people with type 1 diabetes, having celiac disease for more than 10 years appears to be a...
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Articles
Urinary Tract Infections Common in Type 2 Diabetics
Patients with type 2 diabetes appear to be at higher risk of developing urinary tract infections...
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Blood Pressure Screening Poor in Pediatrics
Efforts may be needed to better encourage providers to routinely screen patients aged 3 to 18 for...
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Reviewing the Efficacy of Omega-3s in CVD Event Risk
A meta-analysis of 20 studies suggests that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids do not appear to...
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Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension
Catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) appears to be a cost-effective strategy for resistant...
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Goal Setting for Older Adults With Diabetes
To successfully manage type 2 diabetes in older adults, clinicians must recognize and understand...
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Transitioning From Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care
This Physician’s Weekly feature covering the transitioning from pediatric to adult diabetes care...
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Diabetes Incidence Hits Record High Worldwide
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reports that diabetes is running at record levels...
Read MoreYounger Doctors, Bigger Spenders?
Younger, newer doctors tend to run up a higher healthcare tab for their patients than their more established colleagues, according to a new study published in the November 2012 issue of Health Affairs. A study, sponsored by RAND...
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Vomiting After Stroke Raises Mortality Risk
Vomiting appears to be an early predictor of poor outcome in stroke patients, according to...
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New Report on Uncontrolled Hypertension
The CDC has found that nearly 90% of adults in the United States with uncontrolled hypertension...
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Prescription Drug Abuse Decreasing in Young Adults
Results from a survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration estimate...
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Resuscitation Efforts Impact Survival After Cardiac Arrest
Systematically increasing the duration of resuscitation in patients with cardiac arrest may...
Read MoreTools to Provide Best Care at Lower Cost
A report from the Institute of Medicine, available at www.iom.edu, identifies several tools that should reduce complexity of care as well as costs for the nation’s healthcare system. The report discusses computing power,...
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FDA Approves First Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Manufactured Using Cell Culture Technology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the approval of Flucelvax, the first...
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FDA Approves Pump for Heart Failure Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the HeartWare Ventricular Assist System, a...
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Anticoagulants & Preventing Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation
Depending on a patient’s comorbidities and history of prior cerebrovascular events, the rate of...
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Wait Times for Psychiatric Patients in the ED
Hospital-based EDs are increasingly overburdened throughout the United States, resulting in a...
Read MoreShorter Hospital Stays: Lessons from Disaster
I recently wrote about my plan to reduce hospital readmissions. Now I will discuss the problem of reducing length of stay. The recent hurricane in New York City and the closures of some hospitals requiring the transfer of a...
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Unrecognized Myocardial Infarction Common in Older Adults
The prevalence of unrecognized myocardial infarction (MI) by cardiac MRI appears to be higher than...
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