U.S. Docs Lag Behind Foreign Colleagues in Embracing Healthcare IT
U.S. physicians are not nearly as sold on the benefits of healthcare IT as are their international...
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Smartphone App Diagnoses Malaria
Lifelens has created an innovative point-of-care smartphone application that diagnoses malaria...
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Surrogate Use in Diabetes: Compromising Care?
A recent analysis published in BMJ finds that the widespread use of surrogate endpoints in...
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Individualizing Comprehensive Diabetes Care
Patients with diabetes suffer from multiple comorbidities and complications and frequently...
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Combating the Physician Shortage
The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that we will face a shortage of up to...
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Medical Devices to Watch in 2012
Excerpted from “Outlook for the healthcare industry in 2012” by Steven Greer, MD, The...
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Conference Highlights: American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2011
New research presented at the 2011 annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association...
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The Growing Problem of Drug-Related Suicide Attempts in Men
According to the CDC, suicide is the seventh-leading cause of death among males. A 2007 analysis...
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Guidelines for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
Cerebral venous thrombosis is caused by clots in the dural sinuses and/or cortical veins, and it...
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Nursing Shortage? Mmm, Maybe Not
While the retiring baby-boomer nurses have warned of a dangerous nursing shortage, the number of...
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Managing Depression in Patients With Diabetes
The burden of diagnosed and undiagnosed depression in the United States is significant and well...
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4 Genes May Guide ADHD Treatment
Researchers found four gene variants that may be involved in vital brain signaling pathways in a...
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Patient Safety & Orthopaedic Surgery Residents
In 2000, the Institute of Medicine distributed a report suggesting that many hospital errors were...
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Report Predicts Top 4 EHR Vendors
A new report released by IDC Health Insights names four EHR vendors as likely market leaders in...
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Why A1C Should Be Used for Diagnosing Prediabetes
The epidemic of prediabetes is continuing to plague the United States as at least 60 million...
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Eye Movement Training Improves Surgeon Skills
A new study published in Surgical Endoscopy has found that surgeons can learn their skills quicker...
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The 2011 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons held its 2011 Clinical Congress from October 23-27 in San...
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More Vaccines Target Common Cancers, Not Deadliest
Vaccine development efforts currently focus on cancers with a higher incidence rather than those...
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Managing Charcot Foot in Diabetes
Despite the passing of 140 years since first being described, little is known about Charcot foot...
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Improving Adherence to Diabetes Treatments
Research has shown that taking medications and making lifestyle changes to manage diabetes can be...
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