Pain General
Oct 01, 2014
Healthcare is a hot topic in the media these days. Yet, few people are satisfied with the way it is working. Many claim that the American healthcare system is broken. Patients are increasingly frustra...
Sep 22, 2014
A surgeon emailed me the following:. OK, I know this is radical but consider my argument... Medical licensing protects no one and costs physicians hundreds to thousands of dollars each year. If...
Sep 16, 2014
As physicians, we have all been faced with patients inappropriately looking for prescriptions for controlled substances. Some are looking to abuse them and some to divert them for profit. It is often ...
Aug 25, 2014
Physicians, like many adults in the general public, enjoy drinking an alcoholic beverage in a socially-appropriate context when they are not taking call. But what happens when casual drinking becomes ...
Aug 22, 2014
Researchers have developed enhanced recovery pathways (ERP) to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions in colorectal surgery patients. “ERP protocols use a set of standardized pre- and postoperativ...
Aug 12, 2014
Any physician, especially primary care physicians, can tell you that they are frequently forced to make a decision based on a third party’s opinion. Most often, this will be an insurance company den...
Jul 31, 2014
The American Headache Society (AHS) recently joined the Choosing Wisely initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine in an effort to draw attention to tests and procedures that are associated...
Jul 22, 2014
The first part of new evidence-based guidelines, published in the September 2014 issue of Neurosurgery, sought to identify which signs, symptoms, and neurologic and cognitive deficits have the highest...
Jul 10, 2014
According to NIH data, prescriptions for opioids have increased dramatically in the general population, rising by more than 200 million between 1991 and 2009. In 2014, the American Society of Anesthes...
Jun 24, 2014
The CDC recently released data on the most common causes of death in the United States in 2010. ...
May 06, 2014
Researchers have developed enhanced recovery pathways (ERP) to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions in colorectal surgery patients. “ERP protocols use a set of standardized pre- and postoperativ...
Apr 30, 2014
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a significant health problem, with studies suggesting that the condition affects up to 10% of men and 18% of women over the age of 60. Previous research has suggested that some ...
Apr 04, 2014
Source: BestMedicalDegrees.com Modern medicine has helped lead to a surge in average life expectancy, which was only about 36 in the late 1800s. With humans routinely living into their 100s, advanc...
Mar 27, 2014
Every winter when cold and flu season hits, millions of people take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen and naproxen to ease the aches and pains associated with being sick. I...
Mar 27, 2014
Substance use is one of the most frequent causes of impairment among physicians, and some reports estimate that 10% to 15% of doctors will have a substance use disorder in their lifetime. “Substance...
Mar 17, 2014
The Particulars: Previous research has found that joint replacements can sometimes end in implant failure that is due to factors other than infection or apparent biomechanical issues. It is possible t...
Mar 17, 2014
The Particulars: Elevated BMI has been linked to symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) in previous studies. Data are lacking on the impact of weight loss following gastric bypass surgery (GBS) on knee ...
Mar 17, 2014
The Particulars: Recent studies have shown that prescription drug abuse is on the rise throughout the United States. With this phenomenon has come a rise in “doctor shopping,” the practice of visi...
Feb 21, 2014
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the most common complications associated with diabetes. Recent estimates show that DPN affects approximately 50% of people with diabetes in the United ...
Jan 13, 2014
About 50% to 70% of fibromyalgia patients have a lifetime history of depression, many of whom take antidepressants to treat their depression. A common clinical question has been how to manage fibromya...