FDA issues final rule on safety and effectiveness of antibacterial soaps
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final rule establishing that over-the-counter...
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Emergency Medicine
Chest CT & Blunt Trauma Cases
According to published research, the use of CT when evaluating adults with blunt trauma injuries...
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Zika: Two Billion at Risk in Africa and Asia, Study Says
More than two billion people could be at risk from Zika virus outbreaks in parts of Africa and...
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Dietary Supplements & ED Visits
Herbal products, complementary nutritionals, and micronutrients are all considered to be dietary...
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Capture the Critical Driver of Your Practice’s Financial Success: Physician Time
Pop Quiz: What were you doing during the financial presentation at your last board meeting? A....
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Strategies for Physician Succession & Retirement
Due to the busy nature of many medical practices, planning for future events like physician...
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Breaking News: FDA advises testing for Zika virus in all donated blood
As a further safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, today the U.S. Food and Drug...
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Minorities & Adnominal Pain Care in EDs
Acute abdominal pain is one of the most common reasons for patients to visit the ED, but few...
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A Program to Rapidly Test for Hepatitis C
An ED screening and diagnostic testing program found a high prevalence of hepatitis C. Results...
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Physical Activity & HF Prevention
Current guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and other groups for adults recommend...
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CDC August Update: Zika Case Counts in the U.S.
Laboratory-confirmed Zika virus disease cases reported to ArboNET by state or territory (as of...
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Post-Operative Clostridium difficile Infection Among Veterans Health Administration Patients
Recent research has shown that Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a growing cause of...
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Outpatient bloodstream infections costly for pediatric transplant and cancer patients
Pediatric stem cell transplant and cancer patients often are discharged from the hospital with an...
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Managing Difficult Patients
Regardless of the setting that a physician practices, there is a high likelihood that they will...
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CDC: Saving patients from sepsis is a race against time
Many cases of life-threatening sepsis could be recognized and treated long before they cause...
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Physician Debt & Compensation: Where Does Your Specialty Fall?
Who is still paying off student loans? Who has suffered loss due to practice issues? Here are the...
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Analyzing “Breakthrough Therapy” Perceptions
After an investigational medication is subject to clinical trials but before it is permitted to be...
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U.S. Opens Door to a Change in Blood Donation Policy for Gay Men
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened the door to a change in its blood donor deferral...
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Is there difference in surgical site infection using sterile vs. nonsterile gloves?
Outpatient cutaneous surgical procedures are common and surgical gloves are standard practice to...
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How to prevent dependency when patients first receive opioids
Clinicians should think twice when prescribing opioid medication to patients for the first time to...
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