How One Minute Could Prevent Unnecessary Hospitalization, Tests for Patients with Low-Risk Chest Pains
Using a shared decision-making aid to involve patients more in their own care decisions can...
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Treating Asthma in Older Women
Among older individuals, women are significantly more likely than men to report having asthma and...
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Putting People at the Heart of Healthcare
Putting people at the center of healthcare may seem intuitive, but it’s an approach that has not...
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Guidance on Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship
As part of the National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, hospitals and...
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CDC Report: Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship
The Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship provides a framework for antibiotic...
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Missing 1-2 hours of sleep same as driving over legal alcohol limit
Drivers who miss between one to two hours of the recommended seven hours of sleep in a 24-hour...
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Benefiting from Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams
Patients with massive or sub-massive pulmonary embolisms (PEs) often face poor survival odds—not...
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Why wounds heal more slowly with age
Older bodies need longer to mend. This reality of aging has been documented since World War I,...
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Serious, highly drug-resistant infections increasing among US children
Highly drug-resistant infections are on the rise among U.S. children, reports a new study...
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Conference Highlights: ACAAI 2016
New research was presented at ACAAI 2016, the annual scientific meeting of the American College of...
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New Research – Flu Vaccine Keeps Dialysis Patients Out of Hospital
Hemodialysis patients who skipped the influenza vaccine were significantly more likely to be...
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Conference Highlights: AHA 2016
New research was presented at AHA 2016, the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart...
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President-Elect Trump & What Lies Ahead for the U.S. Healthcare System
Following the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president, Physician’s Weekly Managing...
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Trump & The Unlacing of the Affordable Care Act
Harvard analysts ponder changes across the American and global landscapes. After a grueling...
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What are the most frequent infections telavancin is being used for?
Theravance Biopharma, Inc.today announced the presentation of interim data from the Company’s...
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WHO updates SSI prevention guidelines
The World Health Organization released a list Thursday of 29 concrete recommendations to prevent...
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A tube misconnection and a death: a medical whodunit
Here’s what we know. In September 2016, a 72-year-old former member of the Australian...
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5 Steps to Maintaining an Online Reputation
The author of this article is Manish Kumar Chauhan, a digital marketing manager at...
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Nurses’ Scrubs Often Contaminated
Bad bugs readily spread from patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) to nurses’ scrubs and the...
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Conference Highlights: CHEST 2016
New research was presented at CHEST 2016, the annual international scientific assembly of the...
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