Redefining MI After Revascularization
Numerous definitions for diagnosing myocardial infarction (MI) after coronary revascularization...
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Electronic Communication With Patients
Throughout healthcare, there has been a recent push for electronic communications to be used more...
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Why Newly Proposed Nutrition Labels Are “Good”
Physician-Chef Points Out the Pros, Cons of Three Suggested Changes It’s nothing new to the...
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CROI 2014: The Cancer Burden in HIV
The Particulars: Patients diagnosed with HIV have an increased cancer risk when compared with the...
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CROI 2014: Success With ED Opt-Out HIV Testing
The Particulars: Patients with acute HIV infection often seek medical care for their symptoms,...
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CROI 2014: Combination Therapy May Eradicate Hepatitis C
The Particulars: Little is known about the safety and efficacy of combination oral antiviral...
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COIR 2014: Mitigating Neuronal Injury in HIV
The Particulars: Research has shown that neurofilament light chain (NFL) in cerebrospinal fluid...
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CROI 2014: Relocating After an HIV Diagnosis
The Particulars: Retention in ongoing care is crucial to the health of people living with HIV, but...
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Magnet Ingestion and Emergency Care
Studies have documented an increase in the number of magnet-related injuries in children involving...
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Improving Hospital VTE Prophylaxis
Policy makers and regulators have placed a great emphasis on venous thromboembolism (VTE)...
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Clinician Views on Important Emergency Matters
Emergency medicine (EM) physicians have a heightened duty to advocate for the interests of their...
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Sanjay Gupta’s “WEED” Documentary
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s documentary on weed. How Dr. Sanjay Gupta changed his view on...
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Making the Case for More Specialist Training
Experts have reported that population growth among the elderly and the increasing prevalence of...
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The Ongoing Decline of Resident Education
A paper from Johns Hopkins looked at traditional, every fourth night calls compared to...
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Understanding Cannabinoid Designer Drugs
Over the last few years, research has shown that abuse of synthetic drugs is becoming more common...
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Controversy Over BMJ Paper Hints at Print Medical Journal Demise
By now, you must be aware of the Canadian mammography study that appeared in the BMJ last week. It...
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Stop Leaving Women’s Health to Chance
Every cell in the human body has a sex, which means that men and women are different right down to...
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ISC 2014: Improving Stroke Treatment Times & Outcomes
The Particulars: Prior research suggests that less than 30% of acute ischemic stroke patients meet...
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ISC 2014: Few Stroke Patients Receive Recommended Treatment
The Particulars: Guidelines recommend that tPA be administered intravenously within 3 to 4 hours...
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