ADA 2015
New research was presented at ADA 2015, the annual scientific sessions of the American Diabetes...
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Primary Care
Cardiometabolic Risk, Type 2 Diabetes, & Heart Disease
The term cardiometabolic risk refers to having a high 10-year and/or lifetime risk for...
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Is the AMA Really the Voice of Physicians in the US?
The American Medical Association is all over the media as representing the voice of doctors. Even...
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The War on Doctors & Destruction of Healthcare
Walking the hospital corridors, many of the comments I overhear patients and others speaking about...
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Hypertension: Examining Cost Effectiveness of Treatment
According to current estimates, 44% of the 64 million adults in the United States with...
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An Update on Managing IBS & CIC
IBS and chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) are among the most common functional...
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Examining Diets for Patients With Diabetes
Studies of patients with type 2 diabetes have shown that a low-carbohydrate diet can achieve at...
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Sexual Risk Behavior & Viral Suppression in Patients With HIV
Research indicates that nearly 90% of new HIV infections in the United States in 2010 were...
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Patient Preferences for Non-Insulin Diabetes Drugs
As type 2 diabetes has become a more manageable chronic condition, there has been a recent push to...
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Preparing for Avian Influenza Outbreaks
Who Flew the Coop? Few studies have determined the likelihood of emergency nurses reporting to...
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The Cult of Dr. Oz Crumbles
We all saw Dr. Oz respond to his “critics”, the 10 doctors who petitioned Columbia Medical School...
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Women & IHD: Coming to a Consensus
In recent decades, physicians have used the male model of testing to identify coronary artery...
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Sexual Risk & Men Who Have Sex With Men
In recent years, annual increases have been observed in the number of HIV infections among men who...
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Examining Office Visit Trends for Diabetes
According to recent estimates, diabetes affects nearly 29 million people in the United States,...
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Do I Need an Annual Physical?
Let’s see what the New York Times has to say. Last Friday, this question appeared in its...
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Doctors Cry Too
Since entering medical school, I wished to be a pediatrician. There was nothing more noble in my...
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Lower-Extremity Amputations: Assessing Variations
Studies have shown that people with diabetes are about 10 times more likely to undergo a lower...
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Managing Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a life-threatening genetic disorder that affects approximately...
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