Surprising Results of Three Studies
I like studies that question accepted practices. I also like to question studies that question...
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Primary Care
PAD & Diabetes: Making the Connection
According to recent estimates, more than 15 million Americans have peripheral arterial disease...
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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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Magnet Ingestion and Emergency Care
Studies have documented an increase in the number of magnet-related injuries in children involving...
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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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Updated Guidelines for HIV Care
According to the CDC, nearly 1.2 million Ameri-cans are living with HIV and about 50,000 people in...
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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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Reducing Risks of Foot Complications in Diabetes
Foot complications such as amputation and foot ulceration are common consequences of diabetic...
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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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Decision-Making Preferences After AMI
In recent years, experts have called for greater participation by patients in medical...
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An Update on CAD in Women
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality for men and women in the United...
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Physical Activity Assessment Guide
Despite the well-established benefits of leading a physically active lifestyle, many adults in the...
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Insomnia & Healthcare Use in Older Adults
Insomnia affects approximately half of all older adults. Research suggests that insomnia may be...
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Guidance on Alternative Therapies for Lowering BP
Hypertension affects about 26% of adults worldwide and ranks as the leading chronic risk factor...
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Fist Bumps Instead of Handshakes?
Some well-intentioned researchers from West Virginia University published a small study claiming...
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Needle-Free Vaccines
One hundred sixty years after the invention of the needle and syringe, we’re still using them to...
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Unhealthy Heart Behaviors: Getting Ahead of the Curve
The American Heart Association (AHA) has set a 2020 goal of improving the heart health of all...
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Surveying the COPD Scene
In 2010, COPD surpassed stroke to become the third leading cause of death in the United States,...
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Managing Fibromyalgia and Comorbid Depression
About 50% to 70% of fibromyalgia patients have a lifetime history of depression, many of whom take...
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