A Focus on Diagnostic Errors in Malpractice Claims
Studies have shown that about 5% of autopsies in hospitals in the United States reveal lethal...
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Primary Care
Even in Medicine, There’s an App for That
The launch of the iPhone and Android smartphone platforms spurred a boom in medical application...
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Early Detection & Treatment of Breast Cancer
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and two-thirds of women...
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Managing Pain in Patients With IBD
Among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), abdominal pain is a common and frustrating...
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Improving Care for Persistent Pediatric Asthma
About 7 million children in the United States suffer from asthma, and most are typically dependent...
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Diabetics & Ethnic Minorities: Going Beyond Black & White
According to 2010 United States Census data, the number of Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in...
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Diabetes With Jerry The Bear – Video Highlight
Jerry The Bear is a patient education tool created to teach children with type 1 diabetes how to...
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Practicing What We Preach?
It has been largely assumed that healthcare workers (HCWs) take better care of themselves than the...
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Putting Context in Medical Care
Effective care requires diagnosing and treating clinical conditions using evidence-based practices...
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Guidelines for Managing Gout
The incidence of physician-diagnosed gout has risen over the past 20 years and now affects about...
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Cardiovascular Disease & Diabetes
According to the American Diabetes Association, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of...
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Repeat Lipid Testing in CHD
For patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), current performance measures recommend annual...
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Medication Non-Adherence in Diabetes: A Look at Costs
Oral medications and insulin are cornerstones of diabetes management, but as many as one-third of...
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Improving Pulmonary Hypertension Care
The success of treatment for pulmonary hypertension (PH), including pulmonary arterial...
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Diabetes & Fracture Hospitalization Risk
Published research has indicated that people with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk for bone...
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Diabetes Side Effects: Breaking the Silence
Sexual and urologic complications among men and women with diabetes have historically received...
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Women & Diabetes: A Call to Action
Nearly half of all adults with diabetes in the United States are women, and the risk of...
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Advances in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a lateral and rotational deformity of the spine that...
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CHEST 2013
New research is being presented at CHEST 2013, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest...
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Gaining Control of Hypertension Early in Patients With Diabetes
Hypertension is a common comorbidity of diabetes that increases risks for cardiovascular disease...
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