Pediatric Fracture-Related Pain: The Crowding Effect
According to published studies, pain is the most common reason for seeking care in the ED,...
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Primary Care
Trends in Physical Activity Recommendations
According to CDC research conducted between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of adults whose...
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Biomarkers of Stroke in Postmenopausal Women
Among postmenopausal women, baseline triglycerides, very low-density lipoprotein size, and...
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Diabetes-Related LEAs: The Impact of Location
About 80,000 lower-extremity amputations (LEAs) are performed each year on patients with diabetes...
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Trends in Physical Activity Recommendations
According to CDC research conducted between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of adults whose...
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Controlling Glucose: Mobile Apps to the Rescue
In the United States, diabetes affects 25.8 million people, for whom the costs of care exceed $100...
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Guidance for Using CAM to Manage Pain
There are many different treatment options available to lessen the effects of chronic pain,...
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Assessing Medical Decision-Making Capacity
Research has shown that many clinicians lack formal training in evaluating medical decision-making...
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Examining the Obesity-Pain Link
Individuals who are overweight appear to be 20% more likely to report higher rates of pain when...
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Combination Agent Approved for Type 2 Diabetes
The FDA has approved a linagliptin/metformin hydrochloride combination tablet (Jentadueto,...
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New Migraine Guidelines Issued
New guidelines released this week by the American Academy of Neurology focus on the preventive...
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Bariatric Surgery for Diabetes: Significant Benefits Observed
In the United States, more than 90% of 25.8 million adults with diabetes have type 2 disease,...
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New Guidelines for Pediatric ADHD
Contributing author: Mark L. Wolraich, MD. In 2000, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)...
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A Once-Weekly Diabetes Medication
Exenatide extended-release for injectable suspension (Bydureon, Amylin) has been approved by the...
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Post-Acute Care for Medicare Beneficiaries
The quality of care coordination is important to the United States healthcare system as hospital...
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Information Technology as Communication
Much of health information technology (IT) focuses on patient documentation, compliance, and...
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First-Ever Guidelines for Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis
The first-ever recommendations for the diagnosis and management of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis...
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Patients & Providers Divided on Open Visit Notes
Physicians appear to have widely varying opinions on the effects of open visit notes on their...
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Clinical Genomics: Moving From Bench to Bedside
More than a decade after the successful mapping of the human genome, clinical genomics is starting...
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Osteoporosis & Bone-Density Testing
An American investigation suggests that osteoporosis would likely develop in less than 10% of...
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