First, the good news: Patients with high adherence to statin therapy can increase their expected quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) by as many as 1.5 compared with patients with low adherence, and by as many as 2 years compared...
Read MoreDespite some physicians’ reluctance to discuss suicide with depressed patients for fear it could foster feelings of completing or thinking about the act, a study published in the May issue of the British Journal of...
Read MoreThere are many challenges that keep physicians awake at night, and one of the most current is tackling the emerging world of electronic health records (EHRs). Financial incentives coupled with the rapid acceptance of...
Read MoreAccording to data from the CDC, more than 51 million Americans have been diagnosed with some form of arthritis, and the estimated annual cost for medical care of arthritis and joint pain was $281.5 billion in 2004. Arthritis of...
Read MoreResearchers from London claim to have identified a master regulator gene that causes obesity, is linked to diabetes and cholesterol, and controls the behavior of distant genes existing inside fat cells. This discovery may...
Read MoreHighlights from the AAN 2011 Annual Meeting include the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive decline, using a cerebrospinal fluid test to determine MS onset of disability, an experimental agent for MS,...
Read MoreThe population of baby boomers and geriatric adults—the “boomeratric”™ generation—is continuing to increase in the United States. Roughly 40 million Americans are 65 or older, representing 12.9% of the total population (or one...
Read MoreOne in 16 surgeons had suicidal thoughts in the past year, according to a survey of nearly 8,000 U.S. surgeons published in a recent issue of Archives of Surgery. The prevalence among surgeons was similar to that in the general...
Read MoreThe CDC has issued a statement on best practices for use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to diagnose pertussis. The statement, available at www.cdc.gov/pertussis/clinical, provides information for clinicians on the clinical...
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