More Vaccines Target Common Cancers, Not Deadliest
Vaccine development efforts currently focus on cancers with a higher incidence rather than those...
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Month: November 2011
Managing Charcot Foot in Diabetes
Despite the passing of 140 years since first being described, little is known about Charcot foot...
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Improving Adherence to Diabetes Treatments
Research has shown that taking medications and making lifestyle changes to manage diabetes can be...
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Conference Highlights: CHEST 2011
New research presented at CHEST 2011, the 77th annual meeting of the American College of Chest...
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Blood Conservation in Surgery
Surgical procedures account for the transfusion of almost 15 million units of packed red blood...
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Protecting Against CVD in Type 2 Diabetes
Clinicians should take an active role in helping their patients with type 2 diabetes protect...
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Kids with High IQ More Likely to Use Drugs
Children with high IQ scores at age 5 may be significantly more likely to use illegal drugs in...
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Medicare Will Cover Heart Disease Counseling
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will now cover the cost of one...
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Will No Co-Pay Improve Medication Adherence?
Will full health plan coverage of prescription medications improve patient adherence to...
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Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals for 2012
Thomson Reuters has released its 13th annual report identifying the nation’s best providers of...
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Conference Highlights: Anesthesiology 2011
The American Society of Anesthesiologists’ annual meeting, Anesthesiology 2011, held on...
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Rural & Urban Differences in Surgeries
Previous investigations have shown that there are disparities in healthcare services provided to...
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A Collaborative Approach to Managing Depression & Diabetes
Published studies have demonstrated that many patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease...
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Managing Diabetes in Older Adults
This Physician’s Weekly feature was completed in cooperation with the experts at the American...
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Diabetics ‘Tearing Up’ Over New Test
There may be new hope for patients with diabetes who dread the frequent blood draws and finger...
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Autism Spectrum Disorders Diagnoses Vary Widely
Best-estimate clinical diagnoses of pediatric patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)...
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Managing Pediatric Septic Shock
Those who undergo major surgical procedures or who have certain medical hardware placed, such as a...
Read MoreMaking the Communication-Quality Care Link
Rapid fire delivery of critical information between clinicians is commonplace in the ED, but most departments rarely plan and assess the effectiveness of their communication methods. Research has indicated that more than half of...
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The Role of DPP-4 Inhibitors in Diabetes
Over the past several years, new drugs have emerged to expand our treatment armamentarium for type...
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Strategies for Improving Diabetes Care
This Physician’s Weekly feature was completed in cooperation with the experts at the American...
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