Can New Blood Test Predict Heart Attacks?
A new blood test may predict patients at risk of an imminent heart attack. Researchers have...
Read MoreMar 29, 2012
A new blood test may predict patients at risk of an imminent heart attack. Researchers have...
Read MoreMar 28, 2012
Our apologies! This giveaway has ended. Check our Physician’s Weekly posters for upcoming...
Read MoreMar 27, 2012
Appendectomy is one of the more common surgical procedures that is performed throughout the United...
Read MoreMar 27, 2012
Hospitals and medical centers are increasingly beginning to appreciate that disruptive behavior in...
Read MoreMar 27, 2012
A decrease in access to EDs throughout the United States has strained the healthcare system significantly. When patients leave the ED without being seen, the emergency care delivery system has failed to provide care to...
Read MoreMar 26, 2012
A systematic review and meta-analysis has found that laparoscopic bariatric surgery appears to be safer than open bariatric surgery for those requiring the operation. Wound infection and incisional hernia risks were lower for...
Read MoreMar 26, 2012
Postoperative maternal morbidity after appendectomy and cholecystectomy does not appear to be...
Read MoreMar 26, 2012
An international study suggests that in patients with infective endocarditis complicated by heart...
Read MoreMar 26, 2012
A next-generation drug-eluting stent system (PROMUS Element Plus Platinum Chromium Stent System,...
Read MoreMar 26, 2012
The FDA has approved an artificial heart valve (Sapien Transcatheter Heart Valve, Edwards...
Read MoreMar 26, 2012
European research suggests that bisphosphonate use appears to be associated with a nearly two-fold...
Read MoreMar 26, 2012
Carotid artery stenting (CAS) appears to be feasible, safe, and useful in patients with acute...
Read MoreMar 26, 2012
A large literature review suggests that operating time, blood loss, and hospital stay for women...
Read MoreMar 26, 2012
The majority of state medical boards across the country have received and acted on complaints...
Read MoreMar 20, 2012
The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), a test that hasn’t been revised in over 20 years, will...
Read MoreMar 20, 2012
Stroke patients with delirium appear to have unfavorable outcomes when compared with those who do not have delirium, according to a Canadian study. When compared with stroke patients without delirium, those with it had: Higher...
Read MoreMar 20, 2012
A combination of factors appears to play a role in whether preventive services are recommended or delivered to patients aged 50 to 80. An American investigation found that the likelihood of preventive service delivery tended to...
Read MoreMar 20, 2012
A study from researchers at the CDC has found that the prevalence of obesity did not appear to...
Read MoreMar 20, 2012
The FDA has approved glucarpidase (Voraxaze, BTG International) for treating patients with toxic levels of methotrexate—a type of chemotherapy—in the blood due to kidney failure. The drug breaks down methotrexate to a form that...
Read MoreMar 20, 2012
One in five Americans aged 18 or older experienced mental illness in the past year, according to a...
Read More