FDA Approves New Combination Pill for HIV Treatment for Some Patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Stribild (elvitegravir, cobicistat,...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Stribild (elvitegravir, cobicistat,...
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Doctors and nurses in the ICU at Long Island’s North Shore University Hospital are being watched...
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New research was presented at AIDS 2012, the 19th International AIDS Conference, from July 22-27...
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The prevalence of substance use disorders in the United States has been well documented in...
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The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Heart Rhythm Society have...
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The Occluded Artery Trial (OAT) was a large, randomized controlled study funded by the National...
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As healthcare costs rise, patients are demanding a higher level of service. This expectation goes...
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“Sometimes, the hardest thing for a physician to do is nothing,” observed my colleague Jay Siwek, MD, in a recent editorial in American Family Physician. “And although patients are sometimes a source of excess...
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A Washington University School of Medicine study suggests that MRSA colonization rates among...
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Results of a Medscape survey indicate that physician income declined in general in 2012, but the...
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Mortality data from 2000 to 2009 indicate that the annual rate of unintentional injury deaths is declining, but these injuries remain the leading cause of death among those aged 1 to 19. Annual rates dropped 29% during the study...
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Findings from the National Health Interview Survey indicate that the absolute difference in...
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The objective of Healthy People 2010, a nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda,...
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According to AHRQ reports, healthcare quality in the United States appears to be improving faster than access to care and disparities in care. The reports, available at www.ahrq.gov, reviewed nearly 250 healthcare quality...
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One in six adults in the United States qualified as being a binge drinker in 2010, according to a...
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Middle-aged male smokers appear to experience declines in global cognition and executive function...
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A national survey has found that 71% of physicians reported that they educated patients 25% of the...
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You are probably familiar with the CMS “never events” initiative. CMS has decided it will not reimburse hospitals for treatment related to complications that it says should never occur. Here is the current list. Foreign object...
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CDC researchers have found that nearly half of American adults missed out on 15 key preventive...
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A tailored interactive website appears to provide some benefit in improving controller medication...
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