Counseling Improves Adherence to Lipid-Lowering Therapy
Counseling patients about heart disease risk factors when prescribing statins appears to improve...
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Counseling patients about heart disease risk factors when prescribing statins appears to improve...
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Recent estimates suggest that the direct annual costs of sinusitis are approximately $5.8 billion...
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In 2009, the H1N1 influenza virus significantly changed the way most healthcare workers in the...
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Among patients hospitalized with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), about 20% will develop an...
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Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) involves thickening and progressive immobility of the aortic valve....
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A recent survey published in Health Affairs found that 20% of nearly 2,000 physician respondents said that “they had not fully disclosed mistakes to patients for fear of being sued” in the past year. When I first heard about...
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Drug can now be used before treatment with chemotherapy The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
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Medscape’s 2012 Ethics Report surveyed over 24,000 US physicians across 25 specialties about their...
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Results of a national study of more than 31,000 patients suggest that patients presenting with...
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Cancer survivors appear to prefer receiving follow-up care from cancer specialists as opposed to...
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Researchers in Massachusetts suggest that certain factors can be used to identify patients with...
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An exploration of the top 100 websites from searches of “scoliosis” using the five most commonly...
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Among patients with a warfarin-associated index gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding event, the decision...
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A 20-year study of more than 7,000 community-dwelling women aged 65 or older found that nearly 20%...
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Patients with COPD appear to be at increased risk of in-hospital and 30-day mortality following a...
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American researchers suggest that women who have had physician-diagnosed restless legs syndrome...
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A recent analysis indicates that hypertension is a highly prevalent, significant issue for...
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Each year in the United States, approximately 140,000 implantable cardioverter-defibrillators...
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Not long ago, I blogged about a plastic surgeon who aggressively pursues patients who refuse to pay her bills. The state is suing her to make her stop and also considering lifting her medical license. You may want to take a look...
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