Palliative Care for Metastatic Cancer
Nearly half of all patients with metastatic cancer have incurable disease, but these individuals...
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Month: July 2014
New Evidence-Based Guidelines: 4 Signs of Concussion
The first part of new evidence-based guidelines, published in the September 2014 issue of...
Read MoreNew Missouri Law: Practicing Without Residency Training
Everyone knows there’s a shortage of primary care physicians, especially in rural areas. The state of Missouri has decided to alleviate this problem with a bill, signed into law by the governor this month, authorizing...
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Top 10 Best U.S. Hospitals, 2014-2015
U.S. News and World Report released its 2014-2015 lists of the top hospitals across the country....
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The Importance of HIV/STD Prevention Counseling
According to recent estimates, approximately 1.1 million people in the United States are living...
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People Smoke Where Cigarettes Are Cheap
Data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration illustrate an association...
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How Doctors Choose to Die
A recent Sermo Physician Poll of nearly 2,000 doctors asked, “if faced with a terminal illness,...
Read MoreDo More Hospital Resources Equal Better Care?
It would appear that this is true for surgical patients. A study from England found that mortality rates for patients admitted with high-risk general surgery diagnoses were significantly lower in National Health Service Trust...
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New Guidelines on Pelvic Exams Raise Controversy
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued new controversial clinical...
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Strategies for Managing Chronic Cough
Chronic cough, or cough that persists beyond 8 weeks, has a prevalence of 9% to 33% in all age...
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Transradial Angiography: Coming to a Consensus
Research indicates that the adoption of transradial angiography increased 10-fold between 2007 and...
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Managing Families With Multiple Children in the ED
It is not uncommon for families to bring multiple children to the ED for evaluation at a single...
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Grading the Nation’s Support for Emergency Care
Since 2006, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has periodically released a...
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Breast-Conserving Surgery for Invasive Breast Cancer
Despite recent improvements in imaging technology, pathology assessments, and the use of systemic...
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Substance Use in Anesthesiology Residents
Substance use disorders are a serious public health issue, and physicians are not immune to these...
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A Look at Opioid Use During Pregnancy
According to NIH data, prescriptions for opioids have increased dramatically in the general...
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The Immune System Explained: A Patient Education Video
For Healthcare Providers: The immune systems is an exceptionally complex system that is hard to...
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Hospital CEO’s Salary—How Much More Than Docs?
Does the salary of a hospital chief executive officer (CEO) have anything to do with the quality...
Read MoreExpelling a Med Student for Unprofessional Behavior?
A few weeks before graduation, a medical school tried to expel one of its students on the basis of unprofessional behavior. What happened? According to Cleveland.com, a US District Court judge ruled that the student could not be...
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