Mental Healthcare: Time to End the Stigma
It was with great sadness that we all saw the tragic news of Robin Williams’ suicide. For...
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Month: August 2014
Proactive Diagnosis of Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy can be a debilitating sleep disorder caused by the dysregulation of neurophysiological...
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Money Lost by Not Expanding Medicaid
Assuming all other states chose to expand Medicaid under ACA, here’s how much the 19 states...
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Alcohol Abuse Among Physicians: Taking Control
Physicians, like many adults in the general public, enjoy drinking an alcoholic beverage in a...
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Antibiotics for Appendicitis? I’m Still Not Convinced
Two recent papers have added more fuel to the debate about whether appendicitis can be managed...
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Sexual Function in Women After Bariatric Surgery
Published reports have consistently shown that obesity impairs quality of life (QOL) and can...
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How Primary Care Can Help Reduce Avoidable ED Visits
Throughout the United States, patients are using the ED for the treatment of acute but minor...
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Managing Skin Abscesses in the MRSA Era
Abscesses are one of the most common skin conditions encountered by general practitioners and...
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The Increasing Burden of Atrial Fibrillation
Research suggests that atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disorder, but the...
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Relieving Pain in Colorectal Surgery
Researchers have developed enhanced recovery pathways (ERP) to improve outcomes and reduce...
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Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Assessing Long-Term Results
The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 233,000 new cases and more than 29,000...
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Moving Emergency Care Systems Forward
Emergency care is an essential component of healthcare delivery in the United States but remains...
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Substance Use Disorders Among Emergency Physicians
The prevalence of substance use disorders among physicians ranges between 10% and 14%, a rate that...
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A Closer Look at MI Among Younger Women
Over time, the frequency of myocardial infarction (MI) in the United States has been declining...
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Updated Guidelines for Valvular Heart Disease
According to recent estimates, just less than 3% of Americans have moderate-to-severe valvular...
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ICAAC 2014
New research is being presented at ICAAC 2014, the 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial...
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Pathology vs Surgery: The Frozen Section Encounter
Surgeons and pathologists, is this an accurate depiction of your encounters? Tell us what you...
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Anesthesiologists Are Having a Bad Year
Let’s start with an American anesthesiologist now living in Australia has admitted that he...
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Linking Vitamin D to Dementia
Adults who were moderately deficient or severely deficient in vitamin D had a 53% and 125%...
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