Working on the Night Shift in Emergency Medicine
Throughout the United States, EDs often require physicians to work a share of night shifts along...
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Month: August 2015
Preoperative Frailty Screening & Palliative Care
Frail surgery patients are at greater risk of death and poor outcomes after their procedure than...
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Examining Vaccination Rates in Women
Research has repeatedly shown that adults in the United States are under-immunized against a...
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Too Old to Operate?
He was 94 years old and was in my office because his gallstones were becoming a problem. They had...
Read MoreWhere Big Data Does Not Exist
The crush to achieve big data goals drives the American healthcare system. Many experts, I among them, feel that the system lost its way and forgot about the people we treat. The company and government heads clamor to devise the...
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After Poor Outcomes, Neurosurgeon Arrested for Assault
It’s time to catch up with America’s most notorious neurosurgeon, Dr. Christopher...
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Opioid Use in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
The management of chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP)—defined as pain lasting beyond 3 months—has...
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Sexual Risk & HIV Viral Suppression
Research indicates that nearly 90% of new HIV infections in the United States in 2010 were...
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Conference Highlights: NLA 2015
New research was presented at NLA 2015, the National Lipid Association’s annual scientific...
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Comparing Incentive-Based Smoking Cessation Programs
Smoking cessation programs that offer rewards appear to be more commonly accepted than those...
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Patient Factors in Bariatric Surgery
Gastric bypass surgery and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding are two commonly performed...
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Mental Health & Diabetes
Studies have shown that patients living with diabetes are at increased risk for developing...
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Telehealth Coping for Patients With COPD
Evidence shows that COPD is an increasingly important public health problem with increased rates...
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Innovative Tool Enhances HIV Care
Recent research has shown that only about 30% of the 1.2 million people living with HIV in the...
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