Symptomatic Knee OA on the Rise
Throughout the United States, the rate of knee replacement operations has surged in recent years....
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Month: December 2015
Recertification Blues: A Useless Exam
I recently took the American Board of Surgery MOC exam. This will make the third time in my career...
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The CDI Burden in Surgery
Despite increased national attention, the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and...
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Opioid Abuse Screening in the ED
Using screening tools for various substance use problems in the ED can be powerful but can also be...
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Why Hospital Rankings are Bogus
The Leapfrog Group has announced its annual list of America’s top hospitals for quality and safety...
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Conference Highlights: SABCS 2015
New research was presented at SABCS 2015, the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, from December 8...
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Choose to Make a Difference
The universe we live in is billions of years old. Our lives here are a blink of an eye in...
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Smoking Cessation After PCI
It has been well-documented in clinical studies that smoking cessation after patients undergo PCI...
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A Novel Approach for TMJ Dislocation
Anterior temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocations are among the most common non-traumatic...
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Examining Patient Desires for ED Function
Average ED wait times in the United States vary considerably, but some locations have particularly...
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Liver Cancer: Decreasing Morbidity & Mortality
Research has shown that the 5-year survival rate among patients with cancers of the liver...
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Ending Futile Care: When it is Time to Say Goodbye
We live in society where there is a little white pill to cure every ill. There are pills to make...
Read MorePopulation Health Management: Taking Control of Your Entire Patient Community
Today much of the spotlight in the healthcare community is on managing people with chronic diseases. That makes sense, since many of these individuals are among the 20% of patients who account for about 80% of healthcare costs...
Read MoreEnhancement of Anti-allergic Effect of Diethylcarbamazine Citrate in Asthmatic Mouse Model: Testing of Anti-drug Antibodies and Quercetin.
Diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) is known as an effective treatment for bronchial asthma because of its ability to reduce eosinophil trafficking to the lung tissue. The current study aimed to potentiate the anti-allergic effect...
Read MoremiR103a-3p in extracellular vesicles from FcεRI-aggregated human mast cells enhances IL-5 production by group 2 innate lymphoid cells.
Mast cells (MCs) are key regulators of IgE-mediated allergic inflammation. Cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) contain bioactive compounds such as microRNAs (miRNAs). EVs can transfer signals to recipient cells, thus...
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