Sleep Recommendations for Children
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a statement of endorsement supporting guidelines...
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Month: May 2017
Inherited Retinal Disease Trials Recruiting Participants
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are retinal conditions that are passed down through family...
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Fitness Trackers Accurately Measure Heart Rate But Not Calories Burned, Study Finds
Millions of people wear some kind of wristband activity tracker and use the device to monitor...
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Surgery & Opioid Dependence Risk
Throughout the United States, the chronic use of opioids continues to be a substantial burden to...
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Severe Mental Illness Linked to Much Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
An international study of more than 3.2 million people with severe mental illness reveals a...
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MACRA: 5 Tips to Protect Your Practice’s Reputation
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) is bringing a lot of change to...
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High Levels of Exercise Linked to Nine Years of Less Aging at the Cellular Level
Despite their best efforts, no scientist has ever come close to stopping humans from aging. Even...
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In-Office, Minimally-Invasive Procedures for Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Hope for Patients Suffering with Chronic Rhinosinusitis For patients with chronic...
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Conference Highlights: ATS 2017
Mortality & Respiratory Failure Timing Few studies have assessed whether patients’ outcomes...
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What Parents Need to do with Their Children’s Leftover Pain Medicine
Throughout the United States, the rates of prescription pain drug addiction and death continue to...
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Mortality Rates at Teaching Hospitals Lower Compared with Non-Teaching Hospitals
Patients admitted to major teaching hospitals are less likely to die compared with patients...
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#PWChat Recap: EHRs – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
As part of our continuing series of TweetChats, Physician’s Weekly, along with co-host Dr....
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Encouraging Smoking Cessation After AMI
Research shows that smoking is common among many patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...
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New Study Examines Child Death Rates in Motor Vehicle Crashes by State
Unintentional injury is the leading cause of pediatric death in the U.S. and motor vehicle crashes...
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American College of Physicians Gives 7 Recommendations to Improve American Health Care to Congress
The American College of Physicians today released a set of recommendations aimed at providing a...
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The Sound of Safety: Preferences and Perceptions of Music in the Operating Room
Studies have shown that playing music in the operating room (OR) while performing surgery can...
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First Study Shows Tie Between Probiotic and Improved Symptoms of Depression
Probiotics may relieve symptoms of depression, as well as help gastrointestinal upset, research...
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TweetChat – EHRs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part 2
Join us Wednesday, June 7 at 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT for Part 2 of our 2-part live, interactive...
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Assumption of the Risk
“If a patient chooses to come to me for medical care and I explain the risks and they agree to the...
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