Month: June 2017
ICD-10: C49 Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue
Jun 20, 2017
C49 – Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue Incl.: blood vessel bursa...
Read MoreEnhancing Cardiac Rehabilitation
Jun 16, 2017
National guidelines recommend that patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) be referred to...
Read MoreYouths, Emergency Care, & Suicidality
Jun 15, 2017
One approach to addressing suicide risk in these younger patients is to counsel their families on...
Read MoreSmaller Dose Combos of Blood Pressure Meds May Be Effective with Fewer Side Effects
Jun 15, 2017
Quarter-dose combinations of blood pressure lowering medications appear to be effective in...
Read MoreResearchers Develop Game Changing Strategy for Pain Relief
Jun 15, 2017
Researchers from Monash University have developed a new drug delivery strategy able to block pain...
Read MoreNew Lyme Disease Map Outlines Where Ticks are on the Rise
Jun 15, 2017
The forecast map, created by Michael Yabsley, a parasitologist at the University of Georgia, and...
Read More“Am I dying?” The honest answer.
Jun 14, 2017
Matthew O’Reilly is a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York. In this talk,...
Read MorePhysicians Practice: A Measured Approach to Making Key Decisions
Jun 14, 2017
The author of this article is Rebecca R. Fox, MD, who has opened a practice that focuses on...
Read MorePhysicians Practice: Physician Leaders – 3 Ways to Step Up & Advocate
Jun 13, 2017
The author of this article is KrisEmily McCrory, MD, who practices full-spectrum, academic family...
Read MoreAblation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Jun 12, 2017
When medications are ineffective, catheter-based ablation has become a treatment of choice for...
Read MoreThe Specialists’ Stranglehold on Medicine
Jun 9, 2017
Republicans are trying to cut health care spending. But hacking away at Medicaid, weakening...
Read More#PWChat Recap: EHRs – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Part II
Jun 8, 2017
Physician’s Weekly co-hosted the second part of its #PWChat series with Dr. Nicholas DiNubile on...
Read MorePatients in Health Care Facilities at Risk for Legionnaires’ Disease
Jun 8, 2017
A new CDC analysis finds that among the 21 U.S. jurisdictions studied, 76 percent reported health...
Read MoreLower Targets for Systolic Blood Pressure Suggested by Study
Jun 8, 2017
A new study conducted by researchers from Tulane University finds reducing target systolic blood...
Read MoreAnxious People Worry About Risk, Not Loss
Jun 8, 2017
Life is a series of choices. Every time you make a decision, there is a possibility that things...
Read MoreStatin & Aspirin Use Post-CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting)
Jun 7, 2017
If left untreated, about half of bypass vein grafts become occluded within 10 years of surgery....
Read MoreIncreasing Susceptibility of Staphylococcus Aureus in the United States
Jun 7, 2017
Findings from a study that looked at susceptibility trends of Staphylococcus aureus in U.S....
Read MoreTweetChat: Defensive Medicine, Associated Costs & How to Avoid Both
Jun 7, 2017
Join us Wednesday, July 12 at 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT for a live, interactive tweetchat with Jeff...
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