New Strategies to Optimize and Slow Cardiovascular Aging
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. and growing older is the greatest...
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Month: August 2017
Stark Increase in Opioid-Related Admissions, Deaths in Nation’s ICUs
Since 2009, hospital intensive care units have witnessed a stark increase in opioid-related...
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Age, Race, & Gender Differences in Pneumococcal Disease
Several studies have assessed gender differences in susceptibility to a variety of infectious...
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New Kinds of Brain Cells Revealed in Study
Under a microscope, it can be hard to tell the difference between any two neurons, the brain cells...
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Smoking Cessation & Life Expectancy in HIV
Current estimates show that more than 40% of people with HIV in the United States smoke...
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Exposure to Antimicrobials During Development May Cause Irreversible Outcomes
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have discovered that exposure to environmental...
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Characterizing Operative Experiences of Pediatric Surgeons
Pediatric surgery trainees must have 2 more years of experience beyond what the American Board of...
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Drug Used to Combat Opioid Addiction is Being Underprescribed
A drug approved for private physicians to treat opioid addiction is being underprescribed, and a...
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#PWChat – Hospitals, Not Hotels: A Look at Global Budgets
Join us Thursday, August 24 at 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT for a live, interactive tweetchat with Joshua...
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New Injectable Antiretroviral Treatment Proved to Be as Effective as Standard Oral Therapy
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) intramuscularly administered may have the same effectiveness as...
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Delirium, Advanced Cancer, & ED Visits
Delirium is a serious cognitive disturbance in which patients have impaired thinking and...
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Shared Decision Making in the ED
For decades, the paradigm of paternalistic medicine ruled the land. Patients were expected to be...
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Childhood Asthma May Lead to Thickening of Left Ventricle in Adulthood
Young adults with a history of asthma are at a greater risk of thickening of the left ventricle,...
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Implementing In-Hospital 3D Printing
Although 3D printing has become more popular in the last decade, few hospitals are printing by...
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These Plant-Based Diets are Associated with a Higher Risk of Heart Disease
Plant-based diets are recommended to reduce the risk of heart disease; however, some plant-based...
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Burnout: Gain Financial Independence & Retire Early
by Alex Kilian Over seven years have passed since the Affordable Care Act was officially...
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Fat Shaming in the Doctor’s Office Can Be Mentally and Physically Harmful
Medical discrimination based on people’s size and negative stereotypes of overweight people...
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John Hopkins Study Confirms Most Prescribed Opioid Pills Go Unused
In a review of half a dozen published studies in which patients self-reported use of opioids...
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Is Outpatient Care Quality Improving Over Time?
More than a decade ago, landmark studies found that adults in the United States only received...
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