Increased Sitting Time Linked to All-Cause Mortality in Cancer Survivors
“With the increasing population of cancer survivors, there is an urgent need to identify feasible...
Feb 17, 2022
“With the increasing population of cancer survivors, there is an urgent need to identify feasible...
Jan 26, 2022
“During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals observed precipitous declines in ED visits and inpatient admissions,” says Amber K. Sabbatini, MD, MPH, FACEP. “There were sudden reductions in the number of patients...
Sep 21, 2021
Sepsis is the most commonly identified risk factor for acute kidney injury (AKI), according to...
Jul 7, 2016
According to data from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, ulcerative colitis (UC) is...
Feb 10, 2014
Throughout the United States, reducing the rates of hospital readmissions has become a top...
Sep 16, 2013
In the United States, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of morbidity and...
Aug 29, 2013
Previous studies have sought to establish a definitive relationship between ED crowding and...
Jun 28, 2013
The 30-day mortality rates among patients with acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or pneumonia appear to be comparable at critical access hospitals (CAHs) and non-CAHs. Results of a retrospective study showed...
Mar 4, 2013
If you’ve read my reviews of the new medical TV show “Monday Mornings” (here, here and here), you’ll know I’ve been critical of many things about it. I was particularly disappointed with the way the show handled one of its...
Feb 9, 2013
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality and ranks...
Feb 2, 2013
On my personal blog, I wrote about an incredibly bad medical television show called “Do No Harm” that premiered on NBC last week. I won’t reiterate here but if you want to know just how bad it was, here is the link to my blog....
Jan 22, 2013
CDC data show that the percentage of patients who died while hospitalized declined from 2000 to...