Taming spending and improving quality with healthcare technology
A special communication by Papanicolas et al. recently published in JAMA finds that the U.S....
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Conference Highlights: ACAAI 2018
New research was presented at ACAAI 2018, the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting, from November 16-18 in Seattle. The features below highlight some of the studies emerging from...
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What Is Misophonia And What Can You Do for Patients?
As an advocate for Misophonia, I have met several doctors that have been approached by patients...
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Perioperative Blood Transfusions & VTE
Hospital-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and...
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4 Secrets to Improve Shared Decision Making
By Linda Girgis, MD Editor in Chief, Physician’s Weekly Marcus Welby is dead. In fact, he was...
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ICU Telemedicine & Inter-Hospital Transfers
Previous studies have extensively investigated the effect of ICU telemedicine on mortality and...
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#PWChat/#BehavioralMedChat: Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
Join us Wednesday, November 28 at 2:00pm ET for a live, interactive TweetChat on gun violence as a...
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Quality Improvement in Healthcare, the Easy Way
There are many things in healthcare facilities that are frustrating, wasteful, or risky, but which...
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Vitamins, Dietary Supplements, and Multiple Sclerosis
*Note: The opinions expressed by the key opinion leaders in this article are their own and should...
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Gender & Tolerability to Immunotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma
As immunotherapy moves to first-line cancer therapy, it is important to understand the long-term...
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Gun Safety: Pathologist Says “It Isn’t Just Our Lane – It’s Our Highway”
In light of the #ThisIsOurLane/#ThisIsMyLane social media movement following the NRA’s tweet—...
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Inflammation in HIV
For a study recently published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, my...
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Conference Highlights: Hypertension 2018
New research was presented at Hypertension 2018, the Joint Hypertension 2018 Scientific Sessions...
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HIV Seroconversion & Sexual Network Size
In the context of HIV transmission through social and sexual networks, debate remains as to the...
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Developing a More Accurate Measure of Body Fat
Previous studies indicate that body adiposity is associated with diabetes, myocardial infarction,...
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Atopic Dermatitis & Extra-Cutaneous Infections
While previous research has established a link between atopic dermatitis (AD) and cutaneous...
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The Importance of Psychiatrist Referral
All physicians have completed a great deal of training. I am a physician, but I do not treat...
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Injection Drug Networks, Viral Suppression, & HIV Transmission
Study results suggest strong associations between the injection network size of people who use...
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Frailty, Disability & Mortality in the ICU
As patients increasingly survive critical illness, evidence is mounting to show that survivorship...
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Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis & Allergies
Research indicates that atopic dermatitis (AD) is associated with other allergic conditions, but...
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