The American Psychiatric Association 2011 Annual Meeting
The American Psychiatric Association’s 2011 annual meeting was held May 14-18 in Honolulu....
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Strategies to Manage Traction-Table Complications
Traction tables are used in different types of procedures for the hip and femur, including...
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Physical Activity Recommendations for Patients With Diabetes
This Physician’s Weekly feature on physical activity recommendations for patients with...
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Reducing Cardiovascular Medication Errors
In-hospital medication errors contribute significantly to the estimated 44,000 to 98,000 deaths...
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Important Decisions in Breast Cancer Surgery
According to the American Cancer Society, 209,060 Americans were diagnosed with breast cancer in...
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Choosing the Right EHR System
There are many challenges that keep physicians awake at night, and one of the most current is...
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Guidelines for Managing Patients With Shoulder Arthritis
According to data from the CDC, more than 51 million Americans have been diagnosed with some form...
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The 63rd American Academy of Neurology’s 2011 Annual Meeting
Highlights from the AAN 2011 Annual Meeting include the relationship between cardiovascular risk...
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Improving Boomeratric Care Services
The population of baby boomers and geriatric adults—the “boomeratric”™ generation—is continuing to...
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Reviewing DBS for Parkinson’s Disease
In 2002, the FDA approved the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for patients with Parkinsons...
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ACC.11 & i2 Summit
Highlights from the American College of Cardiology’s 2011 Annual Scientific Session and Innovation...
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Reducing the Burden of Peripheral Arterial Disease
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects an estimated 8 to 10 million Americans, a number that is...
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Updated Guidelines for Secondary Stroke Prevention
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) released updated guidelines...
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A New Approach for Managing CDAD
Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) can present variably as a mild diarrheal illness...
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An Effective Intervention for Managing Depression in Primary Care
The inadequate treatment of depression in primary care settings continues to be a major public...
Read MorePreventing Clostridium Difficile Infections
According to published data, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) now rivals MRSA as the most common organism to cause healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the United States. The proportion of hospital discharges in...
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