The Impact of Decision Aids in Hip & Knee Surgery
Investigators from Washington suggest using patient decision aids appears to reduce rates of...
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Author: Janine Anthes
Guidelines for Managing Agitated Patients in the ED
Proper management of agitated patients presenting to the ED is essential to keeping staff safe and...
Read MoreERs Go Mobile with Reservations
More than 100 hospital emergency departments are borrowing an idea from the restaurant industry: online reservations. Additional concierge services such as mobile apps for wait times make ER experiences more agreeable. ERs are...
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Women & Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Call to Action
About 8 million people in the United States have peripheral artery disease (PAD), a condition...
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Physician Empathy May Reduce Diabetes Complications
Physician empathy appears to be significantly associated with clinical outcomes in patients with...
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Type 1 Diabetes, Celiac Disease, & Retinopathy
Among people with type 1 diabetes, having celiac disease for more than 10 years appears to be a...
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Urinary Tract Infections Common in Type 2 Diabetics
Patients with type 2 diabetes appear to be at higher risk of developing urinary tract infections...
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Blood Pressure Screening Poor in Pediatrics
Efforts may be needed to better encourage providers to routinely screen patients aged 3 to 18 for...
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Reviewing the Efficacy of Omega-3s in CVD Event Risk
A meta-analysis of 20 studies suggests that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids do not appear to...
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Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension
Catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) appears to be a cost-effective strategy for resistant...
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Goal Setting for Older Adults With Diabetes
To successfully manage type 2 diabetes in older adults, clinicians must recognize and understand...
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Transitioning From Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care
This Physician’s Weekly feature covering the transitioning from pediatric to adult diabetes care...
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Diabetes Incidence Hits Record High Worldwide
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reports that diabetes is running at record levels...
Read MoreYounger Doctors, Bigger Spenders?
Younger, newer doctors tend to run up a higher healthcare tab for their patients than their more established colleagues, according to a new study published in the November 2012 issue of Health Affairs. A study, sponsored by RAND...
Read MoreVomiting After Stroke Raises Mortality Risk
Vomiting appears to be an early predictor of poor outcome in stroke patients, according to Japanese research. Patients who vomited at the onset of stroke had a significantly higher risk of death when compared with patients who...
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New Report on Uncontrolled Hypertension
The CDC has found that nearly 90% of adults in the United States with uncontrolled hypertension...
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Prescription Drug Abuse Decreasing in Young Adults
Results from a survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration estimate...
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Resuscitation Efforts Impact Survival After Cardiac Arrest
Systematically increasing the duration of resuscitation in patients with cardiac arrest may...
Read MoreTools to Provide Best Care at Lower Cost
A report from the Institute of Medicine, available at www.iom.edu, identifies several tools that should reduce complexity of care as well as costs for the nation’s healthcare system. The report discusses computing power,...
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Anticoagulants & Preventing Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation
Depending on a patient’s comorbidities and history of prior cerebrovascular events, the rate of...
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