Our medicine cabinets provide an interesting peek at our country’s health, and it appears that we as a country are an aching, aging, obese community. Ten of the most prescribed drugs in 2010 were released in a new report by the...
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Cancer can be defined as sporadic, familial, or hereditary. This classification can assist nurses...
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A simple 24-item checklist may help physicians identify children with autism spectrum disorders...
Read MorePhysician turnover rates appear to track with conditions in the economy and housing markets, according to the 6th annual Physician Retention Survey from the American Medical Group Association and Cejka Search. Is it as simple...
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No matter how experienced the surgeon, a study found that after a night of drinking, surgeons’...
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For the first time in nearly 30 years, the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have...
Read MorePhysicians using an electronic health record (EHR) system in a “meaningful” way and who hope to qualify for the $18,000 incentive payment from Medicare this year can now report that they have met the requirements (starting...
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Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is estimated to affect 16% of the more than 25 million people...
Read MorePhysicians will more likely select a treatment for themselves that is riskier and has a higher death rate but less chance of adverse complications—but they would recommend an opposite course for their patients, according to a...
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Adults with acute cough/lower respiratory tract infection who present with discolored sputum...
Read MoreAlmost 60% of nurses report they have at one time or another felt unsafe to speak up or were unable to get others to listen when medical software alerted them to a problem that may have been missed and harmed a patient (eg, drug...
Read MoreThe US Department of Health and Human Services revealed its National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care this week, a “first-ever” plan to guide quality improvement measures at local, state and national...
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Diabetes Type 3—a “brain specific” disease—is far from understood and very much uncharted...
Read MoreEight of 10 doctors strongly agree that they should put patient welfare before their own financial interests, and 4 of 10 do not believe they should inform their patients about financial conflicts of interest with pharmaceutical...
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About 20% of scans ordered by orthopedic surgeons appear to be “defensive imaging,” primarily...
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For years there have been concerns over the potential effects of long-term cell phone use on the...
Read MoreAlmost 18% of patients are considered difficult by physicians, according to a new study — which also found that this group is more likely to experience worse short-term outcomes than other patients. Unlike previous studies...
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The incidence of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) has risen sharply in the past 2 decades. A...
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Nutritional status has been shown to greatly impact treatment tolerance and the long-term...
Read MoreHospital-based physicians are predicted to receive a 2.3% increase in base salary in 2011, according to a new healthcare salary survey by the Hay Group management consulting firm. This increase is just under the 2.7% raise...
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