A recent report by the American Medical Association on data from 2009 found that 1 in 6 doctors works for a hospital—and the number is rapidly increasing. According to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA),...
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Pain is one of the most common but misunderstood and feared symptoms of cancer. According to...
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Hospitals and healthcare systems have continued to struggle with recruiting and retaining top...
Read MoreIn a 268 to 160 vote, the House of Representatives approved a $7 billion health bill for first responders and residents of New York City who fell ill due to breathing toxic fumes, dust, and smoke at ground zero after the World...
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Compared to open surgical techniques, there is no doubt that laparoscopy provides patients with...
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Certain patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s...
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When compared with open surgical techniques, the benefits of minimally invasive surgery have been...
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Over the past 10 years, general practitioners and rheumatologists have commonly prescribed...
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While patients often reap the benefits of laparoscopic procedures, the surgeons who perform these...
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A major challenge in treating ovarian cancer is that by the time most patients are diagnosed with...
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Approximately, 1.5 million cases of myocardial infarction (MI) occur each year. An estimated 5% to...
Read MoreHave you ever accepted a free pen, dinner, or trip from a pharmaceutical company in “reward” for prescribing their drugs? Despite expanding institutional conflict-of-interest policies and state laws preventing the undue...
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An alarming new adaptable gene that can turn several common germs and types of bacteria into...
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Chemotherapy in the 21st century is only now beginning to evolve from its early, traumatic...
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Catheter-associated bacteriuria, the most common healthcare-associated infection, results from the...
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In complex environments like surgical ICUs, integrated team performance and effective...
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Smoking rates in the United States continue to stay at about 1 in 5 adults, according to health...
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Infectious complications, particularly surgical site infections (SSIs), are well documented to...
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The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the United States has historically been lower...
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The current salmonella scare is the largest outbreak of this strain since the CDC started...
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