Are You Sabotaging Your Homeowners Insurance?
The pandemic truly brought a whole new set of challenges before us. As consummate frontline...
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Author: Rebecca Shover
Mechanisms to Reduce Your Liability Exposure
Few career paths have the same level of liability concern as the practice of medicine. And...
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Medical Fiction: Inattentive Tim
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw”...
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Medical Fiction: Hubert And The Nice Rice
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw”...
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Examining Characteristics Linked With Poor Outcomes in Opioid Prescribing
“In recent decades, the medical community has become acutely aware of the dangers posed by...
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Dr. MedLaw: Understanding The Houston Methodist Lawsuit Decision
On June 12, US District Court Judge Lynn Hughes dismissed a lawsuit against Houston Methodist...
Read MoreMedications Most Effective at Regulating Glucose in Prediabetes
For a meta-analysis, researchers compared the effect of different non-surgical diabetes prevention strategies on regression to normoglycemia among people with prediabetes. They systematically searched medical literature for...
Read MoreDiabetes Self-Management Education Linked With Positive Self-Care Practices
Previous studies have shown that diabetes self-management education and support services empower people with diabetes to follow preventive care practices that reduce disease complications. Investigators who aimed to describe...
Read MoreLifestyle Intervention Effective in Managing FPG in Normal Weight Adults With Prediabetes
Researchers hypothesized that US adults with prediabetes and normal BMI develop diabetes through different pathophysiological mechanisms than those with high BMIs and that, therefore, methods of prevention may differ in the...
Read MoreLong-Term Carbohydrate Restriction Proves Beneficial in Adults With T2D
Carbohydrate restriction (CR) confers greater benefit on health outcomes for adults with T2D if done more frequently throughout 1 year. For a study that examined the extent to which ongoing CR is needed to sustain health...
Read MoreMediterranean Diet Linked With Weight & Blood Pressure Benefits
Prior research indicates that adherence to a Mediterranean (Med) diet pattern, and decreased intake of red/processed meats, refined grains, starches, and added sugars, is associated with reduced cardiometabolic risk independent...
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The Impact of Telepharmacy on Medication Reconciliation Discrepancies
“Most medication errors that occur at hospital admission originate in medication histories,” says...
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Evaluating a Pharmacist-Led Penicillin Allergy Assessment Program and Allergy De-Labeling
Nearly 10% of Americans report being allergic to penicillin, but fewer than 5% are confirmed with...
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Examining Why Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Drink Alcohol
The burden of chronic liver disease in the United States is substantial, affecting about 4.5...
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Dr. MedLaw: Understanding The ACA Decision
Last week, in a 7:2 decision, the Supreme Court issued its third holding on the Affordable Care...
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Cardioprotective Anti-Hyperglycemic Therapies in T2D: A Call to Action
Optimizing the management of cardiovascular complications continues to be an important need in the...
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Exploring Healthcare Super-Utilization in Gynecologic Oncology
Unplanned acute care continues to be a major contributor to growing healthcare costs in the United...
Read MoreProactive Personalized Intervention Program Ups Pediatric Inhaler Adherence
Data indicate that many children with asthma have poorly controlled disease due to poor adherence with inhaled corticosteroids. To determine if an intervention can overcome this barrier, investigators administered a simplified...
Read MoreCase-By-Case Approach to Pulmonary Lesion Assessment Likely Best
While navigational bronchoscopy (NB) and convex-probe endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration (CP-EBUS-TBNA) are commonly performed in a single setting to evaluate suspicious pulmonary lesions, evidence...
Read MoreAerobic Exercise Improves Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Patients With SLE
Evidence shows that physical exercise can significantly improve exercise tolerance and quality of life in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); however its impact on cardiorespiratory fitness in this patient...
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