Surgery & Opioid Dependence Risk
Throughout the United States, the chronic use of opioids continues to be a substantial burden to...
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Severe Mental Illness Linked to Much Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
An international study of more than 3.2 million people with severe mental illness reveals a...
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High Levels of Exercise Linked to Nine Years of Less Aging at the Cellular Level
Despite their best efforts, no scientist has ever come close to stopping humans from aging. Even...
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What Parents Need to do with Their Children’s Leftover Pain Medicine
Throughout the United States, the rates of prescription pain drug addiction and death continue to...
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Mortality Rates at Teaching Hospitals Lower Compared with Non-Teaching Hospitals
Patients admitted to major teaching hospitals are less likely to die compared with patients...
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#PWChat Recap: EHRs – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
As part of our continuing series of TweetChats, Physician’s Weekly, along with co-host Dr....
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New Study Examines Child Death Rates in Motor Vehicle Crashes by State
Unintentional injury is the leading cause of pediatric death in the U.S. and motor vehicle crashes...
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American College of Physicians Gives 7 Recommendations to Improve American Health Care to Congress
The American College of Physicians today released a set of recommendations aimed at providing a...
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The Sound of Safety: Preferences and Perceptions of Music in the Operating Room
Studies have shown that playing music in the operating room (OR) while performing surgery can...
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First Study Shows Tie Between Probiotic and Improved Symptoms of Depression
Probiotics may relieve symptoms of depression, as well as help gastrointestinal upset, research...
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Assumption of the Risk
“If a patient chooses to come to me for medical care and I explain the risks and they agree to the...
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Cardiac Rehab Benefits Older Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients
Despite national guidelines strongly supporting the use of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in patients...
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Assessing Oral Anticoagulant Prescription for Atrial Fibrillation
The CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores have been developed to help estimate the risk of...
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Heart Attack Risk 17-Times More Likely Following Respiratory Infections
The risk of having a heart attack is 17 times higher in the seven days following a respiratory...
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Substantial Differences Between US Counties for Death Rates from Ischemic Heart Disease, Stroke
Although the absolute difference in U.S. county-level cardiovascular disease mortality rates have...
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Treating Older Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Each year in the United States, about 1 million Americans are hospitalized for acute myocardial...
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Hypertension Before the Age of 55 Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Death
According to a new study, diagnosis of high blood pressure at an earlier age is associated with...
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Brain-Training Computer Game Helps Kids Choose Healthier Diets
Children who played a seven-minute game devised by University of Exeter psychologists made...
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How Ethnicity and Culture Impact the Health and Well-Being of Older People
Importantly, many of these older adults are more diverse than ever before. By 2050, for example,...
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Less Than Half of Americans Can Recognize Anxiety
Most people don’t know what to do about depression even when they spot it. And nearly 8 in...
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