Only 1 in 5 Patients Seeking Specialist for Resistant High Blood Pressure Take Meds as Prescribed
American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report. Only one in five patients seeking...
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Managing Nausea in the Emergency Department
Considering the broad impact that nausea can have on ED patients, researchers are continuing to...
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Evaluation of Emergency Medicine Residents Points to Gender Bias
Faculty ratings of female ER docs fall behind males as training advances. Although female doctors...
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Effective Combination Therapy Could Change Medical Practice for Treatment of Drug Resistant Infections
McMaster University researchers have found a new way to treat the world’s worst infectious...
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Skin Testing, Computerized Support Tool Can Improve Antibiotic Use in Hospital Inpatients
Confirming whether or not a recorded penicillin allergy is real could reduce negative effects of...
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Heart Healthy Diets: Achieving Guideline Adherence
Recent data show that about 55% of children in the United States and 41% of adults have poor...
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Hospital Floors May Pose a Larger Health Risk than Previously Thought
Because items in the patient’s room may touch the floor, pathogens on hospital floors can...
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Benefits of Physical Activity May Outweigh Impact of Obesity on Cardiovascular Disease
An observational study was conducted in more than 5,000 people aged 55 years and older who were...
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World Health Organization Publishes List of Bacteria for Which New Antibiotics are Urgently Needed
WHO published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” – a...
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Study: Physicians Not Prepared for Male Patients who Perpetrate Intimate Partner Violence
Family medicine physicians feel underprepared to serve patients whom they know are perpetrators of...
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How Aspirin Can Be Used to Help Fight Cancer
Studies abound that point to a role for plain old aspirin in keeping deadly cancers at bay. While...
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Study Investigates Link Between Growth of Retail-Based Clinics and Nurse Practitioner Scope-of-Practice Reform
Just as primary care provider shortages are becoming acute, retail-based clinics in pharmacies and...
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Progress Toward HIV Cure Highlighted in Issue of AIDS Research & Human Retroviruses
A comprehensive collection of articles describing the broad scope and current status of this...
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Collaborative Care Provides Improvement for Older Adults with Mild Depression
Among older adults with subthreshold depression (insufficient levels of depressive symptoms to...
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Adopting a Concierge Medicine or Direct Primary Care Model; Is This Right For Your Practice
Healthcare providers in the United States are facing unprecedented challenges. Changes to the...
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Those Physician-Rating Websites May Not Be as Accurate as You Think
An analysis of 28 commercial physician-rating websites finds that search mechanisms are...
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Many Physicians Choose Insomnia Meds Based on Habit Rather Than Patient’s Symptoms, Medical History
Clinical decision-making and treatment choice is a complex cognitive process influenced by...
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The Recruiter’s View: Physician Leaders Must Think Hard about Soft Skills
Five steps emerging physician leaders take. Physicians are often considered natural born leaders,...
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Brain SPECT Imaging Helps Distinguish Between Dementia and Depression
Neuroimaging of decreased blood flow in specific regions of the brain can differentiate between...
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New Way to Assess Medication-Based HIV Prevention Proposed
Thinking about PrEP as a nine-step continuum of preventive care, researchers report. In a new...
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