A Resource to Help Care for Obesity
Few providers have the resources or time to implement guidelines for managing overweight and obese...
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Author: TimH
CT-Based Lung Cancer Screening in HIV
Studies have found that patients with HIV have a two- to five-fold greater risk of lung cancer...
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New Guidelines for Hepatitis C Testing
In 2003, the CDC published recommendations on the laboratory testing and reporting of hepatitis C...
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Taking a Proactive Approach to Diabetic Neuropathy
According to recent estimates, diabetic neuropathy accounts for about $50 billion in both direct...
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Managing Older Patients With HIV
In 2015, more than half of people with HIV in the U.S. will be aged 50 or older, according to...
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Comparing Approaches to ACL Tears
Value-based medicine has gained more attention in recent years, leading many providers and...
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Resistance Exercise for Knee OA
Research indicates that knee pain occurring with movement due to osteoarthritis (OA) strongly...
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The Cardiology Workforce Supply
Previous workforce estimates implied that inadequate numbers of cardiologists were being trained...
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ICD Use in the Under-Represented
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have emerged as an important treatment option for...
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Including Gender in EM Research
Emerging data have demonstrated the value of gender-specific approaches in evaluating and managing...
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Neck Manipulation & Stroke Risk
Cervical dissections (CD) of the arteries—small tears in the layers of the arterial walls in the...
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Smoking Among Youths
More than a quarter-million youth who had never smoked used e-cigarettes in 2013.
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Making the Case for Meningococcal Disease Prevention
While relatively rare, meningococcal disease is a serious cause of morbidity and mortality, even...
Read MoreLogistics Programs Benefit ED Wait Times
A Focus on Improving Patient Flow With ED crowding continuing to be an important public health issue, hospitals across the United States are scrambling to pursue aggressive strategies that improve patient flow in EDs. A...
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Recommendations for Transcatheter Valve Programs
As new technologies continue to emerge, transcatheter techniques have become part of the treatment...
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Diagnosing Stroke in the ED
Studies suggest that there are missed opportunities to diagnose cerebrovascular causes for stroke...
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CPR Knowledge & Performance in the ED
Despite advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), survival and recovery for patients...
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Reducing Post-Op VTE Complications
At Boston Medical Center, researchers learned in 2009 that their institution was a high outlier...
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