U.S. physicians are not nearly as sold on the benefits of healthcare IT as are their international counterparts, according to an Accenture survey of more than 3,700 doctors across eight countries. However, the majority of...
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Lifelens has created an innovative point-of-care smartphone application that diagnoses malaria...
Read MoreA recent analysis published in BMJ finds that the widespread use of surrogate endpoints in diabetes care puts the patient’s concerns on the back burner. The authors argue that easier-to-measure surrogate outcomes are often used...
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Patients with diabetes suffer from multiple comorbidities and complications and frequently...
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The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that we will face a shortage of up to...
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Excerpted from “Outlook for the healthcare industry in 2012” by Steven Greer, MD, The...
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New research presented at the 2011 annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association...
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According to the CDC, suicide is the seventh-leading cause of death among males. A 2007 analysis...
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Cerebral venous thrombosis is caused by clots in the dural sinuses and/or cortical veins, and it...
Read MoreWhile the retiring baby-boomer nurses have warned of a dangerous nursing shortage, the number of full-time registered nurses aged 23 to 26 increased by 62% between 2002 and 2009, according to this month’s Health Affairs. At...
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The burden of diagnosed and undiagnosed depression in the United States is significant and well...
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Researchers found four gene variants that may be involved in vital brain signaling pathways in a...
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In 2000, the Institute of Medicine distributed a report suggesting that many hospital errors were...
Read MoreA new report released by IDC Health Insights names four EHR vendors as likely market leaders in the future. The market is expected to move from less than 25% adoption in 2009 to more than 80% adoption by 2016, primarily due to...
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The epidemic of prediabetes is continuing to plague the United States as at least 60 million...
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A new study published in Surgical Endoscopy has found that surgeons can learn their skills quicker...
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The American College of Surgeons held its 2011 Clinical Congress from October 23-27 in San...
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Vaccine development efforts currently focus on cancers with a higher incidence rather than those...
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Despite the passing of 140 years since first being described, little is known about Charcot foot...
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Research has shown that taking medications and making lifestyle changes to manage diabetes can be...
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