Diabetes Prevalence & Trends: An Update
This Physician’s Weekly feature updating the prevalence of diabetes and associated trends was...
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Reimbursement Knowledge Among ED Physicians
According to previous research, physicians acknowledge that it is important to be aware of the...
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Examining Medication-Related Pediatric ED Visits
Physician’s Weekly talked with Peter J. Zed, BSc, BSc (Pharm), ACPR, PharmD, FCSHP, and Neil...
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Early Drug Non-Adherence After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Mortality rates associated with heart disease have declined in recent years throughout the United...
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Lipid Control: The Impact of Financial Incentives
Despite the well-documented benefits of statins to lower LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) and help reduce...
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Coronary Heart Disease: Stagnation in Young Adults & Women
Recent reports have shown that coronary heart disease (CHD) continues to be a leading cause of...
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Conference Highlights: ACS 2016
Assessing Early Discontinuation of Opiates After Trauma The inappropriate use of prescription...
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Conference Highlights: ACEP16
Clinical Decision Support Reduces High-Cost Imaging Prior research has shown that brain, cervical...
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Analyzing Artificial Cervical Disc Replacement
Your dear friend has had pain in her left hip for the past decade, and it has only gotten worse....
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Looking for Work/Life Balance
From our content partners at Physicians Practice When you love your job, it can be easy for...
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A Strategy for Decreasing Influenza’s Impact
Research indicates that about 60% of influenza-related hospitalizations occur in adults aged 65...
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Domestic Violence Among Trauma Patients
Domestic violence encompasses a wide variety of maltreatment, including neglect, abandonment, and...
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Heroes in Medicine: Andrea Moreira, MD
Congratulations to Andrea Moreira, MD, for being the recipient of “Heroes in Medicine” honors from...
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CDC Whistleblower Claims Agency has been Using Wrong Zika Test
In the midst of the fight to control Zika, the top public health agency in the United States has...
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Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?
Every doctor makes mistakes. But medicine’s culture of denial (and shame) keeps doctors from...
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The Impact of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids
According to current estimates, the number of prescription opioid overdose deaths in the United...
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Should Your Practice Consider Telehealth?
Investors are pouring money into digital health companies, with $5.8 billion invested in 2015...
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Surveying OTC Drug Use Perceptions
According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, about 100 million Americans suffer from...
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There Is No Such Thing as Too Much TV in This Doctor’s Office: A Different Approach to Patient Engagement
A recent Accenture report found that patients in the United States are increasingly accessing...
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Guidance on Treating Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
In 2011, the American Thoracic Society, the European Respiratory Society, the Japanese Respiratory...
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