Congolese are calling the infant named Benedicte, who was admitted to an Ebola treatment center six days after birth, the…
Physician Compensation Methodology Must Change!
In our current healthcare environment, most professional services are paid on a “fee for service” basis. The payment is usually…
National rate of tobacco and substance use disorders among hospitalized heart failure patients
Heart failure is the fourth overall principal diagnosis and first among cardiovascular conditions as the reason for hospitalization in the…
Evaluation of Prospectively Followed Adult Patients with Erythema Migrans Using the Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition
The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) may be used to evaluate individuals for symptoms of depression.
Clinical Outcomes After Treatment of Cocaine Induced Chest Pain with Beta Blockers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Recent guidelines have suggested avoiding beta blockers in the setting of cocaine associated acute coronary syndrome. However, the available evidence…
Health Law Could Be Hard to Knock Down Despite Judge’s Ruling
Legal scholars on opposite sides of previous Obamacare court decisions find the legal argument in this one shaky.
Wiring diagram of the brain provides a clearer picture of brain scan data
Neuroscientists have used data from the human brain connectome — a publicly available ‘wiring diagram’ of the human brain based…
Treatment shown to improve the odds against bone marrow cancer
Hope has emerged for patients with a serious type of bone marrow cancer as new research into a therapeutic drug…
Geneticists make new discovery about how a baby’s sex is determined
Medical researchers have made a new discovery about how a baby’s sex is determined: it’s not just about the X-Y…
Texas Judge Strikes Down Obama’s Affordable Care Act as Unconstitutional
The ruling was over a lawsuit filed this year by a group of Republican governors and state attorneys general. A…