Hospital Medicine

Zachary Bloomgarden, MD, clinical professor in the department of medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the use of insulin for type 2 diabetes.

Stephen Brunton, MD, discusses recent clinical trials and the role of blood pressure, lipid and glycemic control in patients with diabetes.

Desmond Bohn, MC, BCH, discusses his editorial, "The Problem of Acute Hyponatremia in Hospitalized Children."

Effective chronic pain management requires a structured approach to evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment.

For those treating pediatric patients, the task of identifying symptoms and measuring the levels of pain being experienced is a bit more complicated.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has become the first pediatric facility in the US to offer robot-guided scoliosis surgery.

Just about the only disappointment on day one mHealth's 2010 conference in San Diego so far has been the weather.

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Though not typically their favorite part of practicing, pain medicine practitioners need to be on top of legal and regulatory requirements.

"Unrecognized health care problem" presents complex challenges for both surgeons and primary care physicians seeing patients after surgery.

Clinicians in all settings can teach their patients to use relaxation, meditation and other techniques to achieve relief from chronic pain conditions.

Attendees retired early Tuesday evening judging by the standing-room only attendance at "Pain Mechanisms," one of five concurrent sessions to open PAINWeek.

As the treatment of hospitalized children becomes more sophisticated, ongoing communication and care coordination between primary care physicians and hospital attending physicians becomes more critical.

Being opioid-dependent means dealing with attractions and cravings that never go away--and seeking help for things that have gone away.

Two new iPhone applications aim to facilitate medical transcription and handling phone calls, activities that still occupy the bulk of time for many physicians.

Obese patients implanted with GI Dynamics' EndoBarrier lost an average of 49.5 pounds, and significantly reduced HbA1c and total cholesterol levels.

A comparison of low-dose fondaparinux to standard dose in non-STEMI patients during percutaneous coronary intervention did not result in any significant reductions in bleeding rates or complications, according to a JAMA report.

When it comes to large-scale adverse events in the hospital setting, full disclosure is still the best strategy, according to a commentary published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Findings from an experimental study indicate that inpatient smoking cessation programs can improve quit outcomes, use of nicotine replacement therapy, and mortality rates post-discharge.

Location-based social media applications are growing rapidly in popularity and appear to be here to stay. But how can the healthcare industry leverage these application to improve consumers' health?

Though CCHIT will continue to certify EHRs for the ONC, they won't be the only organization doing so.

Findings from a new study indicate that African Americans are at in increased risk of developing stent thrombosis after drug-eluting stent implantation, even after adjusting for socioeconomic factors and comorbidities.

Data from a new survey show that more than half of of Americans have made their end-of-life care preferences known, with 87% choosing informal communication with family, friends, or loved ones to express their wishes.

The British Columbia Medical Association and its parent body, the Canadian Medical Association, are lobbying for a Mixed Martial Arts Fighting ban for multiple reasons.

The FDA is investigating a potential connection between positive displacement needleless connectors and a rise in bloodstream infections.

Starting palliative care early can lead to significant improvements in both quality of life and mood for patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

One of the great lists released each year is Time's 50 Best Websites. No matter what your interests are, you are guaranteed to find at least a couple gems each year. As we take a look at this year's list, we turn our attention toward the top picks for Health & Fitness, and throw out a couple HCPLive nominees that we think should have made the list.

Before purchasing an EHR, physicians need to make sure it will deliver a return on investment, and that means asking some tough questions, says guest blogger Paul Roemer.

Patients with left ventricular dysfunction and coronary artery disease do not benefit from preventive balloon pump support during angioplasty.

The Effective Health Care Program of the AHRQ has released summary guides for clinicians and consumers that discuss adjunctive therapy options for patients with stable coronary heart disease.