Hospital Medicine

Dr. Pullen discusses the worldwide efforts to eradicate polio, predicting that "polio is a disease of the past before the end of this decade."

Are you a PC? Then you may be excited to know that Microsoft Office 2010 is set to hit the shelves this June, bringing with it a slew of enhanced programs and new apps to keep you better connected, productive, and creative.

Much has happened and incredible progress has been made management of some health conditions, and disappointing progress in others. Today I'm going to discuss peptic ulcer disease.

The pros and cons of using the hemoglobin A1C test to diagnose prediabetes and diabetes was the subject of a lively debate at the AACE Meeting.

The benefits of intensive glycemic control on microvascular and neuropathic complications remain clear and well established in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

There are new treatments being investigated for the management of osteoporosis. All show promise, but most still lack definitive data from phase III trials.

Reforming the healthcare system in the United States is about much more than providing basic coverage for all its citizens.

Hyperglycemia among noncritically ill medical and surgical patients is a huge problem in hospitals throughout the United States.

A variety of rapid and reliable tests now exist to diagnose and facilitate the management of pheochromocytoma and primary aldosteronism, but more are needed.

Whether you're traveling to a medical conference or planning your next vacation, these 10 travel apps for your iPhone are sure to come in handy.

The practice of cooling and then re-warming a patient during cardiac bypass surgery, done to prevent organ damage, may impair the body�s mechanism that controls blood flow to the brain, which could increase the patient�s likelihood of suffering a stroke.

A new study from the Center for Studying Health System Change analyzes the positive and negative affects that EMR implementation can have on physician-patient interaction.

In a preliminary study, Attiva, increased the post-meal feeling of satiety and reduced hunger between meals.

The efficacy of liraglutide,is not impacted in subjects with type 1 diabetes who develop anti-liraglutide antibodies.

Colesevelam HCL is effective not only in lowering LDL-cholesterol but in reducing glycemic levels in people with prediabetes.

Here you will find links to information about the general session presentations, satellite symposia, and poster presentations scheduled for the meeting.

Dr. Edward Pullen examines the ways in which Earth Day and going green can relate to medicine.

While hyperglycemia is a risk factor for microvascular complications, most patients die of macrovascular disease, which is strongly influenced by dyslipidemia.

Thyroid cancer is one of the fastest growing cancers in the United States, especially in women, according to Bryan Haugen, MD.

Is there middle ground when healthcare errors are made?

Now, I have never taken malpractice personally. Like most of my colleagues, I have been sued. Three cases over the last 29 years. (I am currently ahead, 2-1.) The average physician get sued once every 7 years. I was overdue.

There is a new drug treatment strategy coming down the pipeline for diabetes, one that targets the kidney.

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have completed a comparative review of heart bypass surgery and angioplasty that examined the safety and efficacy of each for the treatment of heart blockages.

Some health care IT industry heavyweights have gone so far as to suggest that the iPad will be greatly utilized in the healthcare setting and revolutionize the way we do business. While I do think the iPad is incredibly shiny and is great computer replacement for your grandma, I think it's a bit of an exaggeration to suggest that it will ever be fully adopted by healthcare IT shops.

Modern medicine's technological advances now allow more people to live long enough to develop chronic diseases where the mortality is low but the morbidity high. Hyperchondriacs are acutely aware of this, and perceive great threats in their aging and the future. Hyperchondriacs have similar attributes to hypochondrial patients even as they lack the attendant "symptoms" of a physiologic illness.

Google has just completed a major overhaul of Google Docs that includes redesigned spreadsheet, document, and drawing editors; group chat functionality; and the ability to collaborate with real-time character-by-character mark-up.

When I read on CNN's website that more than 900 infant lives could be saved each year simply by breastfeeding, I was stunned.

A nice surprise buried somewhere in the healthcare reform bill is that, starting next year, Medicare patients will be able to get annual preventative care exams that are paid for by their health insurance.

Resistance to the antibiotic vancomycin requires expression of vanH, vanA, and vanX under control of several other mechanisms, according to new research from McMaster University.

What one hospital has done to increase compliance.