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Managing obstructive sleep apnea introduces a number of issues for the physician, including which patients need to be referred for further testing, how everything will be paid for, and more.

Dr. Pullen examines the use of human growth hormone's ability to improve performance in the same week that Floyd Landis admits to doping and accuses Lance Armstrong of doing the same.

Psychological factors such as pessimism about recovery and depression may be major predictors of chronic pain in trauma patients, according to results of a study by Australian researchers published in The Journal of Pain.

Researchers at the University of Georgia have found that consuming ginger every day can help reduce muscle pain caused by exercise.

Dr. Pullen examines the discussion of polio eradication that is featured in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Although the adage that there is no privacy on the Internet is truer than ever, there are several steps that physicians can take to protect their private lives and information while still remaining active online.

A new survey by the American Academy of Dermatology found that individuals across the nation still idolize the bronzed-skin look of a tan, despite their concerns and desire to protect themselves from skin cancer.

Melanoma skin cancer is becoming more common, according to a report featured in the Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource.

Val Jones, MD, founder and creator of the blog Better Health, and physician with DocTalker Family Medicine, a pay-as-you-go, time-based practice, discusses what it's like to be a physician in an unconventional practice. Jones, like many physicians at DocTalker, was a patient before asking to come aboard as a member.

Dr. Pullen examines the natural - and unnatural - things that patients do to keep themselves healthy.

Major league pitcher Tommy John served as the catalyst for the development of ulnar collateral ligament repair surgery after he ruptured the ligament in 1974.

More and more, peanut allergies and tree nut allergies are being reported in adults and children across the country. According to the results of a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 3 million Americans reported having a peanut allergy, a TN allergy, or both.

A study on the patterns of substance use treatment admissions between the years 1998 to 2008 has illustrated some marked changes.

How can we have a real conversation about healthcare reform and other contentious issues without letting anger and frustration stop us from communicating?

It appears that many members of Congress have bought in to several unrealistic healthcare reform ideas, one of which is to change the way we pay doctors to a system based on �quality� rather than on quantity� measurements, such as the number of office visits or procedures performed.

Big money is flooding the health IT industry, and that can mean only one thing: Doctors are about to get screwed.

A physician looks back fondly on the healthcare community's early love affair with Palm PDAs and recounts the subsequent disappointment that ultimately led to the company's fall.

A study that examined cross-sectional data from Medicare's Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers Systems survey revealed that Hispanic ethnicity was significantly associated with cost-related non-adherence (CRN).

A recent review posted in PubMed suggests that one dose of aspirin provides comparable pain relief to Imitrex.

Researchers at Teikyo University identified the species of pathogenic algae through a biopsy of a chronic skin ulcer.

Premature babies may feel more pain than previously reported by commonly used methods to assess pain measurements in infants, according to a study by University College London researchers published in the journal Public Liberty of Science Medicine.

Dr. Pullen examines the importance of statistics in medicine, how the meaning of them can often be hard to interpret, and the need, perhaps, for more statistics courses in medical school.

A study that evaluated the facial expressions of mice during painful stimuli could lead to the development of new pain-relief drugs for humans, according to scientists at McGill University, who performed the study published in the journal Nature Methods.

Visceral pain is quite unique, according plenary speaker Gerald Gebhart, PhD.

The ins and outs of abuse-deterrent opioid strategies are discussed.

Review the results of three studies focused on breakthrough pain and REMS.

Risk evaluation Mitigation Strategies may be the latest program designed to alter the rate of abuse and misuse of prescription drugs.