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Dr. Blumenfield addresses the presence and portrayal of psychiatrists on television.

The tool is just part of the new HHS site and provides information about the quality of care in outpatient and emergency departments.

Conflicting data prevented an advisory committee to the FDA from pulling Avandia completely from the market, but changes are coming and none of it looks all that good for GlaxoSmithKline.

On June 24, 2010, the ONC published the temporary EHR certification program final rule.

Recent research on enhancing nerve generation in the peripheral nervous system may pave the way for developing new treatments.

Blogger Paul Roemer says meaningful use, if used as a way to obtain incentive money, is at best meaningless, and at worst, can disrupt your business.

The diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease could see its first update in a quarter century.

A study shows that although physicians agree they have an obligation to report impaired or incompetent colleagues, nearly one in three would decline to do so.

The Obama administration%u2019s new national HIV and AIDS strategy focuses heavily on improving access to care and reducing infections.

A pioneering surgical technique enables more than 90% of patients with Charcot foot to walk normally again by securing their bones to a device called a circular external fixator.

This study aimed to show that therapeutic concentrations of 4-AP do not increase the inhibitory drive of cerebellar Purkinje cells.

Breastfeeding children at 18 months may increase, not decrease, the risk of atopic dermatitis in infants.

Reaction to the final ruling on "meaningful use" within the healthcare community was quick and varied.

A drug being tested for osteoarthritis pain has proven effective in a model of OA pain. Manufactured by Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd., ADX71943 modulates gamma-aminobutyric acid subtype B (GABA-B) receptors. These receptors are implicated in pain processing.

The objective of this activity is to "improve diagnostic skills related to fibromyalgia and other forms of chronic pain" and "evaluate and address comorbidities in patients with fibromyalgia."

Even with the passage of healthcare reform, we still have an expensive, inefficient, uncoordinated, more complex healthcare delivery system.

Six months later, living conditions for thousands of Haitians remain dire.

Send your patients here to check out tutorials on Fibromyalgia. Visitors can choose from an interactive tutorial, a self-playing tutorial, or read the information through a text summary.

The final rule on the definition and requirements for demonstrating meaningful use of EHRs to qualify for federal incentives has been issued, and for doctors, it means more flexibility.

The increasing number of health-related smartphone apps has health professionals growing more concerned about the quality of the information provided.

The death of the Yankees long-time owner one of several recent Alzheimer's-related stories making headlines.

Self-hypnosis taught with the aid of videotape training was found to reduce the symptoms of Tourette syndrome in children and adolescents and improve their quality of life, according to a new study.

The number of deaths related to poor diet and physical inactivity is on the rise, prompting the advisory committee that helps shape the nation's dietary guidelines to change its focus.

Findings from a study published in the July issue of Chest indicate that patients who are admitted to the ICU on a weekend run a higher risk of dying than those who are admitted during the week.

The patient-centered medical home has been proposed as a solution to the challenges facing primary care, but there are several concerns over whether this approach is feasible.

The iMedicalApps team reviews the Echocardiography Atlas iPhone app.

This study was conducted to "develop reliable techniques for the extraction of biomarkers from EEG that indicate the presence of minor neurophysiological signs in cases where no clinical or significant EEG abnormalities are observed."

On July 22-23 The FDA will convene a joint meeting of the Anesthetic & Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety & Risk Management Advisory committee to discuss its proposal for class-wide Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategies for long-acting opioids, according to a memo released earlier this month.

This program reviews the ins and outs of managing and treating patients with ADHD as they transition from child- to adulthood.