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Paul McMaster, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières surgeon, describes what he and his team have seen and done since they arrived in Port-au-Prince to bring emergency medical care to earthquake survivors on January 15.

In a given year in the US, 1/4th of US men and 2/5ths of US women attempt to lose weight, unfortunately, they often fail to keep the weight off.

HCPLive blogger Jill Taylor takes a look at some of the stories developing in Haiti and how healthcare providers are responding to the earthquake and subsequent aftershock.

According to a recent study, carefully selected patients with no history of addiction and abuse, who are compliant with their medication usage, might experience good amounts of pain relief with a very small risk of addition.

Data show that for every 3.5 to 4.7 patients treated with light sedation compared to deep sedation, one incident of delirium will be prevented.

The device holds early-stage embryos in a thimble-sized funnel lined with microscopic channels that allow fresh nutrient-rich fluid to flow in and waste products out.

Last week, the Connecticut Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal, sued Health Net of Connecticut for a data breach and their subsequent handling of the incident.

A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières cargo plane carrying 12 tons of medical equipment, including drugs, surgical supplies and two dialysis machines, was turned away three times from Port-au-Prince airport since Sunday night despite repeated assurances of its ability to land there.

Two companies recently announced the release of a number of technologies that may improve treatment and monitoring of atrial fibrillation.

The results of a recent study show that 25% of patients with migraines are also suffering from depression.

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A lot of amputees and the paralyzed will need lifelong care.

One of the most popular blog posts made by a nurse in 2009.

Radon is an invisible, odorless, and tasteless radioactive gas that is released into the air or dissolves into groundwater as uranium in rocks or soil decays. It was classified as a human carcinogen in 1988 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, but the ill health effects of this invisible killer had been observed for centuries in Europe.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières teams in Port-au-Prince are still under great pressure.

The results of a study from Children's Hospital Philadelphia may provide researchers with a new tool for the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders.

I'm sorry for the hiatus in posting; there always seem to be tons of paperwork this time of year, not to mention the need to get things together for the tax season. With taxes in mind, perhaps it is appropriate to write a post that has to do with the FDA.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières staff work 24 hours a day to treat as many patients injured in the January 12 earthquake as possible, but the needs are huge and there are delays in receiving crucial supplies.

Here is a list of donations given by celebrities to assist in the relief effort of the earthquake that hit Haiti.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières urges that its cargo planes carrying essential medical and surgical material be allowed to land in Port-au-Prince in order to treat thousands of wounded waiting for vital surgical operations.

Isabelle Jeanson, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières emergency communications officer, has been with the MSF teams in Port-au-Prince since January 15. Here she describes the situation as of January 17.

Here are some general facts about last week's earthquake in Haiti and the aid that has been given by other countries around the world.

Healthcare professionals looking to donate time or money to disaster relief efforts in Haiti will find information on how to do so through these ten organizations.

A meta analysis found that participants using insulin pumps had significantly lower HbA1c levels than those using multiple daily injections, though no differences existed between the two for non-severe low blood glucose levels.

Researchers found that nonsurgical treatment and smoking independently predicted continued long-term opioid use and pain severity did not.

Self-reported amputation-specific pain severity is similar in men and women but there are considerable gender variations in overall pain outcomes, such as emotional health and pain-coping responses.

Risk factors such as high cholesterol, diabetes and high blood pressure are being found at an earlier age for survivors of pediatric cancer than in the general population.

Diabetes treatment typically requires multiple medications, meaning beneficiaries with diabetes are likely to reach the doughnut hole sooner than are those who do not have chronic diseases.

University of Pennsylvania researchers are testing whether people with a lower body mass index may benefit from surgery to treat type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or other significant health problems.

The treatment of intractable pain remains an unresolved controversy in American medicine. Although, in theory, it is generally accepted that pain must be adequately treated, particularly in cancer patients, the treatment of pain unrelated to malignancy remains a stubborn and highly contentious issue.