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Dr. Duane Alexander points to a number of reasons for the increase in premature births, citing “maternal health behaviors such as smoking and drinking alcohol" as the cause.

According to the CDC, approximately 16% of boys and 8% of girls aged 5 - 17 years had ever had diagnoses of ADHD or a learning disability.

According to an article in USA Today, researchers anticipate that approximately 14 million (18%) of the 79 million baby boomers “can expect to develop Alzheimer’s."

Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine received a $15 million grant to conduct a five-year trial that will investigate whether utilizing pacemakers to administer beta-blocker therapy improves survival in patients.

My first task was to find out "what is a blog?" I knew the concept, but have not been a "blogger" myself. So off to the internet I went.

Tim Russert's sudden death last week at 58 from a heart attack was another statistic in that he was being treated for CAD and his doctors "did not realize how severe the disease was."

There continues to be conflicts between ER physicians and hospitalists. On the one hand, hospitalists continue to complain about ER physicians dumping patients.

The news last Friday came as an utter shock to me. Tim Russert died of a massive heart attack at age 58. The cause? Plaque ripping and causing a blood clot.

Do unions belong in the hospitals? Do they belong in nursing? The answers vary considerably among nurses.

As we worry about the rising costs of healthcare, we also must worry about whether the money spent is going to the right people and for the right reasons.

According to a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, toenails can help predict heart disease risk in female smokers.

Intravenous bisphosphonates, often used to treat metastases and bone pain in breast cancer patients, are now being used by clinicians for osteoporosis in these patients—pharmacists need to recommend appropriate screening and treatment.

Sleep in adults can be significantly improved with a six-week cognitive behavioral intervention for insomnia delivered via the Internet.

"Everyone's entitled to free care" does not mean everyone gets everything. Sometimes the incentives are poorly aligned.

For the first time in 25 years, childhood obesity is not on the rise, according to the CDC. Although this is encouraging news, it’s too early to tell if progress is being made.

A study by St. Jude's found that pediatric leukemia treatment most frequently involves tumor resection with or without radiotherapy.

Apple has introduced a new version of the iPhone that can now access high-speed 3G wireless data networks, and has built-in GPS.

Cardiovascular disease accounts for 65 percent of patient deaths among people with type 2 diabetes.

Steve Case is on a mission to save healthcare, and he intends to do it by harnessing the consumer-empowering capabilities of the Internet. He's a personally motivated billionaire with plenty of Internet experience, and co-founded with two other entrepreneurs one of the greatest success stories in American business history.

A survey conducted by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that of the 2,028 people surveyed, 94% of them said their doctor has never discussed medical research.

A study from Darthmouth, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found that there are wide racial and gender differences in terms of complications from chronic diseases.

Some nurses love working the night shift. Others hate working but have no choice.

Barring action by Congress, July 1 is the deadline to stop a 10.6% cut in Medicare physician payment.

Oncology nurses that they play an important role in the administration of chemotherapy treatment.

This month’s edition of Pediatrics contains a study that correlated geographic location to children’s cancer rates after studying the cases of 36,500 children diagnosed with cancer.

The leading causes of adolescent morbidity and death are injury risk, depressive symptoms, and substance use, all of which are clinically relevant to psychiatry.

There's a 2008 report that is vital to briefly review; in three conclusions it neatly and pathetically summarizes the current state of US health insurance.

As presented at ASCO, second-line bevacizumab (Avastin) as monotherapy has been associated with a 28% response rate and an overall survival edge for refractory glioblastoma. Also presented at the ASCO meeting, adding oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) to a standard chemotherapy regimen for stage II or III colon cancer may provide a small five-year survival advantage.

In a study of pathological gamblers conducted by at team of researchers at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, the urge to gamble diminished among those who took naltrexone.