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Mortality in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Learn more about the causes of death for adults with congenital heart disease.
Randomised Prostate Cancer Screening Trial: 20 Yr Follow-Up
This long-term study looks at whether screening for prostate cancer actually reduces prostate cancer specific mortality. Is routine screening worth the risk of over-detection and over-treatment?
E-Cigarettes: A Perspective for the Primary Care Physician
More and more patients have begun to use electronic cigarettes for nicotine delivery. Are they really effective as a cessation tool?
Can In-Hospital Urinary Catheterization Rates Be Reduced?
Urinary catheterization is the primary cause of healthcare-associated urinary tract infection. Can its use be safely decreased? When is it justified?
Use of Medical Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging
Find out more about radiation effective doses (and risks) related to cardiac imaging procedures.
The Journey of Primary Care Practices to Meaningful Use
How are primary care practices meeting the formal stage 1 meaningful use requirements? This article describes the journey, struggles, successes, and barriers one consortium faced.
Prescription Medication Sharing: A Systematic Review
This study examines the practice of non-recreational sharing of prescription medications. How common is it, what types of drugs are most commonly shared, and what the driving forces behind it?
Extra-Corporeal Life Support for Multi-Drug Intoxication
Did extracorporeal membrane oxygenation help this patient critically ill from an attempted sucide by a cocktail of cardiovascular and psychiatric medications?
Uses of Epidemiology
What can epidemiology teach us about history, community diagnosis, and the individual's chances for survival?
The PROTECT In-hospital Risk Model
What are the main determinants of an adverse outcome for acute heart failure?
Patient Compliance with Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Meds
What are the best methods for encouraging patients to use these important agents?
Relevance of the Metabolically Healthy Obesity Phenotype
Some obese persons don't develop the metabolic complications of obesity--a phenomenon that's been termed "metabolically healthy obesity". But is this phenotype really benign?
Reaching Out to Adolescents on Sexual, Reproductive Health
Text messaging can be an innovative method for better connecting with adolescent patients -- particularly for sexual and reproductive health education.
Bed Bugs and Beyond
Bed bugs, once considered well controlled and even eradicated in many parts of the developed world, have made a comeback and are an increasing public health concern. Find out how APRNs can combat the comeback.
Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Pneumococcal Bacteremia
Learn about the importance of regional surveillance used to detect the prevalence of pneumococcal resistance.
Exercise in Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
Are there certain exercises that can help patients with subacromial impingement syndrome, and are these exercise regimens likely to reduce the need for surgical intervention in some patients?
Large, Complex, Benign Cystic Teratoma in an Adolescent
Read this case report of a 14-year-old girl who presents complaining of a possible abdominal tumor.
The End of the National Health Service
Recent NHS reforms mark a momentous turning point in the history of UK healthcare.
Urinary Melatonin Concentration and Breast Cancer Risk
Recent epidemiologic studies suggest that women who work the night shift have an increased risk of breast cancer. Might melatonin play a protective role in breast cancer etiology?