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Thyroid ultrasound imaging could be used to identify patients who have a low risk of cancer for whom biopsy could be postponed, according to a study by Rebecca Smith-Bindman, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues. The retrospective case-control study of 8,806...

A national network of hospitals committed to caring for the vulnerable has prevented 1,184 harmful events and saved nearly $12 million through a federal initiative to reduce hospital-acquired conditions and preventable readmissions. Members of the Essential Hospitals Engagement Network (EHEN)...

How many times have you been to a physiotherapist where you've had more time in the waiting room than face-time with the physio? Well, according to University of Alberta physical therapy PhD grad Jorge Fuentes, how a physiotherapist interacts with a patient verbally, through eye contact, body...

Yesterday, Koa Beck wrote about the proposed change in Irish abortion laws that could deny abortions to suicidal women, requiring them to “wait out” their pregnancies in the psych ward. As a woman who has both been admitted to a psychiatric ward and been pregnant (not at the same time, though)...

Patient Asks Why Drug Companies Are "Trying To Prevent Disclosure Of Trial Data" A personal view from a patient with a potentially life-limiting illness published this week on bmj.com asks why pharmaceutical giants are trying to prevent the disclosure of trial data. Since he started taking...

I can't decide if he is truly patient or not....

Let's just say there's a guy who has a chance of choosing nursing as a job.. and he has a grudge against me. he threatened to strangIe me to death. He's an 18 yr old man.. let's say I end up in the ward he works at, and there aren't many people and it is at night. would he be able to choke me to...

Michael Patrick Pignone, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and colleagues conducted a randomized clinical in October 2011 in which men underwent a values clarification task and then chose the most important attribute for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening. Â...

Millions of Americans read physician ratings on websites such as Healthgrades.com, but such ratings are based on scores from an average of only 2.4 patients, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found. The study of 500 randomly selected urologists found that 79.6 percent of physicians...

It's the medical resource behind discoveries that have affected patients around the globe, treasured by researchers and funded by the National Institutes of Health for nearly 50 years: the Rochester Epidemiology Project. This comprehensive medical records pool makes Olmsted County, Minn., one of...

In the month since Kevin Ollie debuted as UConn coach with an impressive victory over Michigan State in Germany, there has been a growing push from fans and media members that the first-year coach deserves a contract extension. Some have pointed to Ollie's sterling reputation in basketball...

In Canada alone, almost 2 million people are known to be living with diabetes. Around a million more have the disease but are not aware of that fact, and have not been given the tools they need to control their blood sugar and safeguard their health. The Heart Institute will be presenting the...

As the number of fungal meningitis cases continues to rise, physicians across the country are faced with how best to provide the early treatment that can save lives. A University of Michigan Health System infectious disease expert is the lead author of a New England Journal of Medicine report...

Simply knowing a child's home address and some socioeconomic data can serve as a vital sign - helping hospitals predict which children admitted for asthma treatment are at greater risk for re-hospitalization or additional emergency room visits, according to new research in the American Journal...

Patient-reported outcomes should be a standard part of evaluating the comparative effectiveness of cancer treatments, according to recommendations put forward by a multi-institution research group... More...

Providing healthcare staff with a one-day training course on dealing with the sexual needs of people with an acquired physical disability gave them greater understanding of the issues patients faced and enabled them to address intimate questions more comfortably and proactively. The findings...

Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have shown that patient navigation services help decrease the time to diagnosis for female patients who have received an abnormal result from a breast or cervical cancer screening. The study demonstrates the importance of patient navigation in helping...

A new study by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, provides compelling evidence that electronic health records (EHRs) enhance the quality of patient care in a community-based setting with multiple payers, which is representative of...

the person has an over growth of some kind of scar tissue that has to be removed but today when I suctioned her I got blood and u know thats normal to an extent but she coyghed up a kittle bit throughout the day. So I was curious if its safe to put her in her breathing ventilater tonight or...

Matt1:17 speaks about 21 generations from adam to abraham, and 3*14 to the Messiah, A man has a legitimate child around 30 years of age, so we will assume a generation is 30 years so divide 2012 by 30 , PLEASE DO NOT USE A CALCULATOR, use a clean sheet of paper, when you get the answer, try to...