Monday, October 26, 2009

Post-cholecystectomy cystic duct stump leak: a preventable morbidity

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Irshad Ahammed et al writes that “While major bile duct injury is the most serious complication following laparoscopic cholecystectomy, bile...
Friday, October 23, 2009

COLLISIONS BETWEEN MEDICAL HUMANISM AND EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDELINES FOR STANDARDIZED MEDICAL CARE

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Outright collisions between medical humanism and evidence-based guidelines for standardized care can be avoided as long as clinical guidelin...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

CHILDHOOD POISONINGS RESULT IN 71,224 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS NATIONWIDE EVERY YEAR

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Children are twice as likely to be poisoned by the medicine cabinet than by cleaning products or other household substances, researchers fou...
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

REVIEW SUGGESTS H1N1 FLU DRUGS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12.

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A review of research published in the British Medical Journal found that children "under the age of 12 shouldn't be given the commo...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Patients Spend $34 Billion on Alternative Medicines

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‘Patients in the U.S. spent about $34 billion on complementary and alternative medicine in 2007, according to a government report,” says Kri...
Monday, October 12, 2009

NEW LAW SEEN AS ADDING MORE RESTRICTIONS TO ENSURE PRESCRIPTION DATA PRIVACY.

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The New York Times (8/9, BU1, Freudenheim) reported on the front of its Sunday Business section about how people believe their prescription ...
Friday, October 9, 2009

HOW MUCH EVIDENCE DO WE NEED TO CHANGE PRACTICES IN WHICH WE FIRMLY BELIEVE?

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Enough already! Randomized trials show that tight glucose control in patients with long-standing type 2 diabetes isn't beneficial,” says...