CDC: Too Many Health Care Workers Not Getting Flu Vaccine
Vaccination protects both workers and patients
Meditation Recommended for Helping Attendings ‘Attend’
Expert says meditation should be practiced every day and can help address burnout
Lung Cancer Decision Aids Are Helpful for Patients
Patient understanding of lung cancer screening increased after participation in focus groups
Capping Copays Will Raise Premiums, Up Drug Prices
Capping likely to benefit about 1 percent of all Americans who take any prescription drug per year
Considerable Number of Doctors Attend Patient Funerals
But major differences between specialties in terms of attendance, barriers and benefits tied to attendance
Constitutional Symptoms Often Trigger Antibiotic Rx in Elderly
Change in function, mentation often lead to testing, empirical antibiotic use
Resistance Interval Training Improves Endothelial Function
R-INT improves flow-mediated dilation throughout two-hour post-exercise period in T2DM patients
Prescribed NSAIDs Tied to Higher Heart Failure Risk
Study of millions of health records suggests an association
Readmission Reduction Program Successful in Safety-Net Hospitals
Medicare's HRRP reduced readmissions for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia in first three years
T2DM Predicts Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure
Type 2 diabetes mellitus predicts mortality, regardless of presence of ischemic heart disease
