Physician Compensation Up for Most Specialties
Top three earners for patient care are orthopedists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists
Less Urinary Incontinence After Total Abdominal Hysterectomy
At five years post-op, more women have UI with subtotal hysterectomy; vaginal bleeding for 11 percent
More Evidence Needed to Assess Impact of Duty Hour Policies
Rigidity of surgical resident policies may have unintended, detrimental effects on patient
Second Primaries for Over 25% With Metastatic Prostate Cancer
28.1 percent have synchronous second primary; mortality up with synchronous lung, stomach cancer
EHR Data Mining Helps With Quality Improvement
Data mining tools, including health maintenance alerts, reports, are available in EHR products
Regular Walking Can Boost Quality of Life With Prostate CA
Researchers found real improvements in quality of life once men got active
Under and Over Imaging Suspected in Prostate CA Care
Patients with higher PSA, shorter PSA doubling time more likely to have second scan
EHR Decision Support Ups Radiologic Test Appropriateness
Harms of computerized clinical decision-support capabilities of EHR rarely assessed
HLA Expression Tied to Penile Cancer Outcomes
HLA-A is an independent predictor of poor survival in HPV-negative patients
Obesity Raises Prostate Cancer Risk Even Higher for Black Men
Researchers urge physicians to take note of findings
