Tag: Health Professionals

Primary care dissemination and implementation science has focused on evaluating strategies to help practices implement evidence-based care to achieve quality ...

ACC Latin America conference 2019 to be held in Colombia for first time

Experts will offer perspective on clinical practice in Latin America The American College of Cardiology will host the ACC Latin ...

When does clean eating become an unhealthy obsession? New findings on who is at risk

York U study shares new findings on who is at risk for Orthorexia Nervosa TORONTO, May 14, 2019 - Researchers ...

Philadelphia’s sweetened drink sales drop 38% after beverage tax

Findings from Penn study support beverage taxes as a promising policy tool to help improve public health PHILADELPHIA - One ...

1 in 5 civil monetary penalties due to EMTALA violations involved psychiatric emergencies

Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- Nearly one in five ...

Half of all patients with syncope have CT head performed with a yield of 1.2% to 3.8%

Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- More than half of ...

Five things to know about melanoma

"Five things to know about ... melanoma" in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) provides a brief overview of this malignant ...

GPs need training to tackle chronic opioid use

GPs must be better-equipped to support patients to manage the psychological challenge of reducing their opioid use - according to ...

Opioid doctor and pharmacy ‘shoppers’ may also shop at home, study finds

May 10, 2019

Insurance records reveal patterns of opioid prescribing to patients whose family members seek opioids from multiple sources and fill them ...

Cancer screening rates decline when patients see doctors later in day

May 10, 2019

Compared to patients who see their primary care doctor earlier in the day, cancer screening rates decline significantly as the ...

999 trial shows value of live video streaming

May 10, 2019

Using live video streaming from the scene of accidents and medical emergencies to the dispatch team of a Helicopter Emergency ...

MR imaging evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma treated with SBRT

May 9, 2019

Results to be exhibited at ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting Leesburg, VA, May 9, 2019--Although arterial phase hyperenhancement (APHE) is a ...

The Lancet Oncology: Global study predicts more than 50% rise in chemotherapy demand by 2040

May 9, 2019

To deliver optimal treatment by 2040, a significant expansion of the chemotherapy workforce is needed Peer-reviewed / Modelling study To ...

Management of radial scars diagnosed on core biopsy during transition to tomosynthesis

Results to be exhibited at ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting Leesburg, VA, May 8, 2019--It may be safe to follow-up pure ...

HIV epidemic stubbornly persists despite proven tool to prevent spread

Survey suggests better training needed for general internal medicine residents The nation's HIV epidemic remains stubbornly persistent, with almost 40,000 ...

Statewide initiative doubles survival rates after severe TBI

Arizona's EMS agencies impact thousands with state-of-the-art treatment TUCSON, Ariz. -- The implementation of a massive, statewide public health initiative ...

1/3 of all cancers in Canada can be prevented by a combination of policymaking & education

Results of the ComPARe project reported in a special issue of Preventive Medicine on the burden of cancer in Canada ...

Cancer risk tools underused in general practice, research shows

Potentially life-saving cancer risk assessment tools are being widely underused by general practices across the UK, according to new research. ...

Research highlights role of psychological distress and emotional eating in obesity

New research, published in the research journal Obesity, has found that people on lower incomes may be more likely to ...

Could sleep molecules lead to a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease?