Allergy & Immunology Recently Posted

• Help for Today's Tense, Frustrated Doctors Well-known physician personalities Kevin Pho, MD, of KevinMD.com, a leading medical blogging site, and Doug Farrago, MD, editor of Placebo Journal, a popular physician humor website, give their thoughts on how humor can help today's tense, frustrated doctors.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2009
• Imported Human Rabies -- California, 2008 The circumstances surrounding the investigation into the first case of human rabies imported into the US highlights the importance of a coordinated international public health response.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 2009
• Physicians Are Talking About: How to Deliver Bad News How can doctors improve on the way that they deliver bad news?
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 2009
• Reducing Improper Internet Use in Your Office: A Quick, Easy and Free Solution In just a few minutes, you can set up your computer system to block Web sites that aren't appropriate at work.
  Family Practice Management, October 2009
• Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infections Among Health-Care Personnel -- United States, April-May 2009 The findings of this report suggest that transmission of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus to healthcare personnel is occurring in both healthcare and community settings.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 2009
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication -- India, January 2007-May 2009 Continued vigilance, sustained commitment, and aggressive responses to new cases will be required to interrupt remaining wild poliovirus transmission and to eliminate polio in India.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 2009
• Physicians Are Talking About: Money, the Least of What Physicians Want Should physicians have the discretion to withhold treatment if patients have not paid their medical bills?
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 2009
• Evaluation of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests for Detection of Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus --- United States, 2009 Rapid tests for novel influenza H1N1 may miss many infections, especially in the setting of low viral titers, this preliminary study hints.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 2009
• The Role of Asthma Management Beliefs and Behaviors in Childhood Asthma Immune and Clinical Outcomes New evidence to explain how biology mediates the link between healthcare beliefs or behaviors and clinical outcomes.
  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, October 2009
• Tularemia -- Missouri, 2000-2007 Tularemia is an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. This report provides a snapshot of 190 cases occurring in Missouri between 2000 and 2007 and reported to the CDC.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 2009
• Human Lyme Disease Vaccines: Past and Future Concerns The pursuit of a human vaccine for Lyme disease, the most common arthropod-borne infection in the US, is an important and worthwhile endeavor, according to this review of the topic.
  Future Microbiology, October 2009
• Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Regarding Routine Poliovirus Vaccination Three key take-home messages emerge from recently updated recommendations issued by US federal health officials on routine poliovirus vaccination. Take a look.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 2009
• Intensive-Care Patients With Severe Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection -- Michigan, June 2009 This report describes the clinical findings of a series of patients with novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection requiring advanced mechanical ventilation.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, July 2009
• Update: Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection -- Mexico, March-May, 2009 This report summarizes the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus outbreak in Mexico and the public health actions taken to date by Mexico to monitor and control the outbreak.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 2009
• PDAs and Smartphones: Clinical Tools for Physicians How physicians can get clinical information via smartphones and PDAs; how to choose the right device; where to find programs that help you during practice and with patients.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2009
• Why Isn't Your Office Staff More Productive? To get the most productivity and effort from office staff, it's important to make them feel involved. Tactics, such as cross-training, staff meetings, performance reviews, and rewards, can help.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2009
• Physicians Are Talking About: Checking Into Being a Hotel Doctor As traditional forms of medical practice become increasingly unmanageable, physicians are beginning to look for alternative options such as hotel doctoring.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 2009
• Electronic Medical Record Survey Results: Medscape Exclusive Readers' Choice Medscape surveyed readers for their choice and opinions on EMRs they're using, and whether they'd recommend their EMRs to other physicians.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2009
• Liability Means Never Saying You're Sorry. An Interview With Nancy Berlinger, PhD, of the Hastings Center The best malpractice reform is an apology coupled with compensation, says medical ethicist Nancy Berlinger, PhD, of the Hastings Center.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 2009
• Proposed Healthcare Reform: No Fair Shake for Doctors Elements of proposed healthcare are not fair to doctors, and proposed funding unfairly taxes doctors, according to Gregory A. Hood, MD, Governor-elect of the ACP, Kentucky chapter.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2009