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Rapid Injections Trump Slow for Minimizing Injection Pain
Rapid vs slow needle insertion: What's better?
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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How to Improve Patient Compliance in Dyslipidemia Diagnosis and Treatment
Dr. George Lundberg discusses whether system-initiated patient alerts or patient-initiated requests for support or no intervention made a difference in screening and intervention.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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Prostate Cancer Genetics
Dr. Eric Topol discusses a flood of new data on common genetic variants that could predict prostate cancer.
February 2008
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Fibromyalgia Is Not a Rheumatologic Disease Anymore
George T. Griffing, MD, Professor of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri; Editor-in-Chief, Internal Medicine, eMedicine, discusses whether we should believe in fibromyalgia.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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What Is the Maximum Safe Dose of Opioids?
Clinicians must consider a number of patient characteristics when dosing opioid pain medications.
Medscape Pharmacists, February 2008
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What Is the Best Way to Treat and Rehabilitate a Ruptured Achilles Tendon?
What is the best way to treat and rehabilitate a ruptured Achilles tendon?
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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A New Genetic Test for Prostate Cancer Risk: An Expert Interview With Dr. David F. Penson, MD
An analysis of nearly 3000 Swedish men with prostate cancer revealed a strong association with a set of genetic mutations. Medscape spoke to David Penson, MD, about the implications of this finding.
Medscape Urology, February 2008
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How Can I Recognize an Adverse Drug Event?
The first step is key: considering the possibility that a drug is the cause of a new medical problem.
Medscape Pharmacists, February 2008
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The Need for a US Health Television Network
Lawrence Grouse, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, proposes a new health and medicine TV network.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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Literature Commentary by Dr. John G. Bartlett: Sexually Transmitted Infections, January 2008
In this review and commentary: latest prevalence data for STIs, including screening for Chlamydia and treatment options for fluoroquinolone-resistant gonorrhea.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 2008
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Clostridium difficile Infection: State of the Field With John G. Bartlett, MD, and Amita Gupta, MD, MHS
What can we expect in the new treatment and infection control guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection?
Medscape Infectious Diseases, December 2007
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Healthcare Worker Influenza Immunization
Despite local and national efforts to encourage influenza vaccination, the overall vaccination rate among US healthcare workers remains unacceptably low. What can be done to improve rates?
Medscape Infectious Diseases, December 2007
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Role of Newer Beta-blockers in Blood Pressure Control and Heart Failure: An Expert Interview With Alan H. Gradman, MD
AHA 2007: A leading authority discusses whether the ability of the newer generation of beta-blockers to increase NO confers additional benefits for treatment of hypertension and heart failure.
Medscape Cardiology, December 2007
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Science and Sensibility: An Interview With Professor Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine 1996
Prof. Rolf Zinkernagel, immunologist and Nobel Prize winner, was interviewed after his lecture on "Why Do We Not Have a Vaccine Against TB or HIV (Yet)?"
Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
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Prophylactic Antimicrobials Linked to Recurrent UTIs in Children?
A study published July, 2007 in JAMA looks at 5 years of data from a 3-state primary care research network in the Northeast.
Medscape Pediatrics, November 2007
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"A Big Jump": Mario Capecchi's Journey From Italian Street Kid to Nobel Laureate
Mario Capecchi's groundbreaking research in gene targeting makes it possible to "knock out" specific genes in mice, which reveals the gene's function and its role in disease.
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, October 2007
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Getting Control of Health Costs -- For Real
Governor Michael Dukakis tells us how to control healthcare costs.
Medscape General Medicine, September 2007
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Dosing Medical Marijuana: Rational Guidelines on Trial in Washington State
Any government agency should adopt presumptive dosing and supply limits on the basis of best scientific evidence currently available in the field of cannabinoid medicine.
Medscape General Medicine, September 2007
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Critical Values -- More Than 3 Decades of Experience: An Expert Interview With George D. Lundberg, MD
Dr. George D. Lundberg looks at the impact of critical values on the practice of medicine, with a perspective on the future.
Medscape Pathology, September 2007
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The Training of the "Helpless" Physician
Each year, medical schools turn out well-trained doctors, highly skilled and competent in every phase of practice -- except surviving economically.
Medscape General Medicine, September 2007
