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Icyou: How Social Media Is the New Resource for Online Health Information
Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, Medical Editor, Icyou.com, Charleston, South Carolina, describes another promising use of the health Internet.
Expert Viewpoint, May 9, 2008
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CME/CE
Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm
An update on exercise-induced bronchospasm from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2008 Annual Meeting.
Conference Coverage, May 8, 2008
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CME/CE
Current Research Initiatives in Asthma
An update on new research initiatives in asthma from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2008 Annual Meeting.
Conference Coverage, May 8, 2008
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CME/CE
Natural Killer T Cells and Regulatory T Cells: Their Role in Asthma Pathogenesis
An update on natural killer T cells and regulatory T cells from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2008 Annual Meeting.
Conference Coverage, May 8, 2008
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CME/CE
Highlights of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2008 Annual Meeting
Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments on exercise-induced asthma, new research initiatives in asthma, and more from AAAAI 2008.
Conference Coverage, May 8, 2008
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How to Treat Skin Infections, Including MRSA, in 2008
Erik Schraga, MD, with Stanford-Kaiser Santa Clara Emergency Medicine in California, explains the correct way to treat skin abscesses in 2008.
Editorial, May 5, 2008
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Patients: An Untapped Safety Resource
Julia A. Hallisy, DDS, a dentist in San Francisco, California, teaches how patients can protect themselves.
Editorial, May 2, 2008
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Development of Medical Checklists for Improved Quality of Patient Care
What is the evidence to support using medical checklists? Do they play a fundamental role in error management?
Journal Article, May 1, 2008
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Augmentation Therapy for Emphysema Due to Alpha-1-antitrypsin Deficiency
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency is unrecognized and underdiagnosed. Increased awareness about this disease including the natural history is necessary. Learn more about present treatment strategies.
Journal Article, May 1, 2008
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Visual Diagnosis: Right-Side Diaphragm Injury Resulting from Blunt Trauma
Learn more about a case report of a 35-year-old man involved in a snowmobile crash.
Journal Article, May 1, 2008
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Underutilization of Thromboprophylaxis in Patients With Heart Failure
Gregory Piazza, MD, Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, discusses how poorly many hospitals are preventing deep vein thrombosis.
Expert Viewpoint, April 30, 2008
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CME/CE
Educating the Health Professional for Improving Cultural Competency
An expert panel discusses three areas of cultural competence--bias, language barriers, and communication--in the context of clinician-patient vignettes.
Commentary, April 30, 2008
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CME/CE
What's New in the Restless Legs Syndrome Literature?
In this expert interview, Drs. Wayne Hening and Jacques Montplaisir provide an overview of some of the newest literature on restless legs syndrome and discuss implications for clinical practice.
Article, April 30, 2008
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CME/CE
Cultural Competency in Healthcare: A Clinical Review and Video Vignettes From the National Medical Association
Clinician-patient vignettes demonstrate 3 areas of cultural challenges for healthcare providers: bias, language barriers, and communication problems.
Clinical Review, April 30, 2008
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Transmission of Influenza Virus: What Is Keeping the Next Pandemic at Bay?
Can we predict whether the next pandemic will be like the mild 1968 Hong Kong influenza or more similar to the devastating 1918 pandemic, which may have killed more than 50 million people worldwide?
Expert Viewpoint, April 29, 2008
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Announcing the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Section of The Medscape Journal of Medicine
David Goldenberg, MD, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, announces this new section of The Medscape Journal.
Editorial, April 29, 2008
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CME/CE
Drug Mix-Ups Threaten Patient Safety
Many medications are easily confused with other drugs that have similar names. How can you help avoid harmful mix-ups?
Clinical Case, April 29, 2008
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Multicenter Phase II Trial of Genexol-PM, a Novel Cremophor-free, Polymeric Micelle Formulation of Paclitaxel, with Cisplatin in Patients with Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
The use of cremophor-free paclitaxel with cisplatin shows significant anti-tumor activity and may allow for higher doses of paclitaxel without added toxicites.
Journal Article, April 28, 2008
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Famotidine Versus Pantoprazole for Preventing Bleeding in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract of Critically Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
Which is more effective, proton pump inhibitors or histamine2 antagonists?
Journal Article, April 28, 2008
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"Jake Leg," Other Poisonings, Physicians as Canaries, and the FDA
Emily Friedman, an independent health policy and ethics analyst, reminds us why doctors must be "canaries" and the FDA must act.
Editorial, April 28, 2008
