Clinicians caution that while the app flags possible anemia, definitive diagnosis requires lab testing, patient history and ...

Uncovering Unhealthy Drinking in ‘Normal’ Patients Some of your most at-risk patients won’t screen positive for alcohol use disorder, but that doesn’t mean they’re safe. Learn how to spot and support ...

Also in October 2014, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reclassified hydrocodone products to schedule II from schedule III. The opioid epidemic, which continues to ravage the country, was ...

Mehta: Surprisingly and increasingly more common. It's interesting because it is definitely not something that people think of when they think of doctors. People think of these very busy people who've ...

The concept of prevention is not new, but there is an intensified federal focus on strategies to improve food safety and to reduce foodborne disease. Regulations from the FDA and the USDA—the Food ...

While 10% of women can face infertility issues, [3] those numbers can increase exponentially with exposure to lead. A study by Carnegie Mellon University that analyzed county-level data from a range ...

Diagnosing the Problem People who are trained in the life sciences and medicine, no matter what career course they pursue, have a common background in terms of their educational and training ...

Feeling Like a "Fake": Challenges for New Nurse Practitioner Graduates Nurse practitioner (NP) graduates often express feelings of being an "impostor" or "fake" as they move from the role of student ...

Fast Five Quiz: Ovarian Cancer Overview Worldwide, more than 200,000 women are estimated to develop ovarian cancer, and about 100,000 die of the disease every year. Do you know key components of ...

Tramadol is a synthetic centrally acting analgesic that binds weakly to µ-receptors. At the same time, it stimulates descendent inhibitory pathways in the spinal cord by enhancing release and ...

Of 984 patients assigned placebo and 975 assigned carvedilol, 96 were already receiving antiarrhythmic therapy (amiodarone in 95 cases). Randomization occurred on average 10 days after MI and the mean ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Misoprostol (Cytotec) is safe and effective for induction of labor, although it is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in pregnancy. In ...