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Study Demonstrates Effectiveness of a New Generation of Anticoagulants

This recent article demonstrates that the new generation anticoagulants are as effective as our old gold standard but with less bleeding risk. The study compared a

July 7, 2013 1 Comment

Doctor-Patient Relationship Breakdown Leads to Physician Dissatisfaction

The following statistics are from the 2013 Physician Outlook and Practice Trends, a report published by Jackson Healthcare. Physician discontent appears to be creating a

June 22, 2013 2 Comments

Moral Hazard Anyone?

This article is a response to a story in this Weekend’s Wall Street Journal (June 15-16, 2013) which explains that Detroit is quickly heading to bankruptcy. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324688404578545373282545626.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection

June 20, 2013 No Comments

Gastric Bypass Surgery and Cardiovascular Risk

Medical obesity is defined as a body mass index greater than or equal to 30. This index is calculated based upon a person’s height and

June 19, 2013 No Comments

Can Hospital-Owned Practices Survive in The Long Run?

The following is a very well written and very relevant article by Arthur Gale, MD. After the article, I have included my own brief commentary on the

June 18, 2013 1 Comment

Face Down Positioning is Effective For Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

This article from the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates that placing patients face-down while intubated for a condition known as acute respiratory distress syndrome

June 17, 2013 No Comments

When It Comes To The ICU, Less is Better

A recent New England Journal of Medicine article suggests perhaps less is better in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This came from the June 6,

June 16, 2013 2 Comments

Is Cholesterol the Key to Understanding Alzheimer’s?

This article presents a brief analysis of the following study presented in the Journal of the American Medical Association: Variants in the ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter

April 22, 2013 No Comments

Africa Has The Lowest Incidence of Cancer in the World

Are we to believe that Africa truly as the least incidence of cancer in the world? Perhaps, but this is likely due to the

April 20, 2013 2 Comments

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