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May 15th 2024
A post hoc analysis from FIDELITY shows finerenone could significantly reduce eGFR slopes among patients at risk of worsening CKD due to a heart failure hospitalization.
Elevating Care for PAH: Applying Recommended Management Approaches to Maximize Outcomes
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Exploring the Role of Novel Agents for the Management of IgA Nephropathy
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Clinical Consultations™: Managing Depressive Episodes in Patients with Bipolar Disorder Type II
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Medical Crossfire®: Understanding the Advances in Bipolar Disease Treatment—A Comprehensive Look at Treatment Selection Strategies
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'REEL’ Time Patient Counseling: The Diagnostic and Treatment Journey for Patients With Bipolar Disorder Type II – From Primary to Specialty Care
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‘REEL’ Time Patient Counseling™: Navigating the Complex Journey of Diagnosing and Managing Fabry Disease
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Envisioning Novel Therapeutic Approaches to Managing ANCA-associated Vasculitis
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Patient, Provider & Caregiver Connection™: Implementing an Effective Management Plan to Improve Outcomes in IgA Nephropathy
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Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of Heart Bypass Surgery and Angioplasty
April 15th 2010Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have completed a comparative review of heart bypass surgery and angioplasty that examined the safety and efficacy of each for the treatment of heart blockages.
Why the iPad Will Not Be Used for Healthcare IT
April 15th 2010Some health care IT industry heavyweights have gone so far as to suggest that the iPad will be greatly utilized in the healthcare setting and revolutionize the way we do business. While I do think the iPad is incredibly shiny and is great computer replacement for your grandma, I think it's a bit of an exaggeration to suggest that it will ever be fully adopted by healthcare IT shops.
Hyperchondriasis - a "New Age" Somatoform Disorder
April 13th 2010Modern medicine's technological advances now allow more people to live long enough to develop chronic diseases where the mortality is low but the morbidity high. Hyperchondriacs are acutely aware of this, and perceive great threats in their aging and the future. Hyperchondriacs have similar attributes to hypochondrial patients even as they lack the attendant "symptoms" of a physiologic illness.
Will the iPad Create Solutions in Healthcare?
The highly coveted iPad was released last weekend, and those who were fortunate enough to acquire the new gadget have been quick to discuss what kind of impact it will have on just about any industry. But what kind of impact will the iPad have on healthcare?
APSO Needs to Replace SOAP in EMRs
April 6th 2010Electronic medical records (EMRs) have a bad reputation among many physicians for generating progress notes that are so verbose and filled with standard phrases that they are nearly useless to other physicians, and even to the physician who produced the note in the first place.
CT Scan that Measures Blood Flow could Be New Test for Identifying Smokers at Risk for Emphysema
April 6th 2010Using CT scans that measure blood flow in the lungs, researchers at the University of Iowa may have found a new tool that identifies at-risk smokers for emphysema before the onset of serious symptoms.