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The decreasing age of onset of hypertension in the general population paired with increasing life expectancy has resulted in an increased incidence of this disorder, which will likely culminate in higher rates of morbidity and mortality in the future.

According to research presented at the 13th World Conference on Lung Cancer, volatile organic compounds found in exhaled breath may be the key to diagnosing lung and other cancers early.

Healthcare is already being rationed. Major healthcare decisions are already being made every day by insurance companies, not doctors.

Names of 2,059 nurses in California disciplinary database are now publicly available.

According to data from the Sequential Tarceva in Unresectable NSCLC trial maintenance therapy with erlotinib improved overall survival in patients with advanced NSCLC after initially successful chemotherapy.

The FDA is now requiring that stronger product warnings be included in the prescribing information of tumor necrosis factor-alpha blockers because of an increased risk of cancer in the children and adolescents who take them.

Georgia Tech has been working on an interactive surgical planner that analyzes MRI scans to simulate potential surgical options in pediatric cardiac patients.

Check out these three angina-focused CME.

A team of researchers from the Cardiovascular Research Center in Paria and CIC bioGUNE, an international center for biomedical research discovered that the activation of a cellular protein may be the key to a new treatment for ischemic pathologies.

Researchers from the Jefferson Headache Center have completed a multi-center, phase 3 clinical trial demonstrating that Levadex, an orally-inhaled migraine therapy, provides “significant relief” from migraine symptoms.

A new study by IBM shows that a large portion of Americans find filling out “repetitive paperwork” at the doctor’s office to be a waste of time; the study also reveals that a large majority of Americans feel the need for more access to their physicians.

A recent study shows that “men with angina are twice as likely to have a heart attack and almost three times as likely to suffer a heart disease-related death than women with the same condition.”

A few months ago the FDA issued a formal statement about the issue of sharing insulin pens and cartridges. In short, they gave it a big NO all around.

Epilepsy is often a difficult disorder with which to live, as seizures are unpredictable and the consequences are potentially severe. The pharmacotherapy of epilepsy frequently entails a careful balance of drug dosing and timing, and anything upsetting this can lead to seizures or toxicity.

Oncologists who do not have the time to search the Internet for opioid-induced constipation CME or want to read an abstract on the topic will find helpful resources in this Web exclusive.

Physicians at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, have used the pacemaker, typically used to help adult patients with heart problems, to alleviate symptoms in children with severe stomach problems.

Due to results that could mask significant hypoglycemia or prompt excessive insulin use, diabetics should never use GDH-PQQ glucose meters or test strips while using drug products or therapies that contain certain sugars other than glucose.

Communication is a critical element in the physician-patient relationship, especially between a patient with cancer and their oncologist.

British researchers in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford have demonstrated an association between schizophrenia and violence, and more importantly, that the association is greatly increased with drug and alcohol abuse.

Extensive clinical testing is not an effective way to determine the risk of future asthma attacks in patients who are receiving treatment based on current guidelines and who adhere to the guidelines, a new study has found.

Sprint has launched its mobile WiMax services in Atlanta, Baltimore, Las Vegas and Portland, Ore. What is WiMax, and why is it important to you?

President Obama continued to talk about his goal of overhauling the US healthcare system as a town hall meeting held this past Tuesday in Portsmouth, NH, a discussion that included the topic of the nation’s “severe shortage” of primary care physicians.

New research has found that patients with rheumatoid arthritis are likely to suffer from depression, which can, in turn, increase levels of pain associated with the disease.

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is “relatively common” among patients who have recently been discharged from the hospital and who go into home-based health care, the results of a new study show, and these patients may pose the risk of transmitting the illness to others in the household.

In November 2005, the Institute of Medicine released “Lost in Transition: From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor,” a report that highlighted the void in which many cancer survivors find themselves following active treatment.

I was interviewed this past week on a study to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine. This study was based on an analysis of women treated in Denmark who had undergone surgery for breast cancer in whom either isolated tumor cells were found in lymph nodes and women in whom microscopic metastatic disease was found.

The concept of healthcare reform is pointless unless we address fraud and waste. It matters little whether providers are cognizant of the fact they are defrauding or are just financial dullards.

My impression is that the reaction of physicians to electronic decision support has been mixed.

To reiterate—the big opportunity in healthcare reform is in being aware of what's going on and what is not—measuring and managing; managing and measuring.

Vertebroplasty, the percutaneous injection of a cement into a vertebral fracture, has become a widely used procedure for the treatment of spinal compression fractures.