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If we say that nurses should be held to a higher standard, what standard would that be?

A new word to become familiar with: Knol. It is a shortened form of the word ‘knowledge’ and means a unit of knowledge.

California has passed a law banning trans fats in restaurants, bakeries, delicatessens, cafeterias, and other businesses classified as “food facilities.”

Although studies show early intervention to be effective in reducing psychotic symptoms in patients with first-episode psychosis, the benefits aren’t sustainable.

The war against cancer has become expensive and pervasive in a society where half of the men and one-third of the women will be saddled with a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.

Qik uses your phone's camera to send a live video feed through the cellular network to the Internet, where it is available for live viewing on the Qik website.

Doctors should be paid an amount that covers the typical cost of tests and treatments needed to address a patient's condition.

AIDS rates in the nation’s Latino community are increasing to the point that they have reached what experts are calling a simmering public health crisis.

German biomedical company Activaero just announced the FDA 510(k) clearance of its Watchhaler device, a mechanical inhalation system.

You specialists thought that it was always going to be rewarding, that each day would be an adventure. Can it be possible that specializing is just work too?

To an outsider, the view of a school nurse's role can be a distorted one. But, the reality is much different.

The FDA announced its intention to push for a black box warning to be placed on the prescription label of 11 AEDs.

As the causes and links to autism continue to baffle, researchers tirelessly work at finding any new information that could potentially lead to a better understanding of the condition. Evidence that genetics play a large role in autism continues to surface.

U.S. News & World Report just came out with its list of “America’s Best Hospitals – 2008,” with hospitals ranked based on factors within 16 specialties, from cancer to urology. Do they mean anything?

The American Academy of Pediatrics is now recommending cholesterol-reducing medications for high-risk kids.

Supporters of HR 6331 are celebrating a major victory. Earlier this week Congress blocked President Bush's veto of the legislation that includes 3 provisions that protect patient access to community pharmacies.

A federal appeals court has temporarily suspended 10% reductions in Medi-Cal reimbursements for medications that had forced pharmacists to take losses or stop serving Medicaid beneficiaries.

The unprecedented collaboration of RxHub and SureScripts will unite the country's 2 leading health information networks.

The CDC looks to improve the nation's health through more proactive prevention and wellness policies.

DeBakey was best-known for his trailblazing efforts in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

The University of Houston's Texas Obesity Research Center (TORC) has jumped into the virtual world by launching an International Health Challenge to take place in the land of Second Life.

For those of you who are enamored with your iPhone or iPod touch, you now have a good excuse to take it into the office â€" Epocrates RX software is now available for the iPhone OS, and it's a freebie.

Many of the private health insurance plans for older Americans are siphoning off the top of Medicare's already "overstretched budget."

Quality assurance tasks certainly have also become easier with the use of the EMR. It's now much easier to audit a chart for any one of several interventions or issues.

The study findings published in the July 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology provide early signals that Leukine may offer clinical benefits in high-risk melanoma patients by increasing and differentiating dendritic cells.

With all the content aggregators and other resources online that point users toward useful websites, it's hard to fathom how a site as well conceived and valuable as dave.md could remain so relatively unknown.

An 89-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and a transient ischemic attack 7 years earlier ...