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Following my heart attack in 2006, I knew I did not heed one of the warnings of one of my cardiologists.

How many nurses have heard "You could/should have been a doctor" from someone? It could have been said by a well-meaning family member or a grateful patient, but no matter where it comes from, the meaning is the same: You could have done better.

Health spending in the United States exceeded two trillion dollars in 2006 and will increase substantially for 2007. That is a hell of a lot of money, my friends.

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A major facet of a person's recovery from a heart attack involves change in diet. High-fat fast foods, much red meat and other...

It's hard to imagine how something that was once thought to be so obnoxious may now detect certain medical diseases much easier than blood or urine tests.

There are very few occupations that do not have intrinsic hazards. In an article in The New York Times recently, I read about a...

A new year usually brings reflections of the years past and questions about the year(s) to come. At the pace of change in healthcare, it's not hard to see the many...

This week Las Vegas hosted the annual Consumer Electronics Show. While most of the wizardry of the gadgets on the show...

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Until very recently, the thought of rehabilitation patients bowling, golfing, boxing, and playing baseball within a medical facility or office were not only outrageous, but impossible. Well, times have changed, and Nintendo's Wii console is steadily making its way into hospitals...

It happened the morning of July 20, 2006. I got up at my usual 7:15 a.m., kissed my wife good-bye, checked my calendar...

Welcome to Nurses' Notes. I'm thrilled to be the blogger for Nurses' Notes and I hope to make it a fun place to visit.

Hello and welcome to the first post of MDNG's MoBlog Mobile Weblog. As part of MDNG's new website, MoBlog will serve...

When physicians talk in the hallway or the elevator about a patient issue, a referral, or other physician communication, it is commonly referred to as a "cubside consult." In his recent article

As the baby boomers reach their retirement years and beyond, the need for in-home health monitoring will become more important. Yet, US patients are reluctant to pay out-of-pocket for such personal...

Doctors, like other professionals, often find themselves wading through page after page of completely irrelevant search results, Web pages, and other content and data as they search for accurate...

For many of us, Halloween brings the annual trip to the haunted house. We walk through carefully, taking precautions to steel ourselves against the many ghouls and goblins...

By some estimates, two-thirds of patients occasionally miss a doctor appointment and fail to notify the physician's office.

Mr. Wallstreet is walking at a pace so strong he makes taxis look stationary. Busy calculating statistics, going over a speech and contemplating sushi or salad, his mind is a seasoned juggler.

A common misperception exists about monumental changes and how they come about. Most think that significant and permanent change occurs as a result of a large cataclysmic event that leaves the...

The conversation started innocently enough; a member of Sermo--a wonderful doctors-only website--posed the question, "do kids still play doctor?" The conversation that followed was full...

7 Questions with... Jim Stickley, CTO, TraceSecurity.

Microsoft has launched their free (ad-supported) online health portal, HealthVault.

A common misperception exists about monumental changes and how they come about. Most think that significant and permanent change occurs as a result of a large cataclysmic event that leaves the...

There are more than 20 million diabetics in the United States, and all of them face the potential threat of blindness due to retinopathy, glaucoma and other sight-threatening eye conditions.

The HIPAA Risk That Lurks in the Shadows

Doctors, like other professionals, often find themselves wading through page after page of completely irrelevant search results, Web pages, and other content and data as they search for accurate...

Might PDAs soon go the way of the dodo bird? It sure looks like it, at least according to a blog posted to the Ars Technica website on August 13, titled "PDA Sales Drop by 40 Percent in a Single..."