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A few months after performing breast augmentation on a patient, a California surgeon had a consensual three-month relationship with her.
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(Editor's note: This issue includes the first part of a two-part series looking at the problem of staffing keeping silent when danger looms. This month we discuss the recently released report The Silent Treatment. We examine why staff don't speak up and how to address that problem. In next month's issue, we offer four recommendations to create a culture in which people speak up effectively about concerns.)
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Calcium supplements and MI; birth control pills and VTE; ACE inhibitors and breast cancer risk; spending on pharmaceuticals; and FDA actions.
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The FDA has approved Boceprevir, a protease inhibitor for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infections.
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Dried plums (prunes) are safe and more effective than psyllium for treating mild-to-moderate constipation
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The ECG shown above was interpreted as essentially "normal," showing nothing more than minimal nonspecific ST-T wave changes. Do you agree?
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Unless there is another overt cause, such as occupational exposure to toxic inhalants, we generally expect chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to be secondary to cigarette smoking.
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Regular coffee consumption is associated with a prominent decrease in fatal or metastatic prostate cancer.