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Americans are growing fatter in spite of media coverage about diet and exercise. Can the health care community make a difference? Patient Education Management talked to a few health care professionals with expertise in weight management to find out what America needs to know.
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Preplanning meals and snacks when trying to lose weight can help prevent failure. These plans target stumbling blocks that knock people off track.
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Where does your state stand when it comes to funding for abstinence-only programs? A new report released by the New York City-based Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. details the amount, type, and use of federal abstinence-only-until-marriage funds in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Poor communication in the ED can have dire consequences. In fact, poor communication between health care professionals is the root cause of nearly seven of 10 sentinel events, according to the Joint Commission.
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In the latest of alliances it has formed with other organizations, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration has partnered with the Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources Inc. to give health care workers a safer workplace.
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In much the same way as top-performing hospitals continue to improve at a more rapid pace, so too are the most technologically adept facilities widening the gap between themselves and their competitors, according to the sixth annual Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study.
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Patients who use both erythromycin and CYP3A inhibitors, particularly calcium channel blockers, had an increased risk of sudden death from cardiac causes.
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Patients with painless acute aortic dissection are more likely to present with syncope, congestive heart failure or stroke, and have a higher mortality, especially with type B dissection.
