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Diabetes is a major public health concern with increasing global and national prevalence. In the United States alone, more than 38 million people have diabetes, and more than 97 million have prediabetes. This epidemic translates to a high frequency of emergency department visits because of both acute and chronic diabetic complications.

Tracheostomies are increasingly performed in intensive care unit settings for patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation, upper airway protection, or as an adjunct in head and neck surgeries.

Palliative care focuses on improving the quality of life by managing symptoms for patients with serious illnesses at any stage. Emergency physicians often are the first to identify critically ill or dying patients and are in a unique position to initiate palliative interventions and guide goals-of-care discussions.

When patients face uncertain outcomes, providers often use the term guarded prognosis to describe their condition. This phrase carries clinical weight, shaping treatment decisions, communication strategies, and long-term care planning.

Both granuloma annulare and ringworm can cause ring-shaped rashes, but their causes and treatments are very different. Knowing how to tell them apart is essential for accurate diagnosis and proper care.

Spinal cord compression is a medical emergency requiring rapid diagnosis and intervention to prevent permanent neurologic deficits. Diagnosing this condition can be challenging, as low back pain is a common complaint, but only a small percentage of cases result from spinal cord compression.

A nursing team at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, revised the Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation handoff process between the emergency department and telemetry unit. It led to a few key improvements.

Emerging research suggests that metabolic health, particularly insulin resistance and mitochondrial dysfunction, plays a crucial role in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Fractional flow reserve is the gold standard for guiding revascularization in patients with intermediate coronary stenoses, as it reduces unnecessary interventions and improves clinical outcomes. Quantitative flow ratio, an angiography-based computational method, offers a noninvasive alternative by analyzing coronary angiograms without pressure wires. Here's how they compared.

Whether citizen science projects require IRB oversight depends on their classification under the Common Rule for human subjects research. Although many citizen science projects are exempt, some conducted in collaboration with universities or nonprofits may still fall under IRB jurisdiction.

'Prevented estimated 800 hospitalizations and 60 deaths'

'Over the past year, I have watched many children die of measles'

'Measles is a nasty virus.'

Those vaccinated before infection have varying levels of protection — up to 73%.

Fired worker had sought religious exemption