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This issue is the second installment in a two-part series on breast cancer. The first part covered epidemiology, histologic types of breast cancer, screening, diagnosis, principles of treatment, and surgical management. This issue will cover chemotherapy, radiation therapy, endocrine therapy, metastatic breast cancer, and primary care for the breast cancer survivor.
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Vertigo, a type of dizziness, is the illusion of motion, usually rotational motion, and is a common presentation to the emergency department (ED).
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Entrapments and retained foreign bodies represent a common cause of emergency department (ED) visits. A majority of these pediatric presentations are easily assessed and managed by emergency physicians. However, even when accurately identified, this injury pattern may present therapeutic challenges.
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Comparing blood pressure medications, determining optimal length of androgen-deprivation therapy, red yeast rice for LDL reduction, and FDA Actions.
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In addition to the other ways that the country's economic downturn is affecting health care providers, emergency departments (EDs) are now seeing an increase in the number of patients leaving the ED early, because they do not want to be hit with a big medical bill when they are without health insurance and possibly without a job.
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Health and Hospital Corp., the parent company of Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died on a waiting room floor - but went unnoticed for more than an hour.
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Risk managers may participate in the management of a facility building or remodeling project by overseeing the myriad hazards and liabilities that can crop up along the way, but you may be missing a great opportunity to advance your own concerns if you don't immerse yourself in the earliest stages of the design process.
