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Not believing that a national solution to a number of pressing health care problems is likely to come soon, states are moving ahead with a variety of reform initiatives to meet local needs.
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Although Massachusetts' individual mandate for health care coverage took effect July 1, the first-year penalties for people who remain uninsured are relatively light.
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The Partnership for Prevention says more than 100,000 lives could be saved every year in the United States if use of five preventive services were increased.
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Lindau and colleagues sampled Americans aged 57 to 85 years, living independently in 2004 to learn about their sexual habits. A total of 1550 women and 1455 men were interviewed.
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The FDA has approved a product for topical anesthesia prior to venous access procedures such as venipuncture or peripheral intravenous cannulations in children.
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In an era of multiple randomized controlled trials that have documented the efficacy of antiresorption agents both to enhance bone mineral density and reduce osteoporotic fractures, there remains some uncertainty about the efficacy of calcium supplementation, vitamin D supplementation, or the combination.
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There is a cause for the slow ventricular rate that is seen in this 12-lead ECG, obtained from an 81-year-old man. What is the cause likely to be?
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Efficacy and safety of combined use of aliskiren and valsartan in patients with hypertension: a randomized, double-blind trial.
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Patients with mild acute pancreatitis probably can be fed solid food with results as good as those seen with initial feeding with the traditional clear liquid diet.
