The American Heart Association has updated its 2005 guidelines on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiac care. For CPR, the guidelines newly emphasize chest compressions because of their importance for survival. Among the changes, published in...
Stories from behind the examining room door, as told by Rod Moser, PA, a primary care physician assistant with more than 35 years of clinical experience. Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Into the Wild Standards of personal hygiene are in the mind of the beholder. When my wife...
An animal study connects learning to cope with mild stress to improved spatial learning and increased hippocampal neurogenesis. Animal studies have shown increased hippocampal neurogenesis with antidepressant use (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:12796), but less is...
A computerized order entry warning system prevented some potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized older patients. Older patients are particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events (ADEs) because of the number of medications they receive, plus their...
Abstract Background: Data on the long-term association between low-carbohydrate diets and mortality are sparse. Objective: To examine the association of low-carbohydrate diets with mortality during 26 years of follow-up in women and 20 years in men. Design:...
Valeria T. Alchimowicz, 89, of Worcester, died Saturday, August 28, 2010 at the Dodge Park Rest Home. Dodge Park Rest Home family would like to contribute this page for the memory of the beloved resident Valeria T. Alchimowicz who passed away after long illness. She...
Going slower is better. Patients’ risks for relapse increase when lithium or antipsychotic medications are discontinued rapidly rather than gradually. To compare rapid (1–7 days) versus slow (14 days) discontinuation of antidepressants, researchers in Sardinia...
Beta-hemolytic streptococci infection was implicated in most cases of nontraumatic cellulitis. Cellulitis is a diffuse infection that causes redness, heat, and swelling of the skin and underlying soft tissue, particularly on the legs. It should be distinguished from...
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