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By Alan Lyndon How do you read journal articles? Print? Online? And, if on a mobile device, which one? A new survey found that 28 ...
Read More »Which Device Do Doctors Use For Medical News: iPhone or iPad?
What’s more important when choosing a doctor? Online ratings or office location?
By Brad Broker It’s interesting to see the spin on certain studies. For example, researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School conducted a study of ...
Read More »Doctors Should Prescribe Nutrition for Heart Disease
By Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC In the era of new cholesterol guidelines that significantly increase the number of statin-eligible patients, published in a country where ...
Read More »Football Helmets Provide Little Protection Against Concussion, TBI: New Study
By Brad Broker A new study finds that football helmets in use today don’t do much to protect against concussion or traumatic brain injuries (TBI), ...
Read More »Family Physicians Group Endorses Congress’ Plan to Overhaul Doc Pay
By Brad Broker Another major endorsement for the plan introduced by Congress to repeal and replace the SGR. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), ...
Read More »How Video Games Can Improve Your Health, Attention and Skills
By Alan Lyndon Lots of news in the past few days about the health benefits of playing video games. That’s right, parents, a little bit ...
Read More »NFL Bullying Did Contribute to Player’s Mental Health Issues
By Brad Broker The NFL has a big problem on its hands. The report commissioned by the league to investigate allegations of bullying, harassment and ...
Read More »Are Doctors Screening Their Patients for Hepatitis B?
By Curtis T. Miyamoto, MD I recently met with Chari Cohen, MPH DrPh(c), Director of Public Health, and Kuan-Lung Daniel Chen, MPH, CPH, Program Manager, ...
Read More »This App Will Get You To The Doctor, Even In A Major Snowstorm
By Brad Broker Much of the East Coast is trapped inside today. A major storm of snow and ice has left over 900,000 people without ...
Read More »Transition to ICD-10 May Cost 3X More Than Predicted For Physician Practices
The mandated implementation of the ICD-10 code set will be dramatically more expensive for most physician practices than previously estimated, according to an updated cost study released ...
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