Disease

"Timely patient discharge requires a coordinated effort among surgeons, nurses, case managers, physical therapists, and others.

Diabetes is a poster-child for many of today’s health concerns, an increasing incidence, the frequent associated with a sedentary lifestyle and poor nutritional choices, increasing out-of-pocket spending, and a rising toll on healthcare services.

Here is a question. When you plot alcohol use against the risk of cancer, is the resulting curve J-shaped, suggesting that at low levels of consumption, alcohol may be protective?

Genome-Wide Association Studies, GWAS, look at the genomic milieu, but the presence or absence of a gene rarely tells the whole story. Genes, need to be transcribed, and ultimately metabolic products are created.

One of the significant problems for physicians is in translating research and guidelines into the care of their patients.

The CDC has released a new report showing the world's progress (or lack thereof) in eradicating measles, the most contagious of all human infectious diseases.

Before proceeding, let me make my bias clear.

A recent report [1] from Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) casts both light and shadow on the current health status of the increasingly important replacement for the Boomers, the Millennials - individuals born between 1981-1996, approximately 73 milli

As if winter isn't bad enough. Perhaps a visit from Santa might cheer you up, especially if you've already had a visit from Satan (note the brilliant juxtaposition of letters!).

This is Antibiotic Awareness Week.