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We all know that as we get older, our bodies won't work as well as they once did. As a result, we all have certain expectations as we age. For instance, many of us expect bad backs, achy joints, poor memory, and being hard of hearing.

Perhaps it is only me, but I suspect that it is true for the majority of my colleagues, scheduling our time in the operating room is a very personal matter.

One way to reduce healthcare costs, especially on the medical side of the equation has been to increase the utilization of mid-level or advanced care practitioners, e.g., nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

In a piece published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers present a proof-of-concept study maintaining they designed “an accessible solution that uses speakers and microphones within existing smartphones to det

Promising work just published in Nature Medicine especially offers hope to chronically ill patients battling drug-resistant infections while most compromised with weakened im

In my previous life as a surgeon, one of my achievements was bringing a national quality improvement program to my community hospital.

New research published in Pediatrics analyzed the rate of foreign-body ingestions (FBIs) in young children (under age 6) only to determine it inc

A long time ago, the pioneers of cardiovascular surgery would move from operating room [OR] to operating room performing the critical parts of the surgical procedure.

By Mark Miller, University of Virginia

I had the right to remain silent, but I cannot.