I thought this was interesting even if it doesn’t deal with our specialty specifically. One in Five US Adults Use Tobacco Products Alcohol Remains a Leading Cause of Premature Death Obesity Epidemic Is Global, New Study Confirms Noncommunicable diseases are the main cause of illness and disability in the United States and are responsible for […]
Read MoreForty-six individuals die every day in the United States from an overdose of prescription painkillers, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Healthcare providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for opioid painkillers in 2012. “That’s enough for every American adult to have their own bottle of pills,” CDC director […]
Read MoreWhat is “employee engagement”? Psychologists, sociologists and CEOs alike are still arguing about the proper definition of the term, but they agree on the basics: An engaged employee is fully absorbed, satisfied, and furthers the organization’s mission through positive action. As an emerging leader, you probably embody engagement, and you know how it affects your […]
Read MoreAuthors: Robertson CS et al., JAMA 2014 Jul 2; 312:36 Neither the administration of erythropoietin nor the transfusion threshold has shown improvement of neurologic outcome in patients with traumatic brain injury. Head trauma occurs in 1.5 million Americans annually, at a cost of more than $56 billion. Erythropoietin (EPO) has potential as a neuroprotective agent […]
Read MoreCataract surgery may reduce the rate of cognitive decline and improve vision, cognition, and quality of life in dementia patients, new research suggests. Preliminary results from an ongoing prospective study conducted by investigators at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio, showed that in a cohort of patients with dementia and clinically significant cataracts, immediate cataract […]
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