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3 Hospitalists Honored on Modern Healthcare’s List of 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders
April 15, 2016
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) congratulates three hospitalists who appear on Modern Healthcare’s list of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders of 2016.
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Higher Risk of Cataracts After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
April 15, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of cataracts increases after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), suggesting the need for eye protection in patients undergoing these procedures, researchers from Taiwan report. Although previous studies have identified a link between occupational radiati
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Ten-Year Results Find that Bypass Lowers the Odds of Cardiovascular Death
April 14, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ten-year results from a comparison of coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) with medical therapy alone has found that bypass lowers the odds of cardiovascular death by about nine percentage points in people with ischemic cardiomyopathy. The 16% reduction in the death
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Study Finds: Blood Pressure Medication and Stain Cholesterol Fighter Decreases the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke in Patients with Hypertension and Moderate Risk of Heart Disease
April 13, 2016
(Reuters) - Patients with hypertension and moderate risk of heart disease slashed their long-term risk of heart attack and stroke 40 percent by taking a blood pressure medication as well as a statin cholesterol fighter, according to a large global study that could change medical practice. Results
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Failure of Promising Treatments for Controlling Cholesterol Leads to More Studies
April 12, 2016
(Reuters) - New ways of controlling cholesterol, including possibly directly injecting "good" HDL cholesterol into patients, need to be studied following the failure of promising treatments from Eli Lilly, Pfizer Inc and Roche Holding AG, according to top heart researchers. Lilly in October halte
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HM16 Q&A: How Do You try to Make a Positive Impact on Public Health in Your Daily Work?
April 12, 2016
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, formerly a hospitalist in Boston, said in a keynote speech that hospitalists have more power than they think to improve public health.
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Improve Your Treatment of VTE
April 12, 2016
It is estimated that 250,000 to 600,000 patients are diagnosed and hospitalized annually with venous thromboembolism (VTE), the third most common cardiovascular illness after acute coronary syndrome and stroke. An estimated 300,000 VTE-related deaths occur in the U.S.
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Annual Meeting Highlights Latest Research, Project Completion
April 11, 2016
One of the things that Jennifer Feighner, MD, cheerfully came away with at HM16 was how to better complete a task that is distinctly uncheerful but also important to any high-performing hospital: how to collect the data of the dead. The quality improvement session “Reducing Inpatient Mortality: A
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Study Suggests that Elderly Patients with Hip Fractures get Better Care at Smaller Hospitals
April 11, 2016
(Reuters Health) - Elderly patients with hip fractures may get better care at smaller hospitals, a new study suggests.
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Policy Experts Urge Hospitalists to Get Involved, Share Knowledge
April 10, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Think beyond your four walls, speakers told hospitalists at HM16.
