Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 19, 2017
Hospitals that frequently treat acute COPD exacerbations using noninvasive ventilation – a practice known to reduce mortality, length of stay, and ...
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 17, 2017
Delaying the clamping of the umbilical cord for 3 minutes decreased anemia for as long as 1 year in a high-risk population.
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 17, 2017
Asthma was ruled out in 33% of adults in the general Canadian population who had been diagnosed by a physician during the preceding 5 years, accord...
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 12, 2017
Every current guideline and consensus statement regarding systemic glucocorticoid therapy in rheumatoid arthritis falls short of offering clinician...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 11, 2017
177Lu-Dotatate, a radionuclide related to octreotide, reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 79% in a phase III trial involving 229 ad...
News
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 10, 2017
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force continues to recommend that all women planning or capable of pregnancy should take a daily supplement of 0....
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 9, 2017
Mesh explantation usually occurs 1-3 years after implantation and triples the operative costs of the original ventral hernia repair.
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 9, 2017
Lightweight mesh was associated with more surgical site infection and longer hospital stay following open ventral hernia repair, compared with midw...
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 9, 2017
The “weekend warrior” exercise pattern – having one or two rather than five to seven leisure-time activity sessions per week – may be sufficient to...
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 6, 2017
A Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosing pulmonary, extrapulmonary, and latent tuberculosis in adults and children has been released jointly by...
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 5, 2017
Francis J. Podbielski, MD, FCCP, comments: The authors have demonstrated the safety of cerebral protection systems, but not their clinical benefit ...
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 5, 2017
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 4, 2017
Adding hypothermia therapy to standard care for convulsive status epilepticus is not neuroprotective, according to a report published online Dec. 2...
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: January 1, 2017
Topics include: Gluten-free diet and celiac disease • Fluoxetine and bone health • Sudden cardiac death and T4 • Morning sickness and pregnancy los...
Article
- Author:
- Mary Ann Moon
Publish date: December 27, 2016
Diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and back/neck pain are the top three conditions accounting for the highest spending on personal health care.
