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Population Health: A New Paradigm for Medicine

WEBHealthcare delivery system reform has become a dominant topic of conversation throughout the United States. Driven in part by ever-higher national expenditures on health, an …

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Is Healthcare a Human Right

WEBHealthcare as a human right is no novelty—it is recognized in various ways throughout the world. Most industrialized nations provide a universal healthcare system …

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Numismedica: Health Problems Caused by Coins

WEBCoins occasionally cause health problems. These have a wide range of presentations and can affect multiple organ systems. This article presents a review of the medical literature …

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Health Disparities in Chronic Diseases: Where the Money Is

WEBChronic diseases account for three-quarters of the U.S. health care expenditures and a majority of early deaths and lost of productive years of life. Health disparities exist …

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Health Ahead—The Heart Smart Family Approach to Prevention of

WEBThe Heart Smart Family Health Promotion program is a unique approach to education and skills development aimed at improving the cardiovascular health of entire families. By …

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Medication Adherence: Truth and Consequences

WEB1. Improving medication adherence may have a greater influence on the health of the population than in the discovery of any new therapy. Effective medicines …

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Influence of Race, Ethnicity and Social Determinants of Health on

WEBThere is strong evidence that race, ethnicity and social determinants of health significantly influence outcomes for patients with diabetes. A better understanding of the …

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Overweight and Obesity: Prevalence, Consequences, and Causes …

WEBThis paper provides an overview of the evidence on the current epidemic of obesity in the United States. The prevalence of overweight and obesity now exceeds 60% among US …

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“To Improve Is to Change”: Improving U.S. Healthcare

WEBSir Winston Churchill is quoted often to have said, “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Given this pithy observation, can we conclude that healthcare is …

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Risks of Prescription Sharing

WEBPrescription sharing is a vastly underestimated problem in healthcare and has not received its due attention.1 It poses a huge hurdle that physicians have to …

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Possible Early Examples of Medical Tourism

WEBHealth tourism has hundreds of years of history, most notably in visitors traveling to thermal baths. Medical tourism, a type of health tourism, has rapidly …

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Celiac disease and mental health—A concealed association

WEBCeliac disease (CD), or celiac sprue, is a T-cell-mediated enteropathy that results from an immune reaction to gluten exposure in individuals with a genetic …

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Choosing to Use Care as a Verb, Rather Than a Noun

WEBWhile interviewing me, a television reporter asked “What is the single most important thing to be done to improve our current health care system?” He expected me to discuss …

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Sex-Based Differences in Interstitial Lung Disease

WEBConnective tissue disorders (CTD) are well-known to affect women more often than men, and represent the fourth leading cause of disability in women. In fact, …

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Home Page: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

WEBMission Statement: The mission of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (AJMS) is to support the exchange of knowledge and information and to …

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The risk factors, consequences, and interventions of discharge …

WEBDischarge against medical advice (DAMA) represents an increasingly burdensome public health issue that leads to worse outcomes for patients and high …

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The safety of intravenous peripheral administration of 3

WEBThree percent hypertonic saline (3% HTS) is used to treat several critical conditions such as severe and symptomatic hyponatremia and increased intracranial …

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Outdoor Air Pollution: Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, and …

WEBNitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and carbon monoxide are important ambient air pollutants. High-intensity, confined space exposure to NO2 has caused catastrophic …

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Thiamine Deficiency: An Important Consideration in Critically Ill

WEBThiamine is an essential cofactor for 4 enzymes involved in the production of energy (ATP) and the synthesis of essential cellular molecules. The total body stores of …

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Hospital Guidelines for Diabetes Management and the Joint …

WEB4. MUSC identiﬁed the paper, column-based IV insulin drip protocol being used in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) as an area for improvement. After an extensive

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Synovial Sarcoma With Intracranial Metastasis as the Site of

WEBA 32-year-old male with medical history of synovial sarcoma in the right ankle, status post resection 3 months prior, presented to the emergency department (ED) with …

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Islamic Medicine in the Middle Ages

WEBThe Islamic culture flourished between the 9th and 13th centuries. Scholars from this era made significant contributions in mathematics, science and medicine. …

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