Physician recourse to online reviews may be futile
Image: PD The following is the pilot review in 2 Minute Medicine’s new Law & Medicine Specialty Topic, which aims...
AAP concerns about High-Deductible Health Plans
Image: PD 1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that the government consider restricting high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) to...
AAP issues new guidelines for freestanding urgent care facilities
Image: PD/CDC 1. More children are being seen at freestanding urgent care clinics in the United States. 2. The American...
Homosexual adolescent males more likely to misuse steroids
Image: PD 1. Sexual minority (homosexual or bisexual) boys had a significantly greater lifetime prevalence of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) misuse...
Plateau observed in the declining rate of pediatric outpatient antibiotic use
Image: PD 1. Although pediatric antibiotic dispensing decreased during early during the study period of 2000-2010, this downward trend slowed...
Substantial variation in quality of pediatric tonsillectomy perioperative care
Image: PD 1. There was significant variation in perioperative care for tonsillectomies among pediatric hospitals, as measured by rates of...
USPSTF recommends lung cancer screening in high risk patients
Image: PD 1. Adults between the ages of 55 to 80 years, who have a 30 pack-year smoking history and...
The NINDS trial: Tissue plasminogen activator in acute ischemic stroke significantly improves functional outcomes [Classics Series]
1. Treatment of acute ischemic stroke with tissue plasminogen activator within 3 hours of symptom onset significantly improves functional outcomes...
