May 17, 2013
Bryan weighs in at 210 lbs, and he's 10 years old. He wants to be a policeman, but gets tired going up stairs. What can we do for him?
May 15, 2013
An automated data collection system enables public health officials to categorize online vaccine information as negative or positive, and by location.
May 10, 2013
During testimony to a Congressional subcommittee on primary health and aging, emphasis on support for a strong primary care service.
May 10, 2013
First-time consumers are able to complete one application and review the range of health insurance options available.
May 08, 2013
The proposed order would reclassify sunlamp products from Class 1 to Class 2 medical devices and require the devices undergo premarket FDA review.
April 16, 2013
Nurses provided care comparable in quality to general practitioners for a number of low complexity primary care health problems.
April 05, 2013
A federal judge ruled today that the U.S. government must make Plan B and Plan B One-Step available over the counter for all ages
March 28, 2013
The PCEP, an unfunded provision of the Affordable Care Act, is important to improving public health, translating research into practice.
March 04, 2013
Overall increases in primary care demand modest, but need for healthcare services is greater in some areas.
March 01, 2013
Medicare providers and medical researchers brace for cuts from fiscal impasse.
February 14, 2013
Primarily used in food and drink packaging, ingestion of bisphenol A has recently been linked to obesity, diabetes, and reproductive disorders.
January 22, 2013
Should more hospital systems institute smoke-free hiring policies?
January 10, 2013
The agency offers advice to industry for developing tamper-resistant opioid painkiller formulations.
January 10, 2013
Pattern of poorer health outcomes means Americans are less likely to live to age 50.
January 01, 2013
Deconditioning -- a complication of POTS -- is also a common cause of morbidity and mortality in preventable diseases such as obesity.
December 21, 2012
Greater cooperation needed between federal and state health inspectors to oversee compounding pharmacies, which fall into a regulatory gray zone between various state and federal laws.
December 18, 2012
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Report identified 3,946 electronic health record-related medical errors from 2004 to 2012.
December 06, 2012
Eighty-five percent of Americans rated registered nurses' honesty and ethical standards as "very high" or "high."
December 05, 2012
Only about one in five graduating internal medicine residents in the United States plan to enter primary care.
November 29, 2012
Increasing the tax on cigarettes could reduce the federal deficit, despite the fact that people would be living longer on Medicare.
September 20, 2012
A small overall reduction the average BMI of U.S. adults could improve projected obesity trends.
August 08, 2012
Let's recognize primary care providers at community health centers for their integral role in decreasing U.S. health-care costs and creating a healthier America.
July 25, 2012
Individuals with employer-sponsored private health insurance report more negative patient experiences and less satisfaction vs. those on Medicare.
July 12, 2012
The need to educate patients and help them make difficult lifestyle changes requires clinicians to think differently and offer novel treatment approaches.
June 28, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). View Clinical Advisor's summary and top highlights of the high court's decision.
June 26, 2012
The U.S. Preventive Task Force advises clinicians to refer patients with a BMI of 30 kg/m² or more to intensive multicomponent behavioral weight loss interventions.
Health officials identify specific tests or procedures commonly, but not always practically, used in their respective fields in the Choosing Wisely campaign.
May 22, 2012
Employing professional translators for non-English speaking patients in hospital emergency departments (EDs) reduces miscommunication and errors, study results suggest.
May 10, 2012
Less than half of the drugs listed in the 2009 Physicians' Desk Reference had pediatric information.
April 30, 2012
Hospitals and clinics that do not meet EHR meaningful use requirements by 2015 will face escalating Medicare and Medicaid payment penalties.
