February 24, 2020
Healthcare acquired infections are infections that patients get while receiving treatment for medical or surgical conditions and many are preventable. At any one time in the […]
February 7, 2020
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is a hospital-acquired lung infection that develops 48 hours or longer, in a person who is on a ventilator. The infection is caused by […]
February 3, 2020
This Week’s Trending Medical Education Topic is Stress Management and Physician Burnout. Stress has been classified as the “Health Epidemic of the 21st Century” by […]
February 1, 2020
February is busy with various health awareness observances such as American Heart Health Month …
January 24, 2020
A new coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. This outbreak began in early December 2019 and […]
January 17, 2020
Emerging research has identified a strong relationship between the gastrointestinal system and the nervous system. This relationship is often termed the gut-brain axis, where physiologic processes or […]
January 13, 2020
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing more than 600,000 people each year. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most […]
November 3, 2019
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. In the United States, there are about 3.4 million people with epilepsy: 3 million adults and 470,000 children. Once epilepsy is […]
October 27, 2019
It is estimated that about 27,510 cases of gastric cancer will be diagnosed, and 11,140 people will die from this type of cancer in 2019. Gastric […]