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 How can we improve doctor/patient communication? May 5, 2013  |  Full Story

 When is it time to take the keys from the elderly? March 24, 2013  |  Full Story

 Healthcare law update: March March 17, 2013  |  Full Story

 Diabetes guidelines in kids March 17, 2013  |  Full Story

 When 'never events' become real events March 10, 2013  |  Full Story

 Grace Notes #21: Kindness March 10, 2013  |  Full Story

 Is medication non-compliance costing you? February 17, 2013  |  Full Story

 1-27-2013 January 27, 2013  |  Full Story

 Around the Bedside January 27, 2013  |  Full Story

 Can hospital observation areas decrease health care spending? January 13, 2013  |  Full Story

 How can hospitals improve the quality of their care? January 13, 2013  |  Full Story

 Will osteoporosis screenings fall victim to budget cuts? January 13, 2013  |  Full Story

 How common are farm injuries in children and teens? January 6, 2013  |  Full Story

 What is the Berlin Heart? December 30, 2012  |  Full Story

 How are pediatricians helping families with medically complex children? December 30, 2012  |  Full Story

 How can we reduce hospitalizations in nursing home patients? December 23, 2012  |  Full Story

 Is unemployment linked to heart attack risk? December 23, 2012  |  Full Story

 To what extent can the heart regenerate itself? December 16, 2012  |  Full Story

 What do consumers need to know about over-the-counter drugs? December 16, 2012  |  Full Story

 How can transparency transform health care? December 16, 2012  |  Full Story

 What factors have influenced the rise in knee replacements? December 9, 2012  |  Full Story

 Are the effects of “chemo brain” irreversible? December 9, 2012  |  Full Story

 Is talk therapy effective over the phone? December 9, 2012  |  Full Story

 Do feelings of loneliness pose health risks? December 9, 2012  |  Full Story

 How can doctors combat violence? December 2, 2012  |  Full Story

 What role does fat grafting play in plastic surgery? December 2, 2012  |  Full Story

 Can a new care model improve outcomes for patients with Alzheimer’s disease? December 2, 2012  |  Full Story

 How is HIV treated today? December 2, 2012  |  Full Story

 How is the Riley Mother Baby Hospital in Kenya impacting mothers? December 2, 2012  |  Full Story

 Spotlight on Nursing: Part 1 of 3 November 25, 2012  |  Full Story

 Spotlight on Nursing: Part 2 of 3 November 25, 2012  |  Full Story

 Spotlight on Nursing: Part 3 of 3 November 25, 2012  |  Full Story

 How do traditional and social media converge to help those with rare diseases? November 18, 2012  |  Full Story

 What happens when patients don’t follow doctors’ orders? November 18, 2012  |  Full Story

 What makes your stomach turn? November 18, 2012  |  Full Story

 When should doctors retire? November 18, 2012  |  Full Story

 How will recently enacted Affordable Care Act policies affect Medicare for hospitals? November 11, 2012  |  Full Story

 How can physician education help lower the cost of health care? November 11, 2012  |  Full Story

 How should doctors respond to "incidental" findings? November 11, 2012  |  Full Story

 When should I call the pediatrician? November 11, 2012  |  Full Story

 What is the value of an annual checkup? November 4, 2012  |  Full Story

 What are "compounding" pharmacies and how do they fit into our health care system? November 4, 2012  |  Full Story

 What is being done to help you receive laboratory results promptly from your doctor? November 4, 2012  |  Full Story

 How can you and your doctor make the right choices together? October 28, 2012  |  Full Story

 How do different subtypes of breast cancer affect treatment? October 14, 2012  |  Full Story

 What creates communication barriers between caregivers and health care providers? October 14, 2012  |  Full Story

 Should routine ovarian cancer screenings end? October 7, 2012  |  Full Story

 What do smart sutures mean for the future of wound care? October 7, 2012  |  Full Story

 Why is the incidence of Chagas disease growing in the U.S? September 30, 2012  |  Full Story

 How can setting goals aid terminally ill patients? September 30, 2012  |  Full Story

 What has changed since the Women’s Health Initiative findings ten years ago? September 23, 2012  |  Full Story

 Is prescription painkiller abuse on the rise? September 16, 2012  |  Full Story

 Can a powerful antibiotic used in animals fight superbugs without causing hearing loss in people? September 16, 2012  |  Full Story

 How does marriage affect heart surgery outcomes? September 16, 2012  |  Full Story

 What are the consequences of unintended pregnancies? September 9, 2012  |  Full Story

 Is there value in adding ultrasound technology to routine mammograms? September 9, 2012  |  Full Story

 How does mobility affect the diagnosis of breast cancer? September 9, 2012  |  Full Story

 Which part of the hospital environment draws the most criticism? September 2, 2012  |  Full Story

 Does new drug signify Cystic Fibrosis breakthrough? September 2, 2012  |  Full Story

 What is the secret behind the ALIVE program’s success? September 2, 2012  |  Full Story

 Is running without gravity a possibility in your future? September 2, 2012  |  Full Story

 What do potential changes in Medicare mean for future senior citizens? August 26, 2012  |  Full Story

 Which common juice can improve cancer drug effectiveness? August 26, 2012  |  Full Story

 What are pediatricians doing to help families with medically complex children? August 26, 2012  |  Full Story

 What do charge nurses experience in emergency rooms? August 26, 2012  |  Full Story

 How easy is it to overdose on acetaminophen? August 19, 2012  |  Full Story

 Which common surgeries can increase your heart attack risk? August 19, 2012  |  Full Story

 What is the relationship between kidney stones and obesity? August 19, 2012  |  Full Story

 What does the transplant recovery process involve? August 19, 2012  |  Full Story

 How can primitive language benefit speech disorder treatments? July 29, 2012  |  Full Story

 Are painless injections in your future? July 29, 2012  |  Full Story

 Affordable Care Act Upheld: The Supreme Court Rests July 1, 2012  |  Full Story

 What would your doctor do in your shoes? June 24, 2012  |  Full Story

 Can Facebook have an impact on the organ donor shortage? June 17, 2012  |  Full Story

 Is health care always available at the emergency room? June 17, 2012  |  Full Story

 Does DNA sequencing have the potential to predict the incidence of illness? June 17, 2012  |  Full Story

 Does new drug signify Cystic Fibrosis breakthrough? June 3, 2012  |  Full Story

 The Country Doctor Revisited May 27, 2012  |  Full Story

 Nursing: Bedside and Beyond May 6, 2012  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: Are Sleeping Pills Dangerous? April 29, 2012  |  Full Story

 Less Time in the Intensive Care Unit April 15, 2012  |  Full Story

 Social Media for Physicians April 8, 2012  |  Full Story

 Breakthrough Gene Therapy Treats Hemophilia B March 18, 2012  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: Teaching Patients to Eat Healthy March 18, 2012  |  Full Story

 The Berlin Heart Device: A Physician and Patient Story March 11, 2012  |  Full Story

 Helping Babies Breathe March 11, 2012  |  Full Story

 Benefits of Routine Checkups March 11, 2012  |  Full Story

 Identifying Developmental Disorders in Kids March 4, 2012  |  Full Story

 Treating Cancer in Kenya March 4, 2012  |  Full Story

 Essential Tremor, A Common Condition March 4, 2012  |  Full Story

 Life Lessons From an Emergency Room Doc March 4, 2012  |  Full Story

 Book: A Day Without Pain February 26, 2012  |  Full Story

 The OpenNotes Project February 19, 2012  |  Full Story

 Taking Blood Pressure From Both Arms February 19, 2012  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: Medicare to Cover Obesity Screening February 19, 2012  |  Full Story

 Overweight Docs Less Likely to Advise Weight-Loss February 19, 2012  |  Full Story

 Singer Adele's Vocal Cord Bleeding February 12, 2012  |  Full Story

 New Liver Cancer Treatment: Y-90 February 5, 2012  |  Full Story

 A Model for Treating the Uninsured January 29, 2012  |  Full Story

 Botox for Treating Migraines January 29, 2012  |  Full Story

 Book: Saying Goodbye January 22, 2012  |  Full Story

 Misleading Nursing Home Report Cards January 15, 2012  |  Full Story

 Empathetic Docs Wash Their Hands January 15, 2012  |  Full Story

 Treating Lymphedema January 15, 2012  |  Full Story

 Cancer Survivor Rehabilitation January 15, 2012  |  Full Story

 Texting and Neck Pain January 8, 2012  |  Full Story

 Womb Transplants Raise Ethical Questions January 8, 2012  |  Full Story

 From Gross Anatomy to Compassionate Care January 1, 2012  |  Full Story

 Healers Part 1, Common Traits December 25, 2011  |  Full Story

 Healers Part 2, Healing Versus Curing December 25, 2011  |  Full Story

 Healers Part 3, Assigning Names to Illness December 25, 2011  |  Full Story

 Healers Part 4, Partnerships With Patients December 25, 2011  |  Full Story

 Interesting ICD Codes December 25, 2011  |  Full Story

 Chickenpox Parties to Avoid Vaccination December 18, 2011  |  Full Story

 Robotic Surgery for Kidney Cancer December 18, 2011  |  Full Story

 Book: Kidney Steps December 11, 2011  |  Full Story

 DIEP Breast Reconstruction December 11, 2011  |  Full Story

 New Techniques in Facial Reconstruction December 4, 2011  |  Full Story

 An Anti-gravity Treadmill November 20, 2011  |  Full Story

 Improving the Odds for Kidney Transplants November 13, 2011  |  Full Story

 Healthy Bodies, Healthy Souls November 13, 2011  |  Full Story

 Book: Definitive Guide to Prostate Cancer November 13, 2011  |  Full Story

 Demise of the CLASS Act November 6, 2011  |  Full Story

 Health Insurance Changes for Low-Income Patients November 6, 2011  |  Full Story

 Brain Surgery 101 October 30, 2011  |  Full Story

 From Gross Anatomy to Compassionate Care October 30, 2011  |  Full Story

 Essay: Healer in Training October 30, 2011  |  Full Story

 Prostate Screening Controversy October 23, 2011  |  Full Story

 Book: In Stitches October 23, 2011  |  Full Story

 How Epilepsy Inspired a Neurologist October 16, 2011  |  Full Story

 Book: Critical Care October 16, 2011  |  Full Story

 Magic Mushrooms May Improve Your Personality October 16, 2011  |  Full Story

 Med Students Visit the Boondocks October 9, 2011  |  Full Story

 Training Rural Docs in Indiana October 9, 2011  |  Full Story

 A Physician for the Homeless October 9, 2011  |  Full Story

 Cancer Sniffing Dogs October 2, 2011  |  Full Story

 Healers Part 4, Partnerships with Patients October 2, 2011  |  Full Story

 A Dream Hospital September 25, 2011  |  Full Story

 Excessive Newborn Screening? September 25, 2011  |  Full Story

 Computerized Prescribing September 18, 2011  |  Full Story

 Massage for Back Pain September 18, 2011  |  Full Story

 Healers Part 2, Healing Versus Curing September 18, 2011  |  Full Story

 Healers Part 1, Common Traits September 11, 2011  |  Full Story

 Sleep Deprivation & Medical Errors August 28, 2011  |  Full Story

 Shorter Treatment for Latent TB August 7, 2011  |  Full Story

 Healthcare Lessons from Clinton Era August 7, 2011  |  Full Story

 Book: Surgeon Stories August 7, 2011  |  Full Story

 Treatment That Prevents AIDS Transmission July 31, 2011  |  Full Story

 Promising Spinal Cord Injury Research July 24, 2011  |  Full Story

 Asking Patients About Guns July 24, 2011  |  Full Story

 Too Many Drug Label Warnings July 24, 2011  |  Full Story

 Hot Topics in Cancer Research July 17, 2011  |  Full Story

 Mood Disorders During Pregnancy July 17, 2011  |  Full Story

 Become a Morning Person July 17, 2011  |  Full Story

 Book: Don’t Cross Your Eyes July 17, 2011  |  Full Story

 New Research on Hemophilia July 10, 2011  |  Full Story

 Book: Broken Bodies, Shattered Minds July 10, 2011  |  Full Story

 Hospital Noise July 10, 2011  |  Full Story

 Fat Cells Don't Go Away June 26, 2011  |  Full Story

 Medical Students & the Arts June 26, 2011  |  Full Story

 Acute Pancreatitis June 19, 2011  |  Full Story

 MRI for Autism Diagnosis? June 19, 2011  |  Full Story

 Book: The Patient in Room 9 Says He’s God June 19, 2011  |  Full Story

 Ischemic Heart Failure: Therapy as Good as Surgery June 12, 2011  |  Full Story

 Atrial Fibrillation on the Rise June 12, 2011  |  Full Story

 Musicians with Sports Injuries June 5, 2011  |  Full Story

 An Effective Checklist for Autism May 22, 2011  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: Drugs for Treating Alcoholism May 8, 2011  |  Full Story

 How Anesthesia Works May 8, 2011  |  Full Story

 IU Cancer Researcher George Sledge May 1, 2011  |  Full Story

 Docs Don't Take Their Own Advice May 1, 2011  |  Full Story

 DHCA: Heart Surgery on Ice April 10, 2011  |  Full Story

 New Resuscitation Tools for EMTs April 10, 2011  |  Full Story

 Training to Recognize Sports Concussions April 10, 2011  |  Full Story

 Less Sedation for ICU Patients Improves Recovery April 3, 2011  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: New Best Practices for Breast Cancer March 27, 2011  |  Full Story

 Diagnoses Via Fingernails March 27, 2011  |  Full Story

 Book: The Panic Virus March 27, 2011  |  Full Story

 New Rules for Diagnosing Food Allergies March 13, 2011  |  Full Story

 Acetaminophen Toxicity Warning March 6, 2011  |  Full Story

 Book: Something to Prove February 27, 2011  |  Full Story

 Book: White House Doctor February 27, 2011  |  Full Story

 Shingles Vaccine: Effective but Underused February 20, 2011  |  Full Story

 Calming "Fever Phobia" in Parents February 13, 2011  |  Full Story

 Health Insurance That Doesn't Cover Pregnancy February 6, 2011  |  Full Story

 Social Class & Patients' Evaluations of Physicians February 6, 2011  |  Full Story

 Prescription Abandonment January 30, 2011  |  Full Story

 New Tonsillectomy Guidelines January 23, 2011  |  Full Story

 Pancreas Transplants for Severe Diabetics January 23, 2011  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: Dartmouth Research on End-of-Life Care January 16, 2011  |  Full Story

 Acupuncture for Shingles Pain January 9, 2011  |  Full Story

 Top Stories in Medicine for 2010 December 26, 2010  |  Full Story

 The Night I Buried Gabriella December 19, 2010  |  Full Story

 A Model Classroom for Autistic Children December 12, 2010  |  Full Story

 Training Teachers to Work with Autistic Kids December 12, 2010  |  Full Story

 School Advice for Parents of Autistic Kids December 12, 2010  |  Full Story

 Accountable Care Organizations December 5, 2010  |  Full Story

 Routine CT Scans for Smokers November 28, 2010  |  Full Story

 When Doctors are Paid to Endorse Drugs November 21, 2010  |  Full Story

 Rehabilitation Through Robotics November 14, 2010  |  Full Story

 Book: Knowing Jesse November 14, 2010  |  Full Story

 Concussion Symptoms & Care October 31, 2010  |  Full Story

 Essay: Being Present for Patients October 31, 2010  |  Full Story

 Designing a Green Hospital October 24, 2010  |  Full Story

 Book: Hardwiring Excellence October 24, 2010  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: Why Delay Avastin Approval? October 17, 2010  |  Full Story

 Coaching for Disruptive Doctors October 17, 2010  |  Full Story

 Telling Patient Stories With Photos October 17, 2010  |  Full Story

 Essay: When a Doctor Meets a Soul October 17, 2010  |  Full Story

 Avastin's Benefits Overstated for Breast Cancer October 17, 2010  |  Full Story

 Palliative Care May Extend Lives October 10, 2010  |  Full Story

 History of Osteopathic Medicine October 10, 2010  |  Full Story

 Acupuncture to Manage Cancer Pain September 26, 2010  |  Full Story

 The First Breath September 26, 2010  |  Full Story

 Get Current on Your Vaccines September 19, 2010  |  Full Story

 Project Medishare in Haiti September 12, 2010  |  Full Story

 Patient Listening: Making Housecalls September 12, 2010  |  Full Story

 Preventing Stroke During Surgery September 5, 2010  |  Full Story

 Learning from Medical Simulations August 29, 2010  |  Full Story

 Teaching with Medical Simulations August 29, 2010  |  Full Story

 Improvements in Hospital Safety August 29, 2010  |  Full Story

 Uninsured Have Higher Death Rates August 15, 2010  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: New Cancer Center Certification Program August 1, 2010  |  Full Story

 Treating Depression During Pregnancy August 1, 2010  |  Full Story

 Personalized Medicine for Pregnant Women August 1, 2010  |  Full Story

 Reporting Medical Errors August 1, 2010  |  Full Story

 Grace Notes: They Knew Him by Our Love July 25, 2010  |  Full Story

 How to Assess Value in Healthcare July 11, 2010  |  Full Story

 Harvard Study: IT Can't Cut Healthcare Costs July 4, 2010  |  Full Story

 Book: Genetic Rounds July 4, 2010  |  Full Story

 Faith, Hope, and Love June 27, 2010  |  Full Story

 Doctors -- Still in Haiti June 20, 2010  |  Full Story

 The Primary Care Doc's Workload June 13, 2010  |  Full Story

 The Integrative Medicine Debate June 13, 2010  |  Full Story

 A New Technique for Brain Monitoring June 13, 2010  |  Full Story

 A Federal Patients Bill of Rights June 6, 2010  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: Removing the Other Breast June 6, 2010  |  Full Story

 Personalized Medicine Helps Determine Breast Cancer Treatments June 6, 2010  |  Full Story

 Objections to the Federal Mammography Guidelines May 30, 2010  |  Full Story

 Living with Lupus May 30, 2010  |  Full Story

 Book: Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq May 30, 2010  |  Full Story

 Book: High Performance Healthcare May 16, 2010  |  Full Story

 Communicating with Parents of Terminally Ill Children May 16, 2010  |  Full Story

 Study: Physicians on Facebook May 9, 2010  |  Full Story

 Adults with Disabled Siblings May 9, 2010  |  Full Story

 Book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks May 2, 2010  |  Full Story

 Tuskegee Syphilis Story May 2, 2010  |  Full Story

 Including Patient Families in Hospital Rounds April 25, 2010  |  Full Story

 End-of-Life Care for Children April 18, 2010  |  Full Story

 Improvements in Hospital Safety April 11, 2010  |  Full Story

 Ora Pescovitz: Ten Years of Change in Medicine April 11, 2010  |  Full Story

 Ten Years On, Changes in Medical Practice April 4, 2010  |  Full Story

 Ten Years On, Electronic Medical Records April 4, 2010  |  Full Story

 Ten Years On, Concerns About the Future of Medicine April 4, 2010  |  Full Story

 Ten Years On, Rural Medicine and Women Doctors April 4, 2010  |  Full Story

 Book: Genetic Rounds March 21, 2010  |  Full Story

 A Bridge Too Far March 21, 2010  |  Full Story

 Poor Hospital Care for Older Adults March 14, 2010  |  Full Story

 Book: Whirlwinds and Small Voices March 14, 2010  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: The Mammogram Condundrum March 7, 2010  |  Full Story

 Bone-building Drugs Protect Against Breast Cancer March 7, 2010  |  Full Story

 Niacin for Good Cholesterol March 7, 2010  |  Full Story

 Book: Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals February 21, 2010  |  Full Story

 Book: Birth Day February 14, 2010  |  Full Story

 Book: Forensic Pharmacist January 31, 2010  |  Full Story

 Surviving Lung Cancer January 31, 2010  |  Full Story

 Treating Earthquake Victims in Haiti January 24, 2010  |  Full Story

 ICU Infections January 24, 2010  |  Full Story

 The Perils of Prayer January 24, 2010  |  Full Story

 Research Predicts Diabetes Increase January 17, 2010  |  Full Story

 A Posture of Prayer January 17, 2010  |  Full Story

 The Purpose of Prayer January 10, 2010  |  Full Story

 How Doctors Communicate with Patient Surrogates December 27, 2009  |  Full Story

 A First Experience with a Dying Patient December 27, 2009  |  Full Story

 Harvard Study: IT Can't Cut Healthcare Costs December 20, 2009  |  Full Story

 Walking Slowly December 20, 2009  |  Full Story

 Book: Declarations of a Dinosaur December 20, 2009  |  Full Story

 Electronic Medical Records in the Ambulance December 20, 2009  |  Full Story

 100 Voices of Hope: Mary Beth Gadus December 13, 2009  |  Full Story

 A Cancer Doc's Story December 13, 2009  |  Full Story

 Stuffy Nose and Depression December 6, 2009  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: Cancer Clinical Trials December 6, 2009  |  Full Story

 African American Vets & PTSD December 6, 2009  |  Full Story

 Health Care for Immigrants November 29, 2009  |  Full Story

 A Wounded Warrior November 29, 2009  |  Full Story

 Reforming How Physicians Are Paid November 22, 2009  |  Full Story

 Paying Physicians for Successful Outcomes November 1, 2009  |  Full Story

 The Circle of Life November 1, 2009  |  Full Story

 Ensuring a Patient's End-of-Life Wishes November 1, 2009  |  Full Story

 Dr. Marie Savage on Probiotics October 25, 2009  |  Full Story

 Doc Chat: The Rorschach Test October 25, 2009  |  Full Story

 Patients Reading Physician's Notes October 25, 2009  |  Full Story

 High Radiation Levels in Imaging Tests October 11, 2009  |  Full Story

 Burnout in Primary Care Doctors October 11, 2009  |  Full Story

 Eric Metcalf on Home Remedies October 11, 2009  |  Full Story

 Health Care Reform Debate October 4, 2009  |  Full Story

 Kids' Flu Shots September 27, 2009  |  Full Story

 Common Meds & Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly September 27, 2009  |  Full Story

 The Mayo Clinic: Model of Efficiency September 20, 2009  |  Full Story

 Efficiency Strategies at the Mayo Clinic September 20, 2009  |  Full Story

 Economics of Preventive Care September 13, 2009  |  Full Story

 A Longer Flu Season September 13, 2009  |  Full Story

 Student-Run Medical Clinic September 13, 2009  |  Full Story

 Federal Stimulus Funding for Health Clinics September 6, 2009  |  Full Story

 Grace Notes: The Shadow of Death August 30, 2009  |  Full Story

 Book: Caring for Our Parents August 16, 2009  |  Full Story

 A Shared Truth August 9, 2009  |  Full Story

 Morgan Reynolds: Nurse Care Manager November 30, 1999  |  Full Story

 Kevin Smith: Hospital Unit Nurse November 30, 1999  |  Full Story

 Melissa Chriswell: Nurse Practitioner in Retail Health November 30, 1999  |  Full Story

 Nursing: Bedside and Beyond - Today's Nurse November 30, 1999  |  Full Story

 Nursing: Bedside and Beyond - Patient and Nurse Relationships November 30, 1999  |  Full Story

 Nursing: Bedside and Beyond - Where is Nursing Heading? November 30, 1999  |  Full Story

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