News tagged with clinical judgment


Contraception in women over 40

Despite declining fertility, women over age 40 still require effective contraception if they wish to avoid pregnancy. A review article outlines the risks and benefits of various contraceptive options for these women. The ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increased serum metal levels after lumbar disc replacement

(HealthDay)—Serum metal levels of cobalt and chromium are elevated at all postoperative time points up to 36 months following metal-on-metal lumbar disc replacement, according to research published in the ...

Other created Dec 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bias may exist in rating of medical trainees

Peter Yeates, M.B.B.S., M.Clin.Ed., of the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and colleagues conducted a study to examine whether observations of the performance of postgraduate year 1 physicians influence raters' ...

Other created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Resolving conflicts over end-of-life care: Mayo experts offer tips

It's one of the toughest questions patients and their loved ones can discuss with physicians: When is further medical treatment futile? The conversation can become even more difficult if patients or their families disagree ...

Health created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internists recommend principles on role of governments in regulating patient-physician relationship

The American College of Physicians (ACP) today released a paper, Statement of Principles on the Role of Governments in Regulating the Patient-Physician Relationship, which recommends principles for the role of federal and ...

Other created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AABB releases new guidelines for red blood cell transfusion

AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks) recommends a restrictive red blood cell transfusion strategy for stable adults and children, according to new guidelines being published in Annals of Internal Me ...

Other created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ASTRO develops brain metastases guideline

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has developed a guideline on the radiotherapeutic and surgical management for newly diagnosed brain metastases. It has been published in Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), ...

Cancer created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New buzzwords 'reduce medicine to economics'

Physicians who once only grappled with learning the language of medicine must now also cope with a health care world that has turned hospitals into factories and reduced clinical encounters to economic transactions, two Beth ...

Other created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New study finds familiarity increases the fullness that children expect from snack foods

New research, led by psychologists at the University of Bristol, has found that children who are familiar with a snack food will expect it to be more filling. This finding, published (online ahead of print) in the American Jo ...

Health created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How do life-threatening medical conditions in children impact quality of life?

How do we assess the current and future quality of life (QoL) for infants and children with life-threatening conditions? In the April issue of Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, "The Quality of Lif ...

Health created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0