In the United States, the transition from volume to value dominates discussions of health care reform. While shared decision making might help patients determine whether to get care, transparency in procedure- and hospital-specific ...
More than 53 million Americans age 50 and older, primarily women, have osteoporosis or are at high risk for the condition due to low bone density. A recent study of oral bisphosphonates, the most commonly prescribed osteoporosis ...
Research has found that hearing loss has wide-ranging impacts not only on older people's ability to communicate, but also on their ability to move about and participate in different hobbies and activities. This has been revealed ...
The RNA Molecular Biology Laboratory headed by Professor Denis Lafontaine at the Université libre de Bruxelles has just published a study in Nature Communications revealing essential aspects of the regulation of the anti-tumor ...
When patients participate in a clinical trial, they are required—for legal and ethical reasons—to complete consent forms that are typically long, complicated and filled with technical language. Some experts fear these ...
Creating a confidential reporting system in Canada about organ transplant tourism could help reduce the practice and disrupt international networks, argues a commentary published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Electroacupuncture combined with nighttime splinting may help alleviate pain from chronic carpal tunnel syndrome, according to a randomized controlled trial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).