Medicine

While intravenous (IV) lorazepam is typically used in hospitals to treat seizures, paramedics increasingly use intramuscular (IM) midazolam in seizure patients on the way ...

Amiodarone is commonly used in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) requiring an antiarrhythmic drug. Dronedarone has been approved by the FDA for use in ...

Age- and gender-related adjustment to measurements enable researchers to make more accurate comparisons between two groups of people (Hoyert & Anderson, 2001). By controlling ...

A booming population and a staggering projected growth over the next quarter century will create a multitude of problems for this country, from infrastructure ...

As citizens of mother Earth, we are possessed to roam endlessly in search of an ultimate understanding of the phenomenal mysteries in life.  We ...

Medicine and remedies during the Middle Ages inherited a medical tradition from the ancient world, especially from the Greek tradition as well as from ...

This article explains the importance of leadership within the healthcare system, and how professionals understand it and can utilize it.  Leadership deals with influencing ...

The New York State Department of Health publishes certain multivariable risk factors for patients undergoing CABG, recognizing that certain factors potentially contribute to mortality ...

PACS and Radiology Practice: Enjoy the Benefits but Acknowledge the Threats was written to advocate for the implementation of PACS (picture archiving and communication ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a degenerative neurological disease that can be unpredictable. Research has shown that patients with multiple sclerosis have brain tissue that ...