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Complementary and Integrative Health: Where do U.S. Physicians …

WEBComplementary and Integrative Health: Where do U.S. Physicians Stand, and Where Should We? July 28, 2021

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URL: https://www.clinicalcorrelations.org/2021/07/28/complementary-and-integrative-health-where-do-u-s-physicians-stand-and-where-should-we/

Ethical Considerations on the Use of Fear in Public Health …

WEBThe piece on “Ethical Considerations on the Use of Fear in Public Health Campaigns” offers an in-depth analysis of the ethical pro and cons of fear-based public …

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Timing is Everything: How World Wars and the Red Scare Delayed

WEBBy Brianna Knoll, MD. Peer Reviewed. Achieving universal healthcare is arguably one of the central topics of political debate that our new administration will be …

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Little Knowledge, Large Problem: Lack of Nutrition and Obesity

WEBBy Elissa Driggin. Peer Reviewed. At almost every single one of my medical school interviews, each interviewer, noting my college major in nutritional science, asked …

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Gratitude: Benefits for the Soul, and the Body

WEBConversely, routinely giving thanks has been shown to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression [1]. More recent evidence has pointed toward gratitude’s beneficial …

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The Medicare Part D Coverage Gap (“Donut Hole”) Explained

WEBIn the coverage-gap phase (between $4430 and $7050), the patient is responsible for 25% of the cost of both generic and brand-name medications. For brand …

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Do Hospital Visitors Impact Patient Outcomes

WEBA substantial body of research has identified positive patient outcomes related to open visitation policies, including rapid recovery times and decreased length …

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Does Wearable Technology Improve Physical Activity

WEBWearable fitness technology is an intriguing next step in the use of pedometers to increase activity. The use of consumer health trackers has exploded …

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Clinical Correlations – The NYU Langone Online Journal of Medicine

WEBOctober 6, 2023. Cardiology 4 min read. By Zachary Henig. Peer Reviewed. Atherosclerosis is the primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of …

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Breaking News: Swine Flu Reaches New York

WEBEunice Kang, MD. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed eight cases of swine influenza A (A/H1N1) virus infection in New York City, in addition to …

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Questioning the QALY: A closer look at the Quality-Adjusted Life …

WEBThe quality-adjusted life-year, or QALY, is a metric used to evaluate the effectiveness of health interventions in a standardized fashion, with the broader goal of …

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Don’t Tie Me Down! Do Neckties Spread Infection

WEBAs medical policy is primarily driven by evidence, studies have recently been performed to determine if neckties are dangerous fomites. McGovern and colleagues …

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There’s an App for That: Fitness Apps and Behavior Change Theory

WEBAccording to the health belief model, behavior change is an individualized process, in which the patient’s self-efficacy is of upmost importance. MyFitnessPal may …

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Medical Eponyms: Recognizing the Medical Greats

WEBEponyms are prevalent in our medical and common languages. While some medical names are clinically illustrative (like Tetralogy of Fallot3), others are nonspecific …

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Outbreak: Toxic Tacos – Clinical Correlations

WEBadmin on December 8th, 2006 - 1:30pm Update: As per today’s 12/8/06 New York Times “health officials and food distributors zeroed in yesterday on a California farm as the …

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Bloodletting: A Brief Historical Perspective and Modern Medical

WEBHistorians suggest that the classic red-and-white barber pole is linked to bloodletting, with red representing blood and white representing the tourniquet used to …

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Twisted Translation: Using Friends and Family Members As …

WEBBy Nina Sainath, Class of 2011 Faculty Peer Reviewed According to the latest US Census Bureau report analyzing the use of languages in the United States, …

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Is it Ethical to ‘Google’ a Patient

WEBWhat is “patient-targeted googling”? Patient-targeted googling (PTG) is the act of searching for information on a patient on social media platforms or publicly …

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PrimeCuts: This Week in the Journals – Clinical Correlations

WEBMegha Shah MD. Faculty peer reviewed. Do we fail to make healthy choices simply because we lack information? If we knew that a tall sized Starbucks Caramel …

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Did Abraham Lincoln Have Marfan Syndrome

WEBThe French pediatrician Antoine-Bernard Marfan first described Marfan syndrome at the turn of the 20th century, 30 years after Lincoln’s assassination, in a …

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Primecuts – This Week In The Journals – Clinical Correlations

WEBBy Deborah Hemel, MD. Faculty Peer Reviewed. One of the many advantages of being on elective this week was that I finally had the pleasure of spending …

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Tales of Survival: Snapshots of Bellevue at Night

WEBWilliam Denson on July 2nd, 2011 - 12:30pm Last night my son, Josh, had his first night on call as an intern in Internal Medicine at Bellevue. 31 years ago (1981) I …

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