Lung cancer comes in two main types: non-small cell and small cell. Each has different patterns, growth rates, and treatment needs. Smoking is the top risk factor, but…
Harry Erba, MD, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC; Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY; Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD, Central University Hospital…
An executive MBA for hospitalists can enable doctors to learn the language of marketing and interact on a business level with hospital administrators. Reading: Weeks WB, Lazarus A,…
Jeff Gill, MD, FAAP, Pediatric Hospitalist, President of Inpatient Specialists Medical group Inc., Brea, California, talks about key business considerations to starting a pediatric hospitalist program. Reading: Goodman…
Matt Garber MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Hospitalists at the University of Southern California, discusses the VIP or Value in Inpatient Pediatrics Network, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The ratio of triglycerides to HDL cholesterol (TG/HDL) predicts first coronary events in men regardless of body-mass index, say researchers in the November…
Matthew Garber, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Hospitalists at the University of South Carolina, discusses one of his top ten pediatric hospitalist journal articles…
Matthew Garber, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Hospitalists at the University of South Carolina, discusses his most recent projects assessing and finding treatment for…
Scott Flanders, MD, President of the Society of Hospital Medicine, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan, discusses the SHM (Society of Hospital Medicine) whose key focus is…
Scott Flanders, MD, President of the Society of Hospital Medicine, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan, discusses quality improvement training for hospitalists, the SHM initiative which starts…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In treating patients with metastatic melanoma, thalidomide plus temozolomide is no better than temozolomide or dacarbazine alone, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients given phenytoin after an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) have more fevers while hospitalized and worse functional outcomes at 3 months, according to investigators…
