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Helping Patients Navigate the Web
- Author:
- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor
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CDC urges flu vaccination for all, especially pregnant women
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- Deborah Reale
- Managing Editor
Vaccination coverage is only around 50% for pregnant women
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Mean income for ObGyns increased in 2012
- Author:
- Deborah Reale
- Managing Editor
A 2013 survey reveals that overall physician salaries increased from 2011, and obstetricians and gynecologists were no exception. However, less...
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Long-term increase seen in abdominal sacrocolpopexy failure rates
- Author:
- Deborah Reale
- Managing Editor
The extended CARE study (7 years) found that urethropexy prevented SUI longer than no urethropexy, but both groups had significant failure rates....
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Predicting the Future of Genetics
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- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor
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A Bioidentical Balancing Act
- Author:
- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor
Bioidentical hormones have emerged as a "safe" and "effective" treatment for menopausal symptoms. But are they?
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Taking Aim at Mental Illness
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- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor
After the deadly shooting of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, many Americans said “enough.” But as the nation searches for solutions, is...
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A Bonanza of Influenza
- Author:
- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor
In a flu season of epidemic proportions, clinicians have had to assess and treat a high volume of patients, often without the luxury of a flu test...
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American Association of Nurse Practitioners: New Organization = One Voice
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- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American College of Nurse Practitioners have merged to create one unified voice for NPs across...
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Career Code Red: Unintentional Medicare Billing Fraud
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- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor
While a number of high-profile cases of Medicare fraud—costing hundreds of millions of dollars each—have been reported in the media, there is...
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Bracing for the Silver Tsunami
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- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor
America as a nation is getting older. The fastest-growing segment of the population is those older than 85, with a rapidly increasing group older...
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The Business of Health Care
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- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor
For primary care providers, staying in business means making enough money to cover your overhead, pay your staff, and hopefully turn a profit. But...
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HPV Vaccine: A Coed Approach
- Author:
- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor
Now that HPV vaccine has been recommended as part of routine vaccination in boys, will uptake rates improve, or will parental objections continue...
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Health Care Behind Bars
- Author:
- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor
Meet some of the many clinicians who work in a correctional facility, providing health care to an incarcerated population—many of whom might not...
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Matters of Life and Death
- Author:
- Ann M. Hoppel
- Managing Editor