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July 20, 2004 | Journal Article
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is kidney disease severe enough to require dialysis or a transplant. Worldwide, ESRD has reached epidemic proportions. Chronic renal insufficiency, which occurs when kidneys do not function well, is also becoming more ...
August 9, 2004 | Journal Article
The most effective treatment for menopausal symptoms is hormone therapy, which also decreases the risk of osteoporosis and colorectal cancer. However, hormone therapy increases the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, pulmonary embolism and breas ...
August 1, 2004 | Journal Article
In the current article, Pescosolido and Martin build on the history of medicine presented in Starr's 1982 book, The Social Transformation of Medicine. Specifically, they investigated how scientific medicine achieved professional dominance and sovere ...
August 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Resident physician teachers play a crucial role in medical education, yet few controlled studies have examined residents-as-teachers curricula or the effects of specific training interventions on teaching skills. From 2001-2002, a pilot trial conduc ...
August 25, 2004 | Journal Article
A Randomized Controlled Trial
September 1, 2004 | Journal Article
There is some evidence to suggest that children exposed to A-β-Hemolytic streptococcal infections (GAS) are at an increased risk of being diagnosed with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections or PAND ...
September 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Researchers have typically viewed socioeconomic status as a distal cause of mortality that is only the beginning of a chain of more causally relevant factors. However, historical patterns indicate a continuing link between socioeconomic status and m ...
September 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Membership in voluntary associations has declined but there is disagreement over the extent of the decline and whether it suggests a corresponding decrease in civic activity. This study investigates whether adolescents' participation in volunteer ac ...
September 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The Internet is increasingly used by parents as a resource for health care information. Information Prescriptions (IPs) are descriptions of specific, evidence-based information that ensure patients have access to good quality data. The goal of this ...
October 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The current study compared geriatric and younger adult psychiatric patients on outcomes such as improvement in symptoms, length of stay (LOS) in the hospital and readmission rates after one year.