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The Intersection of Behavioral Economics and the …

WEBJudgment and decision-making influence health-related behavior and clinical decision-making and, ultimately, health. It has been estimated that more than half of health

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Understanding Health Attitudes and Behavior

WEBIndividual attitudes and behavior related to health and disease are major components of clinical encounters. These factors shape lifestyle, presentation of symptoms, access to …

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Empathy in Medicine: What It Is, and How Much We Really Need It

WEBIt is acknowledged that empathy plays a critical role in the physician-patient relationship and has a positive impact on health outcomes. However, as the field of empathy expands, …

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International Consensus on Standardized Clinic Blood Pressure

WEBHigh blood pressure (BP) is the single leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease worldwide,1-4 and lowering BP substantially reduces that risk.5-7 Effective BP …

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America's Health Care System is Broken: What Went Wrong and …

WEBUnlike most Western democracies, health insurance in the United States is provided by a haphazard mix of employer-based plans, Medicare for those over age 65 years or on …

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Music and Medicine: Promoting Harmony for Health

WEBAs a powerful tool to express emotions, music has been used in the daily life of human beings for relaxation, stress reduction, dance, socialization, entertainment, ritual, and …

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The Dangers of Ingesting Antiseptics: Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced

WEBThe homeopathic literature has touted benefits of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) ingestion for approximately 150 years.1 Recent literature promotes H2O2 ingestion as treating …

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Changing the Assessment Paradigm: Promoting a Growth Mindset …

WEBCompetency-based medical education (CBME) forms the basis of assessment in health professions education and aims to develop competent health professionals by utilizing …

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Trending Nutrition Controversies #3: Top Controversies in 2021

WEBAbstract. Each year, patients are bombarded with diverging and even contradictory reports concerning the impact of certain additives, foods, and nutrients on cardiovascular health …

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Examining the Reading Level of Internet Medical Information for …

WEBThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommend that health materials be written at a grade 6-7 reading level, which has generally not been achieved in online reading …

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The Mediterranean Diet, its Components, and Cardiovascular Disease

WEBOne of the best-studied diets for cardiovascular health is the Mediterranean diet. This consists of fish, monounsaturated fats from olive oil, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, …

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The Importance of Being Curious

WEBThe Importance of Being Curious. A stand-alone attribute by most accounts, curiosity has much to offer the healing profession. Indispensable to any analytic efforts of a …

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We Can Reduce US Health Care Costs

WEBThe primary reason that the US needs health care reform is that we pay more for health care than any other country in the world; yet our health outcomes are below that of …

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Medical Tourists: Incoming and Outgoing

WEBPatients who travel to another country to seek health care are referred to as medical tourists. The term arose because many Americans seek less expensive elective …

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How Healthcare Is Different

WEBAnalogies to non-healthcare-related manufacturing and services industries are often used to highlight opportunities to improve the quality, outcomes, and costs of health services …

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Interpreters in Health Care: A Concise Review for Clinicians

WEBHealth care providers are frequently faced with the challenge of caring for patients who have limited English proficiency. These patients experience challenges accessing …

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The Role of Well-Being in Physicians' Health

WEBDuring my residency training in psychiatry in Italy, I had the opportunity to spend my final year in the United States. Quite unexpectedly I found myself acting as an attending …

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Why do so Many Americans Oppose the Affordable Care Act

WEBThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed by a Democratic Congress and signed into law by a Democratic president in 2010. Republican …

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The well-being of physicians

WEBThis study revealed that the majority of physicians thought that their workload was too heavy (62%), that their family and personal life suffered because they had chosen …

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Relevance of Changes in Blood Fibrinolytic and Coagulation …

WEBSYMPOSIUM ON THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY-MARDER. TABLE I Clinical Relevance of Blood Coagulation Tests during Thrombolytic Therapy* Effect in the Blood Hemorrhagic …

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Primary Pulmonary Hypertension*

WEBcanalized thrombi (Fig. 8B) in the precapillary and Hospital on July 17, 1950, because of weakness, post-capillary vessels of microscopic size. These latter changes were much …

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