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Plastic surgery report shows prices vary by generation
Dr. Jonathan Kaplan Medical & Allied HealthcareWhat's the first thing you want to know about plastic surgery but the hardest to find? Pricing, cost, budget, how much this is going to set me back, and can I afford it? Plastic surgery pricing can be difficult to understand because there are so many factors involved.
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Liposome-bupivacaine showing promise in postoperative pain management
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani PharmaceuticalPostoperative pain management is necessary to prevent mortality and to improve general body function after surgery. Opioids are commonly used to reduce postsurgical pain. However, they are associated with many side effects.
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The role of P2X receptors in the treatment of status epilepticus
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Mental HealthcareStatus epilepticus is a neurological condition due to a state of prolonged seizures. Status epilepticus might result from metabolic disturbances, infection, drug toxicity or noncompliance with antiepileptic drug taking. Since the current treatments are not really successful in dealing with seizure suppression, novel targets must be identified for status epilepticus.
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Pectoralis minor: Far from a minor problem
Heidi Dawson Medical & Allied HealthcarePectoralis minor is the smaller sibling of the larger and more talked about pectoralis (pec) major. But for such a small, seemingly insignificant muscle, it can sure cause some problems. But why is it often so troublesome?
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Food for thought: Resilience in the face of adversity
Karen Childress Healthcare AdministrationTo be human — especially given the complex times in which we live — is to be occasionally faced with adversity, hardships and challenges. One day, you're happily minding your own business, and then out of the blue you're given a diagnosis you never expected, or you're named in a malpractice case, or your trusted practice manager or spouse suddenly announces his/her departure.
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30 years later: Are we any closer to a cure for AIDS?
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was first discovered in 1983. In 1984, HIV was definitively linked to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients and to groups whose members were at high risk for developing AIDS. But are researchers any closer to finding a cure now than when the HIV/AIDS connection was established 30 years ago?
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Study: EHR beliefs tied to gender, personality
Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare AdministrationIt's an established fact that for technology implementation to be successful, there needs to be some flexibility in order to meet the individual needs of those learning the new systems. A recent study finds those individual needs may be determined by gender and personality.
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Attracting young adults to insurance exchanges proves difficult
Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare AdministrationAfter a slow and rocky start, the state and federal health insurance exchanges seem to finally be taking off. By the end of December, enrollment surpassed the 3 million mark for state and federal marketplaces combined. But young adults — who many claim are key to the success of the Affordable Care Act — haven't been as eager as their older counterparts to enroll.
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Discharge marketing: Are you taking advantage of this opportunity?
Jarod Carter Healthcare AdministrationAt a time when hospitals are purchasing medical practices and requiring that physical therapy referrals now stay "in house," and even nonorthopedic practices are starting physician-owned PT clinics, marketing directly to the public has become ever more important.
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The role of antimicrobial peptides in inflammatory skin diseases
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Medical & Allied HealthcareAntimicrobial peptides play an important role in skin protection. The cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP) is an important factor for skin's innate immune mechanism and plays a critical role in prevention of pathogen infection. Previous studies indicated that the production of CAMP was regulated by vitamin D3. But a new signaling mechanism, sphingosine 1-phosphate, could be useful in the development of new compounds or drugs that could be used to improve the innate immunity against the microbes.
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