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When More Isn't Better: Questioning the Efficacy of Common Cardiovascular Treatments
https://reachmd.com/programs/heart-matters/when-more-isnt-better-questioning-the-efficacy-of-common-cardiovascular-treatments/6272/Recent studies have raised doubts about the efficacy of some common treatments for cardiovascular disease, including: the use of PFO closures (based on the CLOSURE trial); some methods of cardiac resynchronization therapy (or CRT, based on the SMART-AV trial); telemonitoring for patients with congesPro Football Players and Brain Injury: New Guidelines
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/pro-football-players-and-brain-injury-new-guidelines/5109/The National Football League has placed its strictest rules yet on managing concussions. What is the medical profession to make of such a policy and what are its broader implications for players' long-term health and for future medical research? Dr. Julian Bailes is a founding member of the Brain InServices to Encourage More Involved, Informed Patients
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/services-to-encourage-more-involved-informed-patients/4850/Informed decision-making involves helping patients arrive at the questions that can ultimately help their doctors deliver the best possible medical care. Jeff Belkora, director of Decision Services at the University of California San Francisco Breast Care Center, a demonstration program of the FoundWomen's Reproductive Health and IBD
https://reachmd.com/programs/gi-insights/womens-reproductive-health-and-ibd/4780/Dr. Maria Abreu, professor of medicine and chief of the division of gastroenterology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Jay Goldstein to discuss inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, and women's reproductive health. Does inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, affect femaThe Movement to Ban Drug Industry Gift-Giving to Doctors
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/the-movement-to-ban-drug-industry-gift-giving-to-doctors/4726/More and more states, and even the federal government, are moving to ban drug industry gift-giving practices. So how is this legislation working, and what does it mean for physicians and their patients? Sharon Anglin Treat, executive director of the National Legislative Association on Prescription DLasting Medical Impacts of the 1984 Bhopal Disaster
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/lasting-medical-impacts-of-the-1984-bhopal-disaster/4559/Many of us remember the chemical disaster that occurred in Bhopal, India in December 1984. Twenty-five years after what many call the world's worst industrial disaster, estimates suggest more than 100,000 people, including children of survivors of the initial disaster, still suffer illnesses that arOperation ASHA & Treating Slum Dwellers in India
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/operation-asha-treating-slum-dwellers-in-india/4418/Tuberculosis is a public health epidemic in India. What strategies is the non-profit organization Operation ASHA using to treat and prevent T.B. in India? Tune in to hear Dr. Shelley Batra, gynecologist and president of Operation ASHA, discuss the progress being made in treating T.B. patients in IndDigital Developments to Help Validate Insurance at Check-In
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/digital-developments-to-help-validate-insurance-at-check-in/4338/Many of our practices could be more efficient at checking in patients, or perhaps more precise in our record keeping. Insurance claims denials and the process of fighting them can be one source of time-consuming, money-draining aggravation for any practice. But we may be seeing a trend toward technoInvestigating Long-Term Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Cocaine
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-neurology-and-psychiatry/investigating-long-term-effects-of-prenatal-exposure-to-cocaine/4309/Over the past few decades, there has been grave concern that prenatal exposure to cocaine would result in a population of children with physical, mental and emotional problems. Many of these infants have been carefully studied as they progress toward adolescence and beyond, and data suggests the impOccipital Nerve Stimulation for Patients With Intractable Cluster Headache
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-neurology-and-psychiatry/occipital-nerve-stimulation-for-patients-with-intractable-cluster-headache/4280/Occipital Nerve Stimulation has recently emerged as a novel form of therapy for patients with intractable cluster headaches. Could it be the hallmark of a new era in stimulation therapies for primary headache syndromes? Joining host Dr. Mary Leuchars to share insights on this subject is neurologist