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New Successes with Gene Therapy
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-future-medicine-and-genetics/new-successes-with-gene-therapy/4444/Although gene therapy has encountered a few significant setbacks in its two-decade history, it has recently demonstrated several notable successes. What conditions have been successfully treated with gene therapy, and might gene therapy some day be used to treat cancer? What are some of the obstacleAre We Overdiagnosing Certain Food Allergies?
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-allergy/are-we-overdiagnosing-certain-food-allergies/4374/Wheat, eggs, milk, peanuts and other nuts, soybeans and seafood: all of these can be an integral part of a balanced, healthy diet for growing children. Instead, many are off-limits for an increasing number of children diagnosed with food allergies. Though the rise in food allergies is certainly worrPAs in Primary Care: A Case Study From Tennessee
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/pas-in-primary-care-a-case-study-from-tennessee/4367/Primary care is as short of physician assistants as it is doctors. More than half of all graduating PAs go into specialty medicine. But the goal of the newest physician assistant training program at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, is to keep PAs in primary care. They also hope gThe Culture Change Model in Long Term Care Medicine
https://reachmd.com/programs/advances-in-long-term-care-medicine/the-culture-change-model-in-long-term-care-medicine/4355/Does the 'culture change' model at long term care facilities involve a simple re-design of aesthetics, or does this model encourage an entirely different way of structuring long term care? How challenging is it to implement a culture change, or patient-centered model, especially at facilities that hNatural History of Breast Cancer: Early Detection vs. Mortality
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-cancer/natural-history-of-breast-cancer-early-detection-vs-mortality/4319/The widespread use of mammography to screen for breast cancer has resulted in a decrease in breast tumor detection, as well as decrease in mortality rates associated with the disease. But the natural course of malignant diseases such as different types of cancer can vary considerably. Is it possibleWhen to Prescribe Opioid Therapy for Headaches
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-neurology-and-psychiatry/when-to-prescribe-opioid-therapy-for-headaches/4273/Though many therapies exist for the treatment of headaches, some chronic headache cases do not respond to prescribed therapies. In a portion of these cases, opioid medications are offered to help patients find relief. But prescription of opioids can present additional problems, including increasinglSaving Lives With CPR and AED
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-heart-health/saving-lives-with-cpr-and-aed/4223/CPR and AED can make the difference between life and death. But the varying degrees of knowledge and usage of these life-saving practices across the country may be putting people at risk for death from cardiac arrest. Dr. Vincent Bufalino, CEO of Midwest Heart Specialists, one of the biggest communiThe Sanctioned Use of Brain Scans in Court
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-future-medicine-and-genetics/the-sanctioned-use-of-brain-scans-in-court/4100/Neuroscientists have been working for years to find unfailing methods of lie detection, a breakthrough that could dramatically change law enforcement as we know it. One newer test aims to separate events that a suspect has witnessed from actions they have committed, and despite growing scientific suA Dream Come True: Delivering Healthcare to Lwala
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/a-dream-come-true-delivering-healthcare-to-lwala/4039/Growing up in the isolated village of Lwala, Kenya, without electricity or running water, 45 minutes from the nearest paved road and two hours from the nearest hospital, the Ochieng' brothers wanted to do something to improve lives in their community. Host Dr. Maurice Pickard welcomes Dr. Milton OchGlobal Perspectives on Organ Donation
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/global-perspectives-on-organ-donation/3990/Since the mid-1970s, all 50 states have afforded citizens an opportunity to donate their organs for transplantation after death, either by signing the back of their drivers' license or through an organ donation card. Yet our supply of organs remains woefully short of demand for transplantation. What