Clinical

Home Dialysis Can Be Life Changing for End Stage Renal Patients

Apr 12, 2019 at 04:16 pm by steve

End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), or permanent kidney failure, affects almost 750,000 people per year in the United States, and the patient population is increasing by five perc.... Read More

Ending the Allergy March

Apr 12, 2019 at 03:13 pm by steve

"Each rising generation is appearing to be more allergic than the next," says John Anderson, MD, an allergist with Alabama Allergy. Between 1997 and 2011, the prevalence of fo.... Read More

Allergen Immunotherapy

Apr 12, 2019 at 03:11 pm by steve

Allergen immunotherapy (AIT), also known as allergy shots, have been around for over 100 years. This treatment not only creates a long-term tolerance for a specific allergen,.... Read More

Severe Asthma Disparities

Apr 12, 2019 at 03:05 pm by steve

Study Finds Social Determinants Impact ED Usage Racial disparities between asthma prevalence, severity and morbidity have been well documented in numerous scholarly journals..... Read More

The Biggest Threats to Public Health

Apr 12, 2019 at 03:03 pm by steve

Opioid Abuse, Anti-Vax Movement, Antibiotic Resistance Loom Large William Schaffner, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and of preventive medic.... Read More
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