Where would hospitals be without hospitalists? Today, hospitalists are so deeply integrated into many organizations that it might be hard to remember this role has only existed for a few decades. Robert Wachter, MD, and Lee Goldman, MD, coined the term “hospitalist” in The New England Journal of Medicine article in 1996 to describe “a […]
Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) offer limited effectiveness in reducing back pain and disability, an updated review by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) suggested. “They may modestly reduce pain in some situations for up to 3 months and may reduce disability for up to 6 months or more…Read More
Adding the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody obinutuzumab (Gazyva) to standard therapy for lupus nephritis is more efficacious than standard therapy alone, according to a new phase 3, placebo-controlled study. In the trial, 46.4% of patients in the obinutuzumab group had a complete renal response at 76 weeks compared with 33.1% of those in the standard therapy […]
The NIDUS-Family package of care uses goal setting to help people with dementia live well at home for longer. New research from Queen Mary University of London in collaboration with UCL shows that, in addition to these known benefits, NIDUS-Family also reduces the costs associated with providing support to people with dementia…Read More
Targets for universal access, national roadmaps and more affordable and accessible care are vital to help fill the medical oxygen gap affecting more than half of the world’s population, according to a new global report…Read More