Everyday Ethics
Transoral Approach to Submandibular Gland Surgery Seen as Practical
Removal of the submandibular gland using an oral pathway appears to be feasible and successful, doctors have reported.
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Everyday Ethics, Practice Management
Inclusion of Asthma in Otolaryngologic Clinical Practice
For otolaryngologists, who are often the first-line of defense in diagnosing and treating many common respiratory ailments, differentiating the potential culprits behind sneezing, wheezing, stuffy nose, heavy chest, and chronic cough demands an ever-growing need to recognize and identify underlying conditions that include allergies and asthma.
Health Policy, Practice Management
The Stimulus Package’s Gift to Comparative Effectiveness
The $1.1 billion earmarked for comparative effectiveness research in the economic stimulus bill passed on February 13 could be a sound investment in improving health care’s efficiency, cutting costs, and improving patient outcomes.
Everyday Ethics, Practice Management
Vocal Fold Paresis: A Well-Recognized Condition of Ambiguous Significance
In this age of increasing reliance on diagnostic technologies to better see pathologies of the body, there is a confounding problem of seeing too much, with too little understanding of what one is seeing and whether what one sees poses a problem.
Everyday Ethics, Health Policy
Facing Conflicts: The Battle between Medicine and Industry
By the end of 2008, almost two dozen inquiries had been sent to several major academic institutions requesting financial information on individual physicians involved in federally funded studies.
Practice Management
Medical Education
What Is the Best Technique for Diagnosing Esophageal Diverticulum?
Jeffrey Landis [not his real name], 74, had been complaining of swallowing problems for a couple of months.