A tremendous amount of attention has been paid to Big Data in recent years. Such data hold promise for scientific discoveries but also pose challenges for analyses. In th [...]

Opioid analgesic drugs prescribed for pain have the potential for misuse and addiction. In 2011, dentists prescribed 12% of the total prescriptions written in the United [...]

Breast cancer is a leading cause of illness and death among women in the United States, being the second most common cancer after non-melanoma skin cancer. It is also the [...]

It has been recently established that the human bladder contains a bacterial community not associated with acute infection. This discovery of the bladder microbiota natur [...]

This pilot research project examined the many purposes and activities of medical rounds. Crucial for teaching and patient care in an academic medical center, rounds were [...]

The term Adverse Safety Events (ASEs) refers to harm from medical errors and, if considered a disease, would rank third among the leading causes of death in the U.S. Pati [...]

It is imperative for nurses to develop standardized means to communicate the treatments performed on patients as well as the outcomes of these treatments. By standardizin [...]