PEDIATRICS: Handout identifying care team members helps parents copeBeing able to put a name to a face made parents feel more comfortable asking questions and involved in decisions PSYCHIATRY: Gender affects relationship between obesity and depressionResearcher urges primary-care physicians to screen all obese women for condition CARDIOLOGY: The pre-operative heart check Identifying existing risks, conducting proper exams and aiding risk reduction are key components of cardiac evaluation for noncardiac surgery Hypoglycemia linked to dementia in type 2 diabetes The more episodes a patient suffered, the greater the dementia risk YOUNG MD: Keep patients’ best interests at heart – even if they don’t CARDIOLOGY: The followup call, patient style Technology aids compliance, eases recovery as patients call in heart details from home LAST LAUGH: Do you speak shopping? Even if you don’t care about cars, ultimately they’re not that different from shoes or purses—are they? CARDIOLOGY: Automated phone system aids anticoagulation care CARDIOLOGY: Syncope a risk for sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy OPED: How to cut the wait Standardizing definitions is key, as demonstrated by the Wait Time Information Program underway in Ontario First Previous 3894 3895 3896 3897 3898 Next Last
