Allergens from Cats and Cockroaches Linked to Glaucoma Risk
Contact with cats and cockroaches may increase the risk for glaucoma, but contact with dogs could guard against the eye disease, say authors of a new study. (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - July 28, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Samara E. Kuehne Tags: Allergy Online Exclusives Practice Focus rhinitis Source Type: research
New Guidelines Focus on Primary Persistent Tinnitus
New recommendations for clinical practice guidelines on focus on primary persistent tinnitus. (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - May 5, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Mary Beth Nierengarten Tags: Online Exclusives Otology/Neurotology Practice Focus tinnitus Source Type: research
Smoking Among U.S. Adults at Lowest Rate in Decades
Due to widespread adoption of population-based interventions to reduce tobacco use and prevent people from beginning to smoke, the prevalence of smoking among adults in the United States is at its lowest level since 1965, according to a report published by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The rate of cigarette smoking in […] (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - April 30, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Mary Beth Nierengarten Tags: Online Exclusives smoking Source Type: research
Musician Brains May Hold Answers to New Ways to Treat Hearing Loss
What happens in the brains of musicians may hold answers to ways to treat people with hearing loss (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - March 10, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Mary Beth Nierengarten Tags: Online Exclusives Otology/Neurotology Practice Focus cochlear implant hearing loss music Source Type: research
Report: Revenue Down in Nonprofit Hospitals
Revenues and growth falling in nonprofit hospitals but increasing in for profit (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - December 3, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Samara Kuehne Tags: Online Exclusives hospitals Source Type: research
Patient’s Immune System Strongly Correlated to Speed of Surgical Recovery
New study finds that a patient’s immune response to surgery is strongly linked to his or her surgical recovery (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - November 17, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Mary Beth Nierengarten Tags: Online Exclusives recovery surgery Source Type: research
Study Findings Move Research Closer to Personalized Head and Neck Cancer Treatments
Study finds genetic alterations act together to produce more aggressive tumors in head and neck cancers. (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - November 5, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Mary Beth Nierengarten Tags: Head and Neck Online Exclusives carcinoma genetics Source Type: research
New Cochlear Implant Improves Hearing in Subset of Patients
For people with poor high frequency hearing who retain good hearing at low frequencies, a new cochlear implant can provide the needed stimulation to improve that high frequency hearing. (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - October 7, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Samara Kuehne Tags: Online Exclusives Otology/Neurotology Practice Focus cochlear implant hearing loss Source Type: research
Avoid Data Breaches, HIPAA Violations When Posting Patients ’ Health Information Online
How to know which medical information must be de-identified before it’s shared over social media (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - October 5, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Steven M. Harris, Esq. Tags: Departments Legal Matters HIPAA technology Source Type: research
Avoid Data Breaches, HIPAA Violations When Posting Patients’ Health Information Online
How to know which medical information must be de-identified before it’s shared over social media (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - October 5, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Steven M. Harris, Esq. Tags: Departments Legal Matters HIPAA technology Source Type: research
Medical Scribes Can Improve Patient Care, Physician Finances
Employing scribes to enter, manage patient data in electronic health records can save physicians time, money (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - October 5, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Kurt Ullman Tags: Departments Practice Management Source Type: research
Medical Simulation Growing Part of Medical Residents ’ Education, Training
Majority of medical schools employ some form of medical simulation devices in residency training programs (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - October 5, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Stephanie Mackiewicz Tags: Departments Home Slider Medical Education simulation Source Type: research
