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| Effective Health Care Clinician Guides
| | Making good decisions requires that physicians have reliable and practical data. Comparative effectiveness reviews and objective findings on different medical interventions and strategies, as provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in its Effective Health Care Program, can help physicians make the most informed choices among treatment options. | |  |
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| | New integrated therapies for wound healing on the horizon
| | | An integrated, simultaneous therapy using new treatment options and comprehensive care of the patient's underlying medical issues are leading to great advances in wound healing, according to Harold Brem, M.D., F.A.C.S., chief of the division of wound healing and regenerative medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, N.Y. |
| | Effective Health Care Clinician Guides
| | | Making good decisions requires that physicians have reliable and practical data. Comparative effectiveness reviews and objective findings on different medical interventions and strategies, as provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in its Effective Health Care Program, can help physicians make the most informed choices among treatment options. |
| | Elderly patients may need assistance in caring for nails
| | | Nails undergo a significant number of changes in elderly patients, including discoloration, increased curvature and a 40 percent reduction in the growth rate, according to Richard K. Scher, M.D., professor emeritus, dermatology, Columbia University, New York, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. |
| | Nonsurgical skin cancer care welcomed by elderly patients
| | | Nonsurgical treatments offer an alternative approach when surgical options are not optimal for treating certain cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer in elderly patients, according to an expert. Topical and oral medications are useful if skin cancer is in a delicate area, enabling clinicians to eliminate the tumor or shrink it so it can be removed surgically. |
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