Patients discharged the same day that undergo coronary artery stenting do just as well as patients hospitalized overnight for observation, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. And yet, they say, same-day discharge is rarely used.

Art Glasgow, currently chief technology officer for Ingenix, a leading informatics company that supports UnitedHealthcare and other clients, has been named chief information officer (CIO) for Duke Medicine.   The announcement was made by Victor J

New research suggests that people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be up to three times more likely to have a stroke compared to those not affected with HIV. The study is published in the January 19, 2011, online issue of Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. “Our findings showed that stroke hospitalizations in the United States decreased by seven percent in the general population within the last decade while stroke hospitalizations for people with HIV rose 67 percent,” said Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSc, Professor of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego and a member of the American Academy of Neurology

When we don’t feel confident about our government, we choose indirect ways of showing support, like buying U.S. based products, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research .

Time constraints, other illnesses and patient embarrassment may prevent dermatologists, internists and family practitioners from conducting full-body skin examinations, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Dermatology , one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, dermatologists are significantly more likely than internists and family practitioners to conduct such screenings. Skin cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the United States, according to background information in the article

A significant portion of the U.S. population does not have access to trauma care within an hours’ drive, with certain vulnerable groups at higher risk of worse access, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Surgery , one of the JAMA/Archives journals