Emergency Medicine
<ѻýҕl class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in emergency medicine.ѻýҕl>
<ѻýҕl>Ebola Response: Slowed by a 'Perfect Storm' of Setbacksѻýҕl>
WASHINGTON -- The world was taken by surprise by the West Africa Ebola outbreak and has been scrambling ever since to catch up, with many setbacks and only a few bright spots in the picture, international experts said at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
Sep 08, 2014
<ѻýҕl>Urgent Care Centers Opening For Mental lllnessesѻýҕl>
Mental health urgent care centers, also known as crisis stabilization units, are opening throughout California in response to the shortage of psychiatric beds and the increase in patients with mental illnesses showing up at hospital emergency rooms with nowhere else to go.
Aug 29, 2014
<ѻýҕl>APA Meeting Highlights Mental Health Biologyѻýҕl>
NEW YORK CITY -- The biological basis for normal and abnormal mental function is emerging as a dominant theme in psychiatry research, and the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting that starts here Saturday won't be an exception.
May 01, 2014
<ѻýҕl>CardioBuzz: Is Marijuana Bad for Your Heart?ѻýҕl>
Whether marijuana actually causes cardiovascular problems remains unclear, a situation that was not necessarily helped by a study based on 35 reports of cannabis-related complications in France, a country with about 1.2 million recreational users.
Apr 24, 2014
<ѻýҕl>13 Mobile Apps Every ER Doc Should Test Driveѻýҕl>
Here are the best mobile apps for emergency medicine physicians gleaned from a recent EMJ paper by Michelle Lin, MD, Iltifat Husain, MD, Salim Rezaie, MD, and remixed with a talk from last month's AAEM meeting by Graham Walker, MD.
Mar 03, 2014