Medical creep happens when doctors practice “outside the box.” They perform procedures or prescribe treatments in the absence of clear evidence that patients will benefit. For example, doctors often ...

Robert Miller smiles and chats as he walks briskly on a treadmill at the Genesis Heart Institute Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit in Davenport. Walking 3.5 mph on a machine is not an easy or enjoyable ...

Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...

In his 20 years of practicing emergency medicine, Dr. David Newman says, he remembers every patient who has walked out of his hospital alive after receiving CPR. It’s not because Newman has an ...

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing clinicians, health care institutions, and public officials to develop crisis standards of care that differ radically from ordinary care for services such as ...

As recent case histories surface, scientists debate whether a person can actually be awake and aware while cardiopulmonary resuscitation is performed on them. Share on Pinterest Cardiopulmonary ...