“Digital Pills” – Answer to Compliance, or Slippery Slope?
Node Smith, ND Could “digital pills” be the next big ethical question in medicine? Digital pills, ingestible sensors encapsulated in a gelatin coating, can now be taken along with medications to track drug use patterns.1 Clinicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are...
Optimal Threshold of Cardiac Troponin I Concentration for Risk Stratification
Node Smith, ND High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Testing to Determine Likelihood of Current and Future Cardiac Events A global study on the use of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I testing in the evaluation of patients with chest pain offers a definitive threshold...
Do Your Patients Know that Alcohol Intake is Linked to Cancer?
Node Smith, ND The Link Between Alcohol Consumption and Cancer Many Americans are not aware that alcohol intake is linked to many forms of cancer, regardless of whether intake is considered light, moderate, or heavy.1 According to the American Society of Clinical...
