By: Deborah Cort, RN, MSN, CRRN If you’re like most folks, you depend on your doctor to give you all of the medication safety information you need, and rightly so. No doubt, your physician writes every prescription with your improved health in mind. But just how well does your doctor know you? Well enough to [...]

By Deborah Cort, MSN, CRRN Approximately 12,000 physicians call themselves “hospitalists” nationwide (Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting 2005). A hospitalist is a physician who focuses on the medical care of hospitalized patients. Once a patient is admitted, the hospitalist takes over for the primary care physician, directing and managing patient care and reporting the [...]

By: Roseanne Breckels, MS, C.S.C.S You are probably ecstatic about all the exciting (and not-so exciting) changes your body will be going through during the next nine months. But what about your Pilates class? Can you still strength-train three times per week? Will starting an exercise routine now be healthier for you and your baby? [...]