http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—As the nation marks the 40th anniversary of the historic decision to legalize abortions in the U.S., Mississippi's lone abortion clinic says it received notice that the state health department intends to revoke its operating license. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-abortion-clinic.html Health Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:10:02 EST news278401498 More pediatric hospital physicians are communicating through cell phone text messaging, rather than the traditional pager method, according to research presented Oct. 21 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-pediatric-hospitalists-text-messaging.html Pediatrics Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:02:28 EST news270014532 (Medical Xpress)—Your high school graduate is off to college to embark on a newly independent life. But they're not the only one making a transition: parents too face emotional and lifestyle adjustments. With advice on empty-nest syndrome and the college transition, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital physicians offer expert tips for parents and children on topics including redecorating your child's room, credit cards, keeping in touch and more. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-grown-good-advice-empty-nest-syndrome.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:05:23 EST news265532718 Nobody wins when patients stay in the hospital unnecessarily, so the federal government in recent years has pushed hospitals to be careful about admitting Medicare recipients as inpatients. The apparent result is that more patients are being "held for observation" instead, according to a new study by Brown University gerontologists. While the shift in how hospitals care for elderly patients in the emergency department may reduce costs to Medicare, it can also increase out-of-pocket expenditures for patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-pressure-medicare-hospitals-seniors.html Health Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:00:45 EST news258037074 Rhode Island Hospital physicians identified six cases of accidental ingestion of wire grill brush bristles that required endoscopic or surgical removal. The paper calls attention to the need for the public and physicians to be aware of this potential danger. It is published in the American Journal of Roentgenology and is now available online in advance of print. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-danger-grill.html Health Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:04:06 EST news252158605 Rhode Island Hospital physicians report that managing chest pain patients within an emergency department chest pain unit by both emergency medicine staff and cardiologists is safe and effective and may lower the use of stress testing. A new study indicates that when patients were jointly managed and when stress testing was largely at the discretion of a cardiologist, stress testing use was lower and there was a low rate of 30-day major cardiac events. The study is published online in advance of print in Clinical Pathways in Cardiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-ed-chest-pain-physician-discretion.html Cardiology Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:46:01 EST news251981155 A research team led by investigators at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found that a small device worn on a patient's brow can be useful in monitoring stroke patients in the hospital. The device measures blood oxygen, similar to a pulse oximeter, which is clipped onto a finger. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-first-of-its-kind-patch-brain-blood-oxygen.html Cardiology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:10:01 EST news247333508 When Don Gotler was undergoing two procedures preparing him for treatment for his esophageal cancer last year, his doctor asked if he wanted to take part in the hospital's new hypnotherapy program. Combined with anesthesia, he was told, the hypnosis would help alleviate anxiety and post-surgery pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-relieving-effects-surgery-hypnosis.html Other Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:33:03 EST news230308369 Researchers compared hospitalization rates and rehospitalization rates of patients admitted for heart attack and for heart failure. Heart attack admissions are considered non-discretionary, whereas, heart failure admissions are considered more discretionary. Hospitalization after heart attack is mandated in treatment guidelines, so physicians have little or no room for discretionary decisions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-doctors-decisions-hospital-admissions-affect.html Cardiology Fri, 13 May 2011 11:31:29 EST news224505071