http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Payment and policy updates have been proposed for 2014, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Advanced Notice and draft Call Letter published Feb. 15. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cms-payment-policy.html Health Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:23:42 EST news280751011 Scarred by years of torture and abuse under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodian refugees in the United States have been found to have significantly higher physical and mental health problems compared to the general population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-health-cambodian-americans.html Health Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:00:01 EST news278318694 Smokers who try to quit would be more successful if they combined medication or nicotine-replacement therapy with behavioral counseling, finds a new review in The Cochrane Library. Few lifestyle changes deliver as many positive health benefits as quitting smoking, including improved circulation, lowered blood pressure and a decreased risk of cancer and heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-combined-approach.html Health Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:50:02 EST news269678032 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at The University of Queensland's School of Pharmacy are making medication use safer by incorporating pharmacists into general practice medical centres. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-role-pharmacistssafer-medication.html Medications Tue, 04 Sep 2012 06:17:57 EST news265958269 The Medicare Part D coverage gap was associated with reduced use of antidepressants in a study of beneficiaries 65 years or older with depression, according to a report by Archives of General Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-medicare-coverage-gap-reductions-antidepressant.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:00:19 EST news260457006 A meta-analysis of eight previously published clinical trials suggests that initial stent implantation for patients with stable coronary artery disease is not associated with improved outcomes compared with initial medical therapy for prevention of death, nonfatal heart attacks, unplanned revascularization or angina, according to a study published in the Feb. 27 Archives of Internal Medicine. The article is part of the journal's Less is More series. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-stent-implantation-medical-therapy-stable.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:00:05 EST news249573666