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Study shows rising rate of propofol abuse by health care professionals

Abuse of the anesthesia drug propofol is a "rapidly progressive form of substance dependence" that is being more commonly seen among health care professionals, reports a study in the April Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. ...

Addiction created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with few assets less likely to plan for end-of-life health care

Socioeconomic status is a big predictor of how likely people are to have living wills, a power of attorney for health care decisions or to participate in informal discussions about treatment preferences with ...

Health created Aug 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Oregon's program to improve care for those with advanced illness highlighted in JAMA

Oregon's groundbreaking Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment program (POLST) is featured in the latest edition of the Journal of The American Medical Association. The program, which was created by health care p ...

Health created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Link found between percentage of minority trauma patients in a hospital and increased odds of dying

The odds of dying appear to increase for patients treated at hospitals with higher proportions of minority trauma patients, although racial disparities may partly explain differences in outcomes between trauma hospitals, ...

Other created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0