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Advancing emergency care for kids: Emergency physicians do it again
Most children with isolated skull fractures may not need to stay in the hospital, which finding has the potential to save the health care system millions of dollars a year ("Isolated Skull Fractures: Trends in Management ...
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Apr 30, 2013 |
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GW Cancer Institute publishes research on challenges faced by adolescent cancer survivors
New research out of the George Washington University Cancer Institute (GWCI) focuses on the difficulties of transitioning to adulthood while dealing with the long-term and late effects of cancer and its treatment. The study ...
Cancer
Apr 26, 2013 |
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Costs to treat heart failure expected to more than double by 2030
By 2030, you—and every U.S. taxpayer—could be paying $244 a year to care for heart failure patients, according to an American Heart Association policy statement.
Cardiology
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Nearly half of veterans found with blast concussions might have hormone deficiencies
Up to 20 percent of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq have experienced at least one blast concussion. New research suggests that nearly half these veterans may have a problem so under-recognized that even military ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 22, 2013 |
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Lack of consensus among health care providers in identifying sepsis poses threat to treatment
Though the toll of sepsis is known to be enormous – it is estimated to cost the U.S. health care system $24.3 billion each year, and is the nation's third-leading killer, behind heart disease and cancer – the true magnitude ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 16, 2013 |
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Study questions value of PSA test for older men
(HealthDay)—Only one-third of men over age 65 who receive an abnormal result from their PSA test actually undergo prostate biopsy to look for disease, a new study finds.
Cancer
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Sharing individual health information could improve care and reduce costs for all, researcher says
Information collected from individual patients at doctor's office and hospital visits could be used to improve health care and reduce costs on a national scale, according to a discussion paper released by the Institute of ...
Health
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Intensive glucose control improves CVD risk factors
(HealthDay)—Intensive glucose-lowering therapy (INT) is associated with favorable changes in lipoprotein levels and inflammatory risk factors even though it does not lower the incidence of cardiovascular ...
Diabetes
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Increased rates of hospitalization linked to elder abuse, researchers find
Older adults who are subject to elder abuse, neglect and exploitation face a greater risk of being hospitalized than other seniors, according to the results of a study published in the April 8 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine.
Health
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Brain cell signal network genes linked to schizophrenia risk in families
New genetic factors predisposing to schizophrenia have been uncovered in five families with several affected relatives. The psychiatric disorder can disrupt thinking, feeling, and acting, and blur the border ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 03, 2013 |
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Vt. is first state to post health insurance rates (Update)
(AP)—Vermont has become the first state to let people without health insurance see how much they would pay to get coverage through the federal health overhaul beginning next year.
Health
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Diabetes care for African-Americans can be improved
(HealthDay)—For African-Americans with type 2 diabetes, health care-promoted interventions targeting patients, the health care system, or both, can improve the quality of care, according to a review and ...
Diabetes
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Hispanics live longest, whites shortest among dialysis patients
Among kidney failure patients on dialysis, Hispanics tend to live the longest and Whites the shortest, with Blacks' survival time in between these two, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Jo ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2013 |
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Study finds heart failure medications highly cost-effective
A UCLA study shows that heart failure medications recommended by national guidelines are highly cost effective in saving lives and may also provide savings to the health care system.
Cardiology
Mar 28, 2013 |
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HIV sufferers need hepatitis safeguards
Stronger protections are needed to prevent people with HIV from also becoming infected with hepatitis, researchers argue in a new study led by Michigan State University.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 27, 2013 |
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