News tagged with health providers


Computerized reminders significantly improve HIV care in resource-limited setting

A large randomized controlled study is among the first to rigorously demonstrate that health information technology can improve compliance with patient care guidelines by clinicians in resource-limited countries. The study ...

Pediatrics created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rehab associated with reduced risk of death in women with CAD

Women with coronary artery disease who completed a 12-week cardiac rehabilitation program were two-thirds less likely to die compared to those who were not referred to the program. In addition, the mortality benefit derived ...

Cardiology created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Federal figures miss most work-related amputations

A new report from Michigan State University and the Michigan Department of Community Health raises significant concerns about the federal government's system for tracking work-related injuries.

Health created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

End-of-life plans benefit patients and families

(Medical Xpress)—Health care at the end of life is a difficult issue but a new study highlights the importance of making a plan for end-of-life decisions.

Health created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds sexual health services for rural Latino men could be improved

(Medical Xpress)—A new study based on in-depth interviews of rural Latino men in western Oregon finds that these men need sexual health services designed for their needs, including more male health providers, more convenient ...

Health created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Better estrogen-testing methods needed to improve patient care

In a Position Statement unveiled today, The Endocrine Society advocates that all methods for measuring estrogens, which play a crucial role in human biology, be made traceable to a common standard.

Health created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New clinical tool assesses health risks for older adults

A UC San Francisco team has developed a tool that can help determine – and perhaps influence – senior citizens' 10-year survivability rates.

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Free online program helps reduce blood pressure

People with high blood pressure enrolled in a clinical pharmacist-led web-based monitoring program were more likely to lower their pressure to recommended level than people who did not use the program.

Cardiology created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Is too much e-communication swamping doctors?

(HealthDay)—As hospitals increasingly forgo pen and paper in favor of "e-records," new research suggests the move is leaving many doctors struggling in a sea of daily communications.

Health created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A vaccine that works in newborns? Promising compound may help protect babies during vulnerable window

The underdeveloped immune systems of newborns don't respond to most vaccines, leaving them at high risk for infections like rotavirus, pertussis (whooping cough) and pneumococcus. Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital ...

Immunology created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rite Aid expands online clinic program

Rite Aid is expanding a new drugstore clinic that allows customers to have virtual visits with doctors who can diagnose conditions and prescribe medications based on a 10-minute consultation.

Health created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals significant gaps in patient self-management of diabetes in Trinidad and Tobago

One in three diabetes patients at the Penal Health Center, located in the Penal region of Trinidad and Tobago, fail to take the medications their physicians prescribe for high blood sugar, blood pressure or cholesterol. And ...

Diabetes created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pharmaceutical companies: An $84 million marketing effort in the District of Columbia

Drug companies spent nearly $84 million marketing pharmaceuticals in the District of Columbia in 2011, including an outlay of nearly $19 million for gifts given to physicians, hospitals and other health care providers, according ...

Medications created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Screening decisions better informed when risk information personalized

Patients' ability to make genuinely informed choices about undergoing disease screening increases when the risk information that they receive is related to their own personal risk, rather than average risks, according to ...

Health created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of heart attack death may increase after adult sibling's death

Your risk of dying from a heart attack may increase after your adult sibling dies, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Cardiology created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0