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Cost of medication and stigma leading asthma sufferers to risk health

The high cost of medication, stigmatisation and poor acceptance of their condition are causing young adults to take a dangerous approach to managing their asthma, according to new research published today ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines hospital readmission and mortality rates for Medicare patients

In a study that included data on nearly 3 million hospital admissions for Medicare beneficiaries with heart attack, pneumonia or heart failure, researchers failed to find evidence that a hospital's performance on the measure ...

Health created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Molecular master switch for pancreatic cancer identified, potential predictor of treatment outcome

A recently described master regulator protein may explain the development of aberrant cell growth in the pancreas spurred by inflammation

Cancer created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yearly rise in emergency admissions for kids in England since 2003

The number of children admitted to hospital as emergencies has steadily increased every year since 2003, with the largest rises seen among the under 5s, indicates research published online in the Archives of Disease in Ch ...

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Higher risk of stroke from common heart disease

(Medical Xpress)—Australians are being warned of a higher risk of stroke caused by the nation's most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation.

Cardiology created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Training bystanders to spot drug overdoses can reduce deaths

Training bystanders to recognize and respond to drug overdoses can significantly reduce the number of fatalities, finds a study published in BMJ today.

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Prehospital antiplatelets improve graft intervention outcomes

(HealthDay)—Prehospital use of antiplatelet therapy, either aspirin/clopidogrel or dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), is associated with a lower incidence of major adverse cardiac events after saphenous ...

Cardiology created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research finds substantial variation in readmission rate among children's hospitals

In a national sample of 72 children's hospitals, 6.5 percent of hospitalized children experienced an unplanned readmission within 30 days, with significant variability in readmission rates across conditions and hospitals, ...

Health created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How intermediate health and social care services enable better care closer to home

(Medical Xpress)—A new report by the University of Exeter Medical School researchers sheds light on how health and social care arrangements can avoid hospital admissions or enable people to leave hospital ...

Health created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smoke-free law linked to 12% decrease in child asthma hospital admissions, study finds

The introduction of smoke-free legislation in England was immediately followed by a fall in the number of children admitted to hospital with asthma symptoms, a new study has found.

Pediatrics created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cold or flu? Visit your doctor, not the ER

During cold and flu season, most of us inevitably will experience one or more acute illness. Fortunately, most acute problems are treatable without hospital admission. With that in mind, doctors say it is important to seek ...

Health created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Administering chemo ups income for non-salaried oncologists

(HealthDay)—Non-salaried oncologists report the potential for increased salaries with the administration of chemotherapy or growth factors for lung or colorectal cancer patients, according to a study published ...

Cancer created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with HIV hospitalized less often since combination antiretroviral drug therapy introduced

People with HIV are being hospitalized in Ontario significantly less often than they were 15 years ago when combination antiretroviral drug therapy (cART) was introduced, new research has found.

HIV & AIDS created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Higher emergency admissions for depressed older men

(Medical Xpress)—Depressed older men are twice as likely as those not suffering depression to be admitted to hospital, according to a study published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Death rate 2 to 4 times as high among childless couples

Despite the popular belief among parents that having children shortens their lives, the reverse seems to be true, particularly for women, indicates a large study of childless couples, treated for infertility, and published ...

Health created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0