Medications are being discontinued—and the pharmacist may not know
More than 85,000 medications are discontinued each year by physicians, yet while physicians share this information with their patients, it is too often not shared with the pharmacists. This communication gap, identified by ...
Medications
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Electronic visits offer accurate diagnoses, may lead to overprescribing of antibiotics
One of the first studies to compare patients who see their doctors in person to those who receive care through the Internet, known as an e-visit, underscores both the promise and the pitfalls of this technology.
Health
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Uninsured brain cancer patients may be more likely than insured to die after surgery to remove tumor
Uninsured patients who undergo surgery to remove a brain tumor could be twice as likely to die in the hospital as those who have the same operation but are privately insured, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. In teaching ...
Surgery
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Pediatrician adoption of EHR systems lagging behind
(HealthDay)—Pediatricians' adoption of fully functional electronic health record (EHR) systems is lagging and fraught with financial and productivity concerns, according to a study published online Nov. ...
Pediatrics
Nov 19, 2012 |
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White matter microstructural integrity altered in T1DM
(HealthDay)—Youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) exhibit a pattern of regional diffusion tensor imaging differences that is suggestive of axonal injury or degeneration and may be related to episodes ...
Diabetes
Nov 15, 2012 |
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Survey: 69 percent of US primary care doctors now have electronic medical records
Two-thirds (69%) of U.S. primary care physicians reported using electronic medical records (EMRs) in 2012, up from less than half (46%) in 2009, according to findings from the 2012 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy ...
Health
Nov 15, 2012 |
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Significant relationship between mortality and telomere length discovered
A team of researchers at Kaiser Permanente and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has identified a significant relationship between mortality and the length of telomeres, the stretches of DNA that protect ...
Genetics
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Fascia lata can substitute for nasal lining in reconstruction
(HealthDay)—Fascia lata, which is a thin, pliable, and vascularized tissue, can be effectively used as a substitute for nasal lining in complex total and subtotal nasal reconstruction procedures, according ...
Surgery
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Stroke survivors who smoke raise risk of more strokes, heart attack, death
Stroke survivors who smoke put themselves at a greater risk of additional strokes, heart attack or death than those who never smoked, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke.
Cardiology
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Exercise may trump mental activity in protecting against brain shrinkage
Exercising regularly in old age may better protect against brain shrinkage than engaging in mental or social activities, according to a new study published in the October 23, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medical journa ...
Neuroscience
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Fainting after air travel may indicate pulmonary embolism
Fainting after recent air travel could be a sign of pulmonary embolism (PE), a potentially fatal blockage in the lungs. Syncope or fainting is an uncommon symptom of pulmonary embolism; however, new research presented at ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Troubled teens could benefit from online access to health records
Online health records could be surprisingly useful for at-risk teenagers who cycle through the juvenile justice system. A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center ...
Pediatrics
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Studies target high rates of HIV medication errors among hospitalized patients
Research presented at IDWeek 2012 concludes that despite advances in electronic medical records, mistakes are still commonly made in the prescription of antiretroviral medications for hospitalized HIV-positive patients. At ...
HIV & AIDS
Oct 19, 2012 |
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Cell saver not cost-effective in single-level lumbar surgery
(HealthDay)—Use of intraoperative blood salvage (cell saver) is not cost-effective for adult patients undergoing single-level posterior lumbar decompression and fusion (PLDF) surgery, according to research ...
Surgery
Oct 15, 2012 |
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Wondering about your hospital's quality? Ask a nurse
(HealthDay)—The easiest way to assess a hospital's quality of care might be to just ask the nurses, new research suggests.
Health
Oct 11, 2012 |
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