ICU stays for worst asthma drop 74 percent, review finds
A review of 30 years of life-threatening asthma cases in a San Antonio intensive care unit found that annual ICU admissions for the condition have dropped 74 percent. The study, by UT Medicine San Antonio physicians who reviewed ...
Inflammatory disorders
May 10, 2012 |
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Home birth poses danger for higher-risk pregnancies: study
(HealthDay) -- A five-year study of home births in Oregon found an elevated rate of deaths among babies that had to be transferred to the hospital because something went wrong during the delivery.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
May 08, 2012 |
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Image share project gives patients and physicians anytime, anywhere access to medical images
Patients can successfully pull their medical images from the "cloud" making it faster for them to distribute them to their physicians regardless of where those physicians might be, according to a preliminary report of an ...
Other
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Computers aid in collecting sensitive information from teens (w /Video)
More than 1 million youths ages 15-24 have sexually transmitted infections (STIs) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea. Many others, however, are unaware they are infected because they have not been tested.
Other
Apr 29, 2012 |
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ICD-9 codes underestimate statin-linked rhabdomyolysis
(HealthDay) -- Use of diagnostic codes, such as International Classification of Diseases -- Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes, may result in misclassification of rare, adverse drug reactions (ADRs), including the ...
Medications
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Hospitals try voice recognition for health records
If your doctor is talking to an iPad the next time you see her, she may actually be flipping through your file.
Health
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Research suggests off-label prescribing of medications is common
A study evaluating off-label prescribing of medications in a primary care network in Canada suggests the practice is common, although it varies by medication, patient and physician characteristics, according to a report published ...
Medications
Apr 16, 2012 |
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IU, Regenstrief automated system aims to improve child health
Researchers from Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute have developed an automated system to help enable pediatricians to focus on the specific health needs of each patient in the short time allotted for preventive ...
Health
Apr 16, 2012 |
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A sprinkle of 'pixie dust' reduces post-surgical infection in spine
(Medical Xpress) -- Scattering a gram of powdered antibiotic (vancomycin) directly into a spinal surgery wound appears to be a safe, cost-effective way to achieve low post-operative infection rates, according to a University ...
Surgery
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Credible medical evidence of widespread torture in Darfur
Allegations of widespread, sustained torture and other human rights violations by the Government of Sudan and Janjaweed forces against non-Arabic-speaking civilians are corroborated in a study published in this week's PLoS Me ...
Health
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Race may play role in presentation of triple-negative breast cancer in hispanic women
Hispanic women in Puerto Rico who have triple-negative breast cancer share similar disease characteristics with Hispanic women in California, suggesting that race plays a significant role in the presentation of triple-negative ...
Cancer
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Patients want immediate access to radiology test results
You've been experiencing severe back pain and weakness in your right leg. Your doctor orders a spinal MRI to help determine the cause. The radiology report diagnoses cancer.
Other
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Making medication alerts in electronic medical record systems more useful and usable
A study by Regenstrief Institute and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs investigators provides the first in-depth look at how health care providers react to medication alerts generated by electronic medical record systems. ...
Health
Mar 29, 2012 |
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HEALTHBEAT: Helping doctors keep human touch
(AP) -- Medical student Gregory Shumer studied the electronic health record and scooted his laptop closer to the diabetic grandfather sitting on his exam table. "You can see," he pointed at the screen - weight, ...
Health
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Study finds PSA testing cuts prostate cancer death risk, but does it save lives?
(HealthDay) -- Adding another perspective to one of the most controversial and confounding issues in medicine, a new European study reports that men who received routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests ...
Cancer
Mar 14, 2012 |
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