From 2012 to 2019, there were considerable increases in utilization of computed tomography (CT) angiography (CTA) and CT perfusion (CTP) among ischemic stroke patients, according to a study published online April 25 in the ...
May 2, 2022
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Vitamin D has emerged as "the vitamin of the decade", with a long and growing list of maladies supposedly caused through its absence or prevented through its bountiful supply.
Aug 12, 2013
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(HealthDay)—For older Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), early insulin initiation offers clinical benefit, according to a study published online May 8 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics ...
May 18, 2015
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The expansion of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with individuals staying in treatment longer and reducing their risk of medically treated overdose, according to a new study.
Aug 31, 2022
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There's a simple way to reduce the opioid epidemic gripping the country, according to new Cornell research: Make doctors check their patients' previous prescriptions.
Apr 27, 2017
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A high-touch pharmacy care management (PCM) service leads to lower pharmacy spending costs, decreased inpatient hospital stays and optimal medication use for Medicare Advantage (MA) members identified as being at high risk, ...
Mar 4, 2024
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The estimated cost of multiple sclerosis (MS) reached $85.4 billion in 2019 in the United States, according to a new report published in the April 13, 2022, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy ...
Apr 13, 2022
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Many working-age people assume that Medicare covers just about every kind of health care that an older person may need.
Jun 26, 2021
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Few Medicare enrollees appear to be receiving buprenorphine-naloxone, the only opioid agonist therapy for opioid addiction available through Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage, according to a study published online ...
Jul 20, 2016
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Many elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC)—who are often underrepresented in clinical trials to treat the kidney cancer—are seeing overall survival benefits from treatment with targeted therapies, ...
Jun 21, 2019
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