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Can you put a price on health?

As health services strive to improve quality and reduce costs, researchers study the benefits – and the pitfalls – of 'pay for performance' in hospitals.

Health created May 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Baby's life saved with groundbreaking 3-D printed device that restored his breathing

Every day, their baby stopped breathing, his collapsed bronchus blocking the crucial flow of air to his lungs. April and Bryan Gionfriddo watched helplessly, just praying that somehow the dire predictions ...

Medical research created May 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers find genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis

A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibros ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Better behavior after tonsil/adenoid surgery for kids with sleep breathing trouble?

Children with obstructive sleep apnea who had a common surgery to remove their tonsils and adenoids showed notable improvements in behavior, quality of life and other symptoms compared to those treated with "watchful waiting" ...

Sleep apnea created May 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Monoclonal antibody appears effective and safe in asthma Phase IIa trial

A novel approach to obstructing the runaway inflammatory response implicated in some types of asthma has shown promise in a Phase IIa clinical trial, according to U. S. researchers.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ATS: Early prone positioning reduces mortality in ARDS

(HealthDay)—For patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), prolonged prone positioning during mechanical ventilation is associated with significantly reduced mortality at 28 and 90 days, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 21, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Having a nighttime critical care physician in the ICU doesn't improve patient outcomes, research finds

With little evidence to guide them, many hospital intensive care units (ICUs) have been employing critical care physicians at night with the notion it would improve patients' outcomes. However, new results from a one-year ...

Health created May 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CT detects twice as many lung cancers as X-ray at initial screening exam

National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) investigators also conclude that the 20 percent reduction in lung cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) versus chest X-ray (CXR) screening previously reported in the ...

Cancer created May 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0