Archive: 05/10/2015
Disparities in time spent seeking medical care in the United States
Racial/ethnic minorities and unemployed individuals had a longer total time burden (time spent traveling to, waiting for and receiving ambulatory medical care) in a nationally representative study, although patients' face-to-face ...
Oct 5, 2015
Antihypertensive beta-blockers may increase cardiovascular risks in surgical patients
A two-drug antihypertensive treatment that included a beta-blocker was associated with increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) and death in a study of Danish patients who underwent noncardiac surgery, ...
Oct 5, 2015
Patients with flu-associated pneumonia less likely to have received flu vaccine
Among children and adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, those with influenza-associated pneumonia, compared with those with pneumonia not associated with influenza, had lower odds of having received an influenza ...
Oct 5, 2015
Disparities in outcomes for rare pediatric cancer suggest unequal access to primary care
Disparities in outcomes for children with retinoblastoma—a rare eye tumor usually discovered in routine pediatric check-ups—suggest unequal access to primary care, researchers from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer ...
Oct 5, 2015
Nanoparticulate carbon black particles tiny culprits that start emphysema
When pathologists perform autopsies on smokers who died with severe emphysema, they find that lungs are black in appearance. These emphysematous lungs place strain on lung structures and ultimately other organs. Until recently, ...
Oct 5, 2015