Archive: 01/11/2017

To make surgery safer and less expensive for all, take Michigan's model national, team says

Half the dollars spent on health care in America have something to do with a surgical procedure - including post-surgery care to fix problems that could have been prevented.

Nov 1, 2017

Taking four or more prescription meds? Consider scaling back

(HealthDay)—More than half of Americans regularly take about four prescription medications, increasing the likelihood that mistakes could occur, according to Consumer Reports.

Nov 1, 2017

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Speed up the 'Cancer Moonshot,' doctors urge

(HealthDay)—The Cancer Moonshot Initiative now has a detailed road map designed to cram a decade's worth of medical advancement into half that time.

Nov 1, 2017

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Riding the bike to work is just as effective as leisure time exercise

Jump on the bike and enjoy the morning ride to work. If you are overweight and inactive you can lose fat mass just as effectively and fast by starting to take the bike to work as by exercising in a fitness centre. This is ...

Nov 1, 2017

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Five ways to eat more veggies

(HealthDay)—It's a healthy habit we try to instill in our kids though we don't always do it ourselves—eating more vegetables every day.

Nov 1, 2017

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U.S. preemie birth rates rise two years in a row

(HealthDay)—After nearly a decade of decline, the preterm birth rate in the United States has risen for the second year in a row, the March of Dimes reports.

Nov 1, 2017

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Strength exercise as vital as aerobic, new research finds

Push ups and sit ups could add years to your life according to a new study of over 80,000 adults led by the University of Sydney.

Nov 1, 2017

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Diagnostic revolution targets tuberculosis, other deadly diseases

Skeletal remains dating to the Neolithic era in Egypt bear tell-tale traces of tuberculosis (TB)—a disease that is estimated to have killed a billion people in the last two centuries alone.

Nov 1, 2017

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TAVR cost-effective compared with SAVR in intermediate risk patients with aortic stenosis

Analysis of the PARTNER 2A trial and the SAPIEN-3 Intermediate Risk registry found transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to be highly cost-effective compared with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in intermediate ...

Nov 1, 2017

Results from the ABSORB IV trial reported

Thirty-day results from ABSORB IV, the largest randomized everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) trial to date, found BVS to be noninferior to a cobalt-chromium everolimus-eluting stent (CoCr-EES) for target ...

Nov 1, 2017

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Archive: 01/11/2017

To make surgery safer and less expensive for all, take Michigan's model national, team says

Taking four or more prescription meds? Consider scaling back

Speed up the 'Cancer Moonshot,' doctors urge

Riding the bike to work is just as effective as leisure time exercise

Five ways to eat more veggies

U.S. preemie birth rates rise two years in a row

Strength exercise as vital as aerobic, new research finds

Diagnostic revolution targets tuberculosis, other deadly diseases

TAVR cost-effective compared with SAVR in intermediate risk patients with aortic stenosis

Results from the ABSORB IV trial reported

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