Archive: 26/08/2015
Use of observation stays over hospital admissions drives up costs for one in four medicare patients
In the midst of a growing trend for Medicare patients to receive observation care in the hospital to determine if they should be formally admitted, a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University ...
Aug 26, 2015
High use of alternative medicine in senior oncology patients
Alternative medicines are widely thought to be at least harmless and very often helpful for a wide range of discomforts and illnesses. However, although they're marketed as "natural," they often contain active ingredients ...
Aug 26, 2015
Education positively impacts safe opioid prescribing among clinicians
Educating clinicians on how to safely prescribe opioids can help decrease opioid misuse among chronic pain sufferers.
Aug 26, 2015
Obesity-related causes of stillbirth detailed
Obese women are nearly twice as likely as their lean counterparts to have stillborn babies for several specific, potentially preventable medical reasons, a new University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health analysis ...
Aug 26, 2015
The great escape: Why awareness of mortality can be bad for health
People with low self-esteem use a variety of escape mechanisms to avoid thinking about their own mortality, new research reveals.
Aug 26, 2015