Archive: 27/02/2014
Simple lab-based change may help reduce unnecessary antibiotic therapy, improve care
A simple change in how the hospital laboratory reports test results may help improve antibiotic prescribing practices and patient safety, according to a pilot, proof-of-concept study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases ...
Feb 27, 2014
DNA test better than standard screens in identifying fetal chromosome abnormalities
A study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine potentially has significant implications for prenatal testing for major fetal chromosome abnormalities. The study found that in a head-to-head comparison of noninvasive ...
Feb 27, 2014
Despite recession, children's health spending increased between 2009-2012, says new report
Spending on health care for children covered by employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) increased between 2009 and 2012, rising an average 5.5 percent a year, with more dollars spent on boys than girls, and higher spending on ...
Feb 27, 2014
Childhood adversity launches lifelong relationship and health disadvantage for black men
Greater childhood adversity helps to explain why black men are less healthy than white men, and some of this effect appears to operate through childhood adversity's enduring influence on the relationships black men have as ...
Feb 27, 2014
Pulling problem teeth before heart surgery to prevent infection may be catch-22
To pull or not to pull? That is a common question when patients have the potentially dangerous combination of abscessed or infected teeth and the need for heart surgery. In such cases, problem teeth often are removed before ...
Feb 27, 2014