Neuroscience
For brain tumor patients who have to be readmitted, hospital choice is key
More than 700,000 Americans are living with a brain tumor, and surgery is often the first step in treatment.
Jan 23, 2020
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Health
New hospital-based data contradicts HUD estimates on homelessness
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report that in Illinois hospital visits associated with homelessness have tripled since 2011.
Jan 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fears for infants in Samoa as measles deaths mount
Measles infections continued to climb steeply in Samoa Thursday as a mass vaccination programme fails to reach the infants most vulnerable to the deadly epidemic.
Nov 28, 2019
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Health
Canadian stroke victims at higher risk of dying in rural hospitals
Canadians who suffer a stroke have a higher risk of dying if they are treated in a rural hospital rather than an urban one. According to a new study published in PLOS One by Université Laval researchers, the mortality rate ...
Feb 12, 2018
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Cardiology
Patients with atrial fibrillation at greater risk of death in rural hospitals than urban hospitals
Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) admitted to rural hospitals in the United States have a greater chance of dying during their hospital stay than patients admitted to urban hospitals for the same condition, according ...
Dec 11, 2017
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Pediatrics
Injuries caused by firearms differ in rural or urban settings
Researchers examining pediatric firearm injuries found that the age a child is injured by a gun is closely related to where he or she lives: the city or the country.
Sep 15, 2017
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Health
Nonprofit hospitals earn substantial profits
Seven of the 10 most profitable hospitals in the United States in 2013 - each earning more than $163 million in profits from patient care services—were nonprofit hospitals, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins ...
May 2, 2016
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Health
Rural patients in south New Zealand receive fewer CT scans
Rural patients in southern New Zealand are much less likely to receive computed tomography (CT) scans than their city-dwelling counterparts, according to University of Otago research that is the first to compare such scanning ...
Mar 9, 2015
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Health
Big city hospitals severely penalized for Medicare readmissions
Big city hospitals in the United States have been severely penalized for readmission of patients with heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific ...
Nov 17, 2014
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Obstetric care may differ at rural versus urban hospitals
Rates of unnecessary cesarean section and other potentially risky obstetric procedures show some significant differences between rural and urban hospitals in the United States, reports a study in the January issue of Medical ...
Dec 13, 2013
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