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Cheaper radiation treatment just as effective, but costly alternative is new standard

Cheaper radiation treatment just as effective, but costly alternative is new standard

May 20, 2013 4:25 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who get an older and less costly form of radiation after their cancerous prostates are removed fare just as well as men who get ... Read more

Never happy: Surgical residents don’t like limits on work hours, many break new rules

Never happy: Surgical residents don’t like limits on work hours, many break new rules

May 17, 2013 3:45 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most surgeons-in-training dislike new rules that limit how many hours they can work, according to a new study that also found the majority said they ... Read more


Study: People who have had multiple concussions have more suicidal thoughts

Study: People who have had multiple concussions have more suicidal thoughts

May 16, 2013 5:03 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who've sustained multiple brain injuries throughout their life were more likely to report suicidal thoughts than people with one or no concussions, according to ... Read more

FDA warning didn’t decrease use of drug in for-profit dialysis centers

FDA warning didn’t decrease use of drug in for-profit dialysis centers

May 16, 2013 9:07 am by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite a strong warning from U.S. regulators in 2007, for-profit dialysis centers still gave their kidney failure patients more of a certain anemia drug than ... Read more

For-profit dialysis centers continued to use anemia drug after black box warning

For-profit dialysis centers continued to use anemia drug after black box warning

May 15, 2013 3:40 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite a strong warning from U.S. regulators in 2007, for-profit dialysis centers still gave their kidney failure patients more of a certain anemia drug than ... Read more

Better stent surgery stats needed: heart doctors

Better stent surgery stats needed: heart doctors

May 10, 2013 4:15 pm by | 1 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Publicly reported statistics about how patients fare after a common heart procedure often are inaccurate, says a new study that suggests publishing the poor quality ... Read more

HPV-related cancers rose before vaccines hit market

HPV-related cancers rose before vaccines hit market

May 9, 2013 4:07 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of some cancers related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) increased throughout the U.S. before vaccines against the sexually transmitted infection were available, says ... Read more


Oblivious to rising healthcare costs? Expense a non-factor in medical treatment guidelines

Oblivious to rising healthcare costs? Expense a non-factor in medical treatment guidelines

May 7, 2013 11:08 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Professional medical societies don't often consider costs when they're developing their treatment guidelines for specific conditions, according to a new study.Researchers found that just over ... Read more

Programs to reduce antibiotic use often work

Programs to reduce antibiotic use often work

May 2, 2013 3:37 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Programs that attempt to encourage or force hospital doctors to cut back on prescribing antibiotics achieve that goal and help reduce the number of dangerous ... Read more

Medication errors also happen at home: study

Medication errors also happen at home: study

April 29, 2013 3:45 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While doctors and nurses can make mistakes with medications in hospitals, a new study says drug errors often happen at home and can lead to ... Read more

Study: Doctors order fewer tests when they know prices

Study: Doctors order fewer tests when they know prices

April 24, 2013 4:39 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors order fewer laboratory tests during a patient's hospital stay if they know how much the tests cost, according to a new study. Researchers found ... Read more

USPSTF: Not enough data to support universal screening for suicide risk

USPSTF: Not enough data to support universal screening for suicide risk

April 22, 2013 6:10 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is not enough evidence to recommend universal screening to find people at risk of suicide, according to a government-backed panel. As it did in ... Read more

Study: Getting consent and other ‘non-system’ delays can be deadly for cath lab patients

Study: Getting consent and other ‘non-system’ delays can be deadly for cath lab patients

April 21, 2013 7:55 am by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Delays that are outside a hospital's control often prevent doctors from unblocking a heart attack patient's arteries right away, according to a new study that ... Read more

Study: Cigarette companies shield cheaper brands from taxes to keep people buying

Study: Cigarette companies shield cheaper brands from taxes to keep people buying

April 18, 2013 4:51 pm by | 0 Comments

New York (Reuters Health) - Large cigarette companies can keep their products affordable for young people and the poor by shifting the burden of rising excise taxes from cheaper brands ... Read more

People, networks may sway parents’ vaccine choices

People, networks may sway parents’ vaccine choices

April 15, 2013 12:50 am by | 0 Comments

The people and information sources parents surround themselves with may influence their choice to vaccinate their children or not, according to a survey from one county in Washington state. Of ... Read more