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Study: Accountable Care Organizations may improve quality and lower costs

Study: Accountable Care Organizations may improve quality and lower costs

June 19, 2013 12:23 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Large independent doctor practices that focus on primary care tend to spend less money and are more likely to meet guidelines for Americans on Medicare ... Read more

Pressure on welfare recipients over losing benefits slightly increases risk of dying

Pressure on welfare recipients over losing benefits slightly increases risk of dying

June 14, 2013 4:23 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pressuring welfare recipients to get a job or face losing their benefits may put them at a slightly increased risk of dying over the long ... Read more


It may have soothing charms, but this music device can’t lower BP for those with diabetes

It may have soothing charms, but this music device can’t lower BP for those with diabetes

June 12, 2013 3:19 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A device that plays a melody in an attempt to slow people's breathing didn't lower the blood pressure of people with diabetes, according to a ... Read more

Why do doctors order too many heart tests? Not necessarily for financial or legal reasons

Why do doctors order too many heart tests? Not necessarily for financial or legal reasons

June 11, 2013 1:34 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite reports that financial incentives and fear of lawsuits lead doctors to order too many heart tests, a new study of U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) ... Read more

Drugs stored in ambulances can degrade faster than those kept refrigerated

Drugs stored in ambulances can degrade faster than those kept refrigerated

June 7, 2013 3:23 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drugs that are often used in emergencies and typically kept in ambulances may deteriorate beyond a safe level in a few weeks or months, according ... Read more

Study: Despite incentives, only 1 in 10 docs met EHR requirements

Study: Despite incentives, only 1 in 10 docs met EHR requirements

June 6, 2013 2:15 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite the U.S. government offering hefty financial incentives to doctors for using electronic records to assess the care they provide, a new study says few ... Read more

Study on colonoscopy prep video has wider implications for patient education/communication

Study on colonoscopy prep video has wider implications for patient education/communication

June 5, 2013 4:14 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite reminders, people scheduled for a colonoscopy didn't access an Internet video designed to educate them about proper preparation for the screening, in a new ... Read more


Anti-depressants can help smokers quit without much risk

Anti-depressants can help smokers quit without much risk

May 31, 2013 2:14 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Popular smoking cessation treatments - such as nicotine replacements and antidepressants - improve people's chances of kicking the habit without much risk, according to a ... Read more

Doctor/patient communication: Who’s doing the talking?

Doctor/patient communication: Who’s doing the talking?

May 27, 2013 4:04 pm by | 1 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There's room - and need - for improvement in the discussions between doctor and patient that go into medical decision-making, according to research out on ... Read more

Study: It’s safe to run, ski, and play basketball even if you have a defibrillator

Study: It’s safe to run, ski, and play basketball even if you have a defibrillator

May 26, 2013 10:41 am by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite expert guidelines advising against intense sports activity for people with implanted heart defibrillators, a new study suggests that some can compete without serious consequences.Researchers ... Read more

Certain chronic pain sufferers may have increased suicide risk

Certain chronic pain sufferers may have increased suicide risk

May 24, 2013 5:28 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Back pain, migraine and other types of chronic pain without a known physical cause - and therefore little prospect for relief - were associated with ... Read more

Despite recommendation, mammagram numbers didn’t go down

Despite recommendation, mammagram numbers didn’t go down

May 23, 2013 2:02 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women in their 40s didn't cut back on mammograms during 2010, the year after a government-backed panel said annual breast cancer screening should be optional ... Read more

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