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Topic: hospitals

Critics: Community screenings at hospitals making overtreatment problem worse

Critics: Community screenings at hospitals making overtreatment problem worse

May 13, 2013 7:04 pm by | 0 Comments

Hospitals hoping to attract patients and build their brands are teaming up with medical-screening companies to promote tests aimed at consumers worried about potentially deadly heart disease or strokes. What ... Read more
End the hypocrisy at medical conferences. Phase out unhealthy food

End the hypocrisy at medical conferences. Phase out unhealthy food

May 13, 2013 10:10 am by | 0 Comments

Strike up a conversation in the buffet line at any medical conference and you’ll agree on at least one thing: the way we feed ourselves is among the biggest challenges ... Read more
Bacteria-killing viruses could make medical implants safer

Bacteria-killing viruses could make medical implants safer

May 11, 2013 7:49 am by | 0 Comments

Researchers attach viral hitmen to surfaces to demonstrate a new possibility in antibacterial defense for catheters and other medical devices. Medical implants like catheters and pacemakers can be a hotspot ... 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
Should doctors get random drug tests?

Should doctors get random drug tests?

May 10, 2013 8:05 am by | 0 Comments

What if your doctor smoked marijuana and then performed surgery on you?Not a comforting thought, but it could happen.That is why two Johns Hopkins doctors and patient safety experts say ... Read more
Compare how Maine hospitals charge for common services

Compare how Maine hospitals charge for common services

May 9, 2013 2:06 pm by | 0 Comments

Maine hospitals charge widely differing amounts for the same procedures, in some cases three times more than their counterparts, according to new data released Wednesday by the federal government.The price ... Read more
Medicare delays pilot program to expand hospice care

Medicare delays pilot program to expand hospice care

May 9, 2013 5:51 am by | 0 Comments

Despite a three-year-old order from Congress, Medicare has yet to begin an experiment to expand hospice services to allow beneficiaries to continue potentially lifesaving treatments to see if it would ... Read more
Could vaginal delivery be safer for preemies?

Could vaginal delivery be safer for preemies?

May 8, 2013 5:02 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Very premature babies have fewer breathing problems when they're born through vaginal delivery compared to cesarean section, a new study of more than 20,000 newborns ... Read more
U.S. makes data available on wide disparity in hospital charges

U.S. makes data available on wide disparity in hospital charges

May 8, 2013 12:59 pm by | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. hospital charges for the same procedure vary widely, in some cases by tens of thousands of dollars, even within a particular town or city, according to ... Read more
Info packets don’t help people take ER meds

Info packets don’t help people take ER meds

May 8, 2013 10:41 am by | 0 Comments

In a test of services geared toward making sure patients took their prescribed medications after leaving the emergency room, none made a difference, a large new study suggests. Based on ... Read more
New SARS-like virus hits Saudi Arabia; 13 cases of coronavirus reported

New SARS-like virus hits Saudi Arabia; 13 cases of coronavirus reported

May 8, 2013 7:05 am by | 0 Comments

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has 13 cases of a new strain of coronavirus that has emerged from the Gulf, has killed seven people in the kingdom and spread as ... Read more
SARS-like virus hops from Middle East to France

SARS-like virus hops from Middle East to France

May 8, 2013 4:41 am by | 0 Comments

PARIS (Reuters) - France has identified its first case of a new strain of coronavirus emerging from the Middle East in a person recently returned from a stay in the ... 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
A brief, discourging history of lap band surgery (the choice of Gov. Chris Christie)

A brief, discourging history of lap band surgery (the choice of Gov. Chris Christie)

May 7, 2013 10:35 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's choice of gastric banding has prompted questions about why he opted for a weight-loss procedure less favored by bariatric surgeons and patients.Lap-Band stirred ... Read more
Cool science: Pinpoint causes of high blood pressure in this computer model

Cool science: Pinpoint causes of high blood pressure in this computer model

May 7, 2013 8:05 pm by | 0 Comments

  High blood pressure dramatically increases the risk of a stroke or heart attack and so is one of the biggest silent killers in the Western world. But while there ... Read more