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Salt Intake Not Associated with Mortality or Risk for CVD and HF
Jan 23, 2015Study finds salt intake not associated with heart health risks Salt intake was not associated with mortality or risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and heart failure (HF) in older adults based on self-reported estimated sodium ...
Tags: salt, heart health risks, Agriculture
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Use Of Telemedicine Can Reduce Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents
Feb 26, 2014Health Affairs: Use Of Telemedicine Can Reduce Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Residents And Generate Savings For Medicare Hospitalizations of nursing home residents are frequent and result in complications, morbidity, and Medicare ...
Tags: Telemedicine, Medicaid, Medicare Premium
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NPS MedicineWise Is Urging All Health Professionals to Take Pledge to Fight Antibiotice
Feb 8, 2014NPS MedicineWise is urging all health professionals to take the pledge to fight antibiotic resistance after new research shows that making a public commitment leads to significant improvements in antibiotic prescribing. The study, ...
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Each Year, Half of Older Who Are Hospitalized Must Have Family Assist in Medical Decision
Jan 24, 2014INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Each year, about half of U.S. adults age 65 and older who are hospitalized must have family assist in medical decision-making, researchers say. Dr. Alexia Torke, an associate professor of medicine at Indiana ...
Tags: Hosital Senior, JAMA, medical dicision
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Asian Was 19-26 Times More Likely to Be Cared for by a Minority Physician of The Same Race
Jan 3, 2014Black, Hispanic and Asian physicians play an outsized role in the care of disadvantaged patients nationally. Patients who have low incomes, are from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, have Medicaid insurance, or who do not speak ...
Tags: disadvantaged patients, medical care, minority physician
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Americans Will Make New Year's Resolutions
Jan 2, 2014It's that time of the year. According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, 120 million Americans will make New Year's resolutions, with health-related goals like quitting smoking topping the list. Unfortunately, most ...
Tags: New Year's resolution, health-related goal, quitting smoking
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The Elimination Represents an Area of Potentially Large Health Care Savings
Dec 28, 2013The elimination of extensive routine preoperative tests and consultations represents an area of potentially large health care savings across many disciplines, particularly for low-risk patients being evaluated for cataract surgery. It is ...
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Doctors Who Choose Hospice Care If They Die From Cancer Are Likely to Talk with Patients
Dec 26, 2013Doctors who would choose hospice care for themselves if they were dying from cancer are more likely to discuss such care with patients in that situation, a new study finds. And while the majority of doctors in the study said they would ...
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Drugs That Help Lower Blood Pressure May Reduce The Risk of Early Death in Kidney Patients
Dec 26, 2013Drugs that help lower blood pressure may reduce the risk of early death for people with advanced kidney disease, a new study finds. The drugs could also lower patients' odds of requiring dialysis, the researchers said. The new study out ...
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Smokers Having Lung Cancer Have Higher Chance to Be Found and Potentially Treated a Tumor
Dec 26, 2013Smokers who have a CT scan to check for lung cancer stand a nearly one-in-five chance that doctors will find and potentially treat a tumor that would not have caused illness or death, researchers report. Despite the finding, major medical ...
Tags: lung cancer, over-diagnosis
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Better Diabetes Treatment Has Slashed Rates of Complications in Older Adults
Dec 26, 2013Better diabetes treatment has slashed rates of complications such as heart attacks, strokes and amputations in older adults, a new study shows. "All the event rates, if you look at them, everything is a lot better than it was in the ...
Tags: diabetes treatment, hypoglycemia, low blood sugar, diabetes
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Some Practical Steps That Men Can Take to Avoid Developing Prostate Cancer
Nov 21, 2013A new study out of California has identified some practical steps that men can take to avoid developing prostate cancer, and all of them involve making simple dietary changes. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco ...
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Take Byetta or Januvia to Control Your Blood Sugar Levels Might Have a Risk
Mar 6, 2013If you take Byetta or Januvia to control your blood sugar levels, you might have a small, but increased risk for a condition marked by stomach pain and nausea. Not only are the drugs more expensive and no more effective than our Best Buy ...
Tags: Byetta, Januvia, blood sugar levels, diabetes
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If You Ask Your Doctor for a Brand-Name Drug, Many Doctors Likely to Give in
Jan 15, 2013If you ask your doctor for a brand-name drug, there's a good chance he or she will comply, even if there's a cheaper, equally effective generic drug available. That's especially true if your doctor is older, works in a small practice, or, ...
Tags: JAMA Internal Medicine, drug, healthcare
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If You Ask Your Doctor for a Brand-Name Drug,Many Doctors Likely to Give in
Jan 15, 2013If you ask your doctor for a brand-name drug, there's a good chance he or she will comply, even if there's a cheaper, equally effective generic drug available. That's especially true if your doctor is older, works in a small practice, or, ...
Tags: JAMA Internal Medicine, drug, healthcare