The Obamacare website HealthCare.gov handled 83,000 concurrent users before the deadline of Christmas Eve -- as promised, U.S. government officials say. Julie Bataille, director of communications at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
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Influenza is prevalent in New York and a state regulation requires unvaccinated staff at regulated healthcare facilities staff to wear a mask, officials say. Dr. Nirav R. Shah, commissioner of the New York state Department of Health, said ...
In two separate clinical trials, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that periodic meetings with a lactation consultant encourages women traditionally resistant to breastfeeding to do so, at ...
The 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 ...
Central-line associated blood stream infections -- a hospital-acquired infection -- are down 53 percent in New York since 2007, researchers say. Dr. Nirav R. Shah, commissioner of New York state's Department of Health, said the sixth ...
Dry skin is common during the winter and can lead to flaking, itching, cracking and even bleeding. But you can prevent and treat dry skin, an expert says. "It's tempting, especially in cold weather, to take long, hot showers," Dr. Stephen ...
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The widely held belief that mentally ill substance abusers are the most frequent users of hospital emergency departments is an "urban legend," a new study claims. Researchers examined emergency room visits by more than 212,000 Medicaid ...
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The first drug treatment for unusual curvature of the penis has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Friday. Men with the condition, called Peyronie's disease, have a lump in the penis that causes ...
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Because of its capital requirements, ranching isn't always the easiest business for younger men and women looking to run their own cattle. However, you can lease farmland, machinery, and other big-ticket pieces of a crop farm -- why not ...
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PARIS, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Almost 14 percent of Australians take statins -- cholesterol-lowering medications -- while 13 percent of Britons and Slovakians take statins, researchers says. Britain, the "statins capital" of Europe, prescribes ...
Among children and adolescents with chronic migraine, the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) resulted in greater reductions in headache frequency and migraine-related disability compared with headache education, according to a study ...
Madison Dearborn Partners announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement under which it will acquire a majority ownership position in Ikaria, Inc., a leading provider of proprietary and innovative therapies for the critical care ...
A survey of opioid treatment programs finds that the proportion offering on-site testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) declined substantially between 2000 and 2011, despite guidelines ...
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Radiotherapy (RT) after breast conserving surgery (BCS) has been shown to reduce the risk of breast cancer (BC) recurrence. However, although younger women tend to have more aggressive tumors and have higher risks of recurrence than older ...
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A specific type of therapy helps reduce the number of migraines and migraine-related disabilities in children and teens, according to a new study. The findings provide strong evidence for the use of "cognitive behavioral therapy" -- which ...
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