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Doctor Visits: To Dictate or Not to Dictate?

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[22/05/2012] Could the quality of care you receive be affected by how your doctor takes notes? According to a new study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), doctors who dictated their patient notes appeared to have worse quality of care than those who used structured documentation. Doctor Visits: To Dictate or Not to Dictate? - read more

Benefits and Risks: Direct-to-consumer Genetics Tests

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[11/05/2012] Patients see potential benefits from direct-to-consumer genetic testing, but are also concerned about how the test results will be used, and generally are unwilling to pay more than 10 or 20 Dollars for them, according to focus groups conducted by researchers at Loyola University Chicago. Benefits and Risks: Direct-to-consumer Genetics Tests - read more

Cardiac Death: Costs of Screening Children

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[10/05/2012] A study by Doctor Laurel K. Leslie from the Tufts Clinical and colleagues has evaluated the lifesaving benefits and costs of screening programs for the prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in children and adolescents. The authors found that screening can save lives. Cardiac Death: Costs of Screening Children - read more

Hidden Cost: Breastfeeding is not free

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[27/04/2012] Paediatricians often encourage new mothers to breastfeed their babies for at least the first six months of their infants' lives. Many breastfeeding proponents argue that breastfeeding has financial advantages over formula-feeding — breastfeeding is free, they say. But, according to a new study, it is patently untrue. Hidden Cost: Breastfeeding is not free - read more

Blood Clots: Outpatient Surgery Patients also at Risk

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[26/04/2012] A University of Michigan Health System study examined who is having outpatient surgery in the United States today, and showed 1 in 84 highest-risk patients suffers a dangerous blood clot after surgery. Blood Clots: Outpatient Surgery Patients also at Risk - read more

Parkinson's Disease: 19th Century Therapy May Help Patients Today

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[23/04/2012] In the 19th century, Jean-Martin Charcot, the celebrated neurologist, developed a “vibration chair,” to relieve symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Now, a group of neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Centre have replicated his work in a study to see if Charcot’s observation holds true against modern scientific testing. Parkinson's Disease: 19th Century Therapy May Help Patients Today - read more

Lung: Positive Results in Trial for New Asthma Treatment

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[20/04/2012] Scientists from the University of Southampton and Synairgen can announce positive data from its Phase II clinical trial, into the effectiveness of the drug SNG001 – inhaled interferon beta – for asthma patients. Lung: Positive Results in Trial for New Asthma Treatment - read more

Sex Differences: Science of Sleep Disorders

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[18/04/2012] Sleep problems are more widely reported in women than men, and women are 1.4 times more likely to experience insomnia than men. To address the specifics of sex differences in sleep disorders, the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) hosted the congressional briefing, "Sleep Disorders and You: How challenges to sleep impact every aspect of your life". Sex Differences: Science of Sleep Disorders - read more

California's Medi-Cal Caregivers: Majority Live in or Near Poverty

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[12/04/2012] The demand for caregivers is growing rapidly as California's population ages, but the majority of state's Medi-Cal caregivers earn poverty or near-poverty wages and have poor access to health care and food, a new study from the University of California Los Angeles Centre for Health Policy Research has found. California's Medi-Cal Caregivers: Majority Live in or Near Poverty - read more

Autism: Impact of New Diagnostic Criteria

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[11/04/2012] The proposed changes may affect the proportion of individuals who qualify for a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, according to a study by Yale Child Study Centre researchers. Autism: Impact of New Diagnostic Criteria - read more

 
 

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