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UCSF team focuses on patient safety in ambulatory care system

Health care experts at the University of California, San Francisco highlight in a new report the hidden risks and complexities that compromise patient safety for ambulatory patients with chronic disease.

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anti-microbial catheter to cut infection risk for dialysis patients

Medical experts at The University of Nottingham have shown that an innovative anti-microbial catheter could vastly improve treatment and the quality of life for many community-based dialysis patients.

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created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Wireless network in hospital monitors vital signs

A clinical warning system that uses wireless sensors to track the vital signs of at-risk patients is undergoing a feasibility study at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

IBM study identifies new generation of connected health devices

Consumers have a growing appetite for health and wellness devices, and this represents a burgeoning market opportunity for device manufacturers that has barely been tapped, according to a study from IBM. The ...

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created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Ambulatory monitoring reveals many patients have 'white coat' hypertension

A third of patients thought to have resistant hypertension had "white coat" hypertension during 24-hour ambulatory monitoring, in a large study reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study says there's little benefit from electronic health records from 2005 to 2007

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic health records did little to improve the quality of health care from 2005 through 2007, even when bolstered by software that gives doctors treatment tips for individual patients.

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created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

Lowering blood pressure in middle-aged women reduces heart disease risk

Large numbers of middle-aged women worldwide could reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease (stroke, heart attack and heart failure) and its complications by lowering their blood pressure, researchers report ...

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created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prescriptions for teens and young adults on the rise

Adolescents and young adults are most likely to abuse prescription medications. Yet prescription rates for controlled medications, or drugs the Drug Enforcement Administration deems as having the potential for abuse, have ...

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created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children with high blood pressure more likely to have learning disabilities

Children who have hypertension are much more likely to have learning disabilities than children with normal blood pressure, according to a new University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) study published this week in the ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Medication adherence improves blood pressure control in chronic kidney disease

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center have found that about one-third of chronic kidney disease patients who are prescribed therapies for high blood pressure ...

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created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can Wii help control gestational diabetes?

Many women have trouble finding time to exercise in their busy lifestyles. That's especially true for pregnant women who live in northern climates such as Canada, where the weather can limit outdoor activity during winter ...

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created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers investigate differences in quality of care delivered by US resident and staff physicians

Research on the quality of US resident physician performance levels has often been limited by lack of a comparison group or strict focus on specific diseases and geographical areas. In order to gain insight on differences ...

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created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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