News tagged with chronic care
Cigarette smoke causes harmful changes in the lungs even at the lowest levels
Casual smokers may think that smoking a few cigarettes a week is "no big deal." But according to new research from physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, having an infrequent smoke, ...
Aug 20, 2010 |
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Attitudes must change if we are to achieve a good death for all, say experts
Society's attitudes towards dying, death and bereavement need to change if we are to achieve a good death for all, say experts in a special series of articles published in the British Medical Journal today in the first BMJ "S ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Many adults unaware they may be suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
As many as 20 percent of adults with known risk factors are currently undiagnosed but suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), states a research article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Physicians perform poorly when patients need special care
Patients often receive inappropriate care when their doctors fail to take into account their individual circumstances, according to a new study by the University of Illinois at Chicago and the VA Center for Management of ...
Jul 19, 2010 |
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New technique reduces tobacco smoke damage to lungs in mice
Researchers in Australia have demonstrated that blocking a certain protein can reduce or prevent cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation in mice. Inflammation underlies the disease process of chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 18, 2010 |
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Researchers define traits associated with prescription drug disorders in a primary care setting
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified clinical characteristics associated with prescription drug use disorder (PDUD) in primary care patients with chronic pain. The study found that by ...
May 14, 2010 |
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Vitamin D deficiency alters lung growth and decreases lung function
Previously linked to the severity of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in humans, vitamin D deficiency has now been shown to alter lung structure and function in young mice. The new study, conducted ...
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Program helps improve management of chronic pain
Patients with chronic pain who took part in a collaborative care intervention that included patient and clinician education and symptom monitoring and feedback to the primary care physician had improvements in pain-related ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Managing doctors' practices made easier with new software
(PhysOrg.com) -- A McMaster University-led research team has developed an innovative software tool that gives family doctors up-to-date information on their patients in two seconds or less.
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Heart disease: Research off the beating patch
It is an amazing sight: What looks like a tiny beating heart is actually a piece of synthetic, gauze-like mesh, barely the size of a fingernail, floating in a Petri dish. And yet it keeps squeezing away, nice ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Suffering caused by dialysis for nursing home seniors may outweigh its benefits, researchers find
Older Americans living in nursing homes experience a significant decline in their ability to perform simple daily tasks — such as feeding themselves, getting dressed or brushing their teeth — after starting dialysis, say ...
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Smart solution: Researchers use smartphones to improve health of elderly diabetics in China
Cellular phones - once a luxury used strictly for talking - have taken on many new roles in recent years. Now researchers at Saint Louis University and Old Dominion University in Virginia say smartphones can ...
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Italy's poor go to the hospital more
Despite free public healthcare, Italy's poor are more likely to end up in hospital with avoidable conditions, new research shows. This pattern, reported today in the online open access journal BMC Public Health, mirrors findin ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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New compounds may control deadly fungal infections
An estimated 25,000 Americans develop severe fungal infections each year, leading to 10,000 deaths despite the use of anti-fungal drugs. The associated cost to the U.S. health care system has been estimated at $1 billion ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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End-of-life care strategies examined in Pennsylvania prisons
Improved delivery of end-of-life care in prison is the focus of a $1.27-million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research that has Penn State researchers working with employees from six Pennsylvania prisons and ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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