News tagged with chronic medical conditions
Frequent, potentially avoidable readmissions are major driver of pediatric health care costs
Hospital readmissions are increasingly viewed as an indicator of quality of care. If patients receive appropriate discharge care planning and coordinated outpatient follow-up when leaving the hospital, they should transition ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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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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Blacks, Hispanics Less Likely Eligible for Medicare Prescription Help
Medicare’s Part D prescription medication management program, also known as Medication Therapy Management, could be off limits to some of the patients who need it most — older African-Americans and Hispanics — a new study ...
May 21, 2010 |
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New microneedle antimicrobial techniques may foster medical tech innovation
A team led by researchers from North Carolina State University has developed two new approaches for incorporating antimicrobial properties into microneedles - vanishingly thin needles that hold great promise ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 19, 2010 |
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Home medication errors common among children with chronic conditions
Parents of children with chronic conditions make many mistakes when giving lifesaving medicines, according to a study being presented Monday, May 3 at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Vancouver, British ...
May 03, 2010 |
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Understanding causes of cancer and chronic disease: The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project
The urgent need to learn more about the causes of cancer and other chronic diseases is the impetus behind the foundation of a major research platform for the study of disease states an article on the Canadian Partnership ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Health fair referrals shown to help improve blood pressure among low-income immigrants
UCLA researchers sought to compare how two different approaches to providing follow-up care to health fair participants impacted blood-pressure control.
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Rates of childhood obesity, chronic health problems increase, but conditions may not persist
A new study confirms that rates of obesity and other chronic health problems have risen in American children in recent years, but it also shows that many children's conditions will improve or resolve over time. The findings ...
Feb 16, 2010 |
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There's Hope for Debilitating Knee Pain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Complaints about knee pain can be all too familiar when you suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee. The condition often keeps sufferers from participating in many activities—sometimes even ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 14, 2010 |
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New hope for sufferers of overactive bladder
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sufferers of overactive bladder have been given hope of a more effective treatment following a breakthrough by UNSW medical researchers.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Embarrassing illnesses no bar to information sharing
People with potentially 'stigmatizing' medical conditions are just as likely as those with less stigmatizing illnesses to allow their personal information to be used for health research. A new study, published in the open ...
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Recognizing signs and symptoms of acute HF
Although heart failure is a chronic condition, acute exacerbations are frequent and occur with serious complications; patients with heart failure and their families can help improve prognosis in acute events if they are taught ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 31, 2009 |
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US swine flu deaths hit double-digits
(AP) -- Swine flu forced Christina Huitron to make a choice no mother should ever have to make.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 21, 2009 |
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