News tagged with medical service
More compressions, fewer interruptions lead to higher cardiac arrest survival
Survival rates from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest almost doubled when professional rescuers using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) gave better chest compressions and minimized interruptions to them, according to ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 04, 2009 |
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What you pay for Medicare won't cover your costs
(AP) -- You paid your Medicare taxes all those years and think you deserve your money's worth: full benefits after you retire.
Dec 30, 2010 |
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Barriers hinder EMS workers from using best resuscitation practices
Local laws, insurance reimbursement and public misperceptions impede emergency medical services (EMS) workers from using best resuscitation practices, according to a study reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality an ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Interest in shock treatment is growing despite decades-old controversy
Recently, actress and writer Carrie Fisher told Oprah Winfrey that she receives electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) regularly to treat depression caused by her bipolar disorder. Taken aback, Winfrey asked, "They still do that?"
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Saving heart attack patients in the middle of the night
When Joyce Moss recently arrived at Loyola University Hospital with a life-threatening heart attack, it took just 42 minutes to perform an emergency balloon angioplasty.
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Out-of-pocket health-care costs rise for workers with employer coverage
The 161 million Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance are facing substantial increases in out-of-pocket (OOP) costs, according to a study published today on the Health Affairs Web site.
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Using chest compressions first just as successful as immediate defibrillation after cardiac arrest
Chest compressions before defibrillation in patients with sudden cardiac arrest is equally successful as immediate treatment with an electrical defibrillator, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Health ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Health Bill unlikely to improve children's health services, warn child health experts
The coalition government's Health and Social Care Bill is a missed opportunity to deliver the improvements in children's health services in England that are urgently needed, warn experts in a paper published in the British ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Women may be more likely to experience EMS delays for heart care
Women who called 9-1-1 complaining of cardiac symptoms were 52 percent more likely than men to experience delays during emergency medical services' (EMS) care, according to a report in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality ...
Jan 13, 2009 |
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