News tagged with medicine quality
Long-term ozone exposure linked to higher risk of death, finds nationwide study
Long-term exposure to ground-level ozone, a major component of smog, is associated with an increased risk of death from respiratory ailments, according to a new nationwide study led by a researcher at the ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Mortality rates are an unreliable metric for assessing hospital quality, study finds
Is quality in the eye of the beholder? Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital have found wide disparities among four common measures of hospital-wide mortality rates, with competing methods ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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HEPA filters reduce cardiovascular health risks associated with air pollution
Using inexpensive air filters may help reduce cardiovascular disease risk that results from exposure to air pollution, according to researchers from Canada, who studied healthy adultsliving in a small community in British ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Women more affected than men by air pollution when running marathons
Poor air quality apparently affects the running times of women in marathons, according to a study by Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineer Linsey Marr.
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Does job coaching really work?
Can a government-sponsored job coaching program for individuals with intellectual disabilities really help someone get a job?
Aug 09, 2010 |
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New guidelines will help detect and study counterfeit medicines
New guidelines proposed by a group of international experts will help better study the prevalence and geography of counterfeit and other poor quality medicines that threaten public health across the world. The guidelines—called ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 24, 2009 |
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