Improving Cancer Care Decision-Making
When patients are facing a cancer diagnosis, they often need help understanding their treatment...
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Diabetes Duration Tied to Ischemic Stroke Risk
American research suggests that diabetes duration appears to be independently associated with ischemic stroke after adjusting for risk factors. Among study participants with diabetes, the risk for stroke increased 3% each year...
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2012 Heart Disease & Stroke Stats Unveiled
The American Heart Association has released an executive summary on heart disease and stroke...
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Controlling Glucose in Diabetes Patients With AMI
An investigation of patients with diabetes who were hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction...
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Trends in Physical Activity Recommendations
According to CDC research conducted between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of adults whose...
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Admission Site Tied to Mortality in Sepsis
Admission for sepsis through the ED, when compared with direct admission to the hospital, appears...
Read MoreHyperlactatemia & Ischemic Stroke
In patients with ischemic stroke, initial hyperlactatemia appears to be an independent risk factor for poor outcomes, according to South Korean investigators. In a retrospective analysis involving 292 patients with ischemic...
Read MoreA Promising Community-Based Program for Diabetes
A study from the CDC suggests that a nationwide community-based lifestyle intervention program for preventing type 2 diabetes would appear to be an efficient use of healthcare resources. However, such a program may require...
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Wide Disparity in Hospital Charges for Appendicitis. Why?
If you wonder why hospitals are under fire for outrageous and often baffling accounting practices,...
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Biomarkers of Stroke in Postmenopausal Women
Among postmenopausal women, baseline triglycerides, very low-density lipoprotein size, and...
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Diabetes-Related LEAs: The Impact of Location
About 80,000 lower-extremity amputations (LEAs) are performed each year on patients with diabetes...
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CAD & Prostate Cancer Risk
Coronary artery disease (CAD) appears to be significantly associated with a 35% increased risk for...
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Trends in Physical Activity Recommendations
According to CDC research conducted between 2000 and 2010, the percentage of adults whose...
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Controlling Glucose: Mobile Apps to the Rescue
In the United States, diabetes affects 25.8 million people, for whom the costs of care exceed $100...
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Discharging Patients After Elective PCI
Among Medicare recipients, PCI is one of the most commonly performed cardiac procedures in the...
Read MoreHigh Satisfaction Seen With the ESI
Most ED professionals who use the Emergency Severity Index (ESI)—a five-level ED triage algorithm designed to help sort patients in the emergency room—appear to be satisfied with using the tool, according to findings from a...
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Hyperlactatemia & Ischemic Stroke
In patients with ischemic stroke, initial hyperlactatemia appears to be an independent risk factor...
Read MoreA Quality Indicator Toolkit for Hospitals
The AHRQ has release a toolkit to guide hospitals in the use of the agency’s Inpatient Quality Indicators and Patient Safety Indicators for improving care. The toolkit, available for free at www.ahrq.gov, includes a “roadmap”...
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Malpractice Trends: Good & Bad News for Docs
Recent data on medical malpractice claims showed both good and bad news for physicians – but even...
Read MoreHelping Clinicians Determine Cognitive Status
Findings from an ongoing validation study suggest that certain informant-reported cognitive symptoms appear to help healthcare providers determine whether patients have normal cognition or amnestic mild cognitive impairment...
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