Hospital patient portals lack specific and informative instructions for patients
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Most hospitals in the United States, but not all, have secure online websites called patient ...
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Breast cancer patients with government insurance at higher risk of death
Medicare and Medicaid patients with breast cancer also had an increased likelihood of stopping their clinical trial treatment early, same ...
Secure data backup of medical records using secret sharing and secure communications
Prompt restoration of medical records via a satellite link for disaster medical supportCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications technology ...
‘Football as Medicine’
Prescribing football for global health promotionCredit: Bo Kousgaard The new book "Football as Medicine - Prescribing Football for Global Health ...
Study: EMC2 tools improved safe dosing of opioids but had no influence on actual use
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- A study to evaluate ...
Lyme disease claim lines increased 117% from 2007 to 2018
FAIR Health study uncovers geographic, age and gender variationCredit: @FAIRHealth NEW YORK, NY--December 10, 2019--From 2007 to 2018, claim lines ...
Major grant funds educational outcomes study of New Jersey children with special needs
Drs. Botticello and O'Neill of Kessler Foundation will collaborate with Children's Specialized Hospital to study how the educational experiences of ...
Treatment with PD-1 prior to stem cell transplant is safe for Hodgkin lymphoma patients
Post-transplant treatment with cyclophosphamide reduces rates of acute GVHD and relapseCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute A new analysis shows that a ...
Medicaid expansion doubled access to primary care, increased attention to health risks
Less reliance on emergency care, more discussions about healthy behaviors and use of preventive care seen in survey of low-income ...
Use of venetoclax in transplant conditioning regimen shows promise in myeloid cancers
Trial is important step toward determining if this drug add-on can reduce risk of relapse in these patientsCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer ...
Bystanders can help more cardiac arrest victims survive
Everyone should learn to recognize cardiac arrest, perform CPR, use an AEDCredit: UVA Health Only 8% of Americans survive cardiac ...
Fighting bacterial infection with drug-eluting medical devices
Credit: Image courtesy of F. Marconi. Medical practitioners routinely outfit patients with devices ranging from cardiovascular stents, pacemakers, catheters, and ...
Teens must ‘get smart’ about social media
Warning of effects on young adolescentsCredit: Flinders University New research indicates that social media is leading young adolescent girls and ...
Lack of specialists doom rural sick patients
Saint Louis University research finds higher death tolls, more hospitalizations in small town USACredit: Saint Louis University Residents of rural ...