Paramedics can safely evaluate psychiatric patients' medical condition in the field
FINDINGS Emergency medical personnel in Alameda County, California, use a screening process for determining whether to "medically clear" patients experiencing ...
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Study supports safety of overlapping surgery for outpatient orthopaedic procedures
December 21, 2018 - At least for brief periods, overlapping surgery is safe for patients undergoing outpatient or "same-day" orthopaedic ...
Large-scale study identifies shared genetic architecture for polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosis
In the largest genetic analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) performed to date, an international consortium, including researchers at the ...
Is program to reduce hospital readmissions associated with a change in patient deaths?
Bottom Line: The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) was created under the Affordable Care Act and hospitals face financial penalties for ...
Antibiotic overuse is high for common urology procedures
Almost 60 percent of patients were prescribed antibiotics in a way that did not follow AUA guidelines A new study ...
Study looks at ED visits to examine opioid prescribing in pediatric patients
Bottom Line: Opioids for pain management in pediatric patients are sometimes necessary but their use has raised concerns about the effects ...
ACA ruling risks future stability of care as we age, AGS
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society As it has since 2016, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) again expressed concern for ...
Urine drug testing may be important in early phases of addiction treatment
A new study performed by Boston Medical Center (BMC) and faculty at the Boston University School of Medicine shows that ...
Leprosy declines in Morocco after implementation of preventive drug
Credit: Mary Gillham Archive Project, Flickr, CC BY 2.0, 2017 Since 2012, the number of cases of leprosy in Morocco ...
New pathways for implementing universal suicide risk screening in healthcare settings
Model could help hospitals better identify and aid youth at risk for suicide A new report, authored in part by ...
Novel imaging technique brings diagnostic potential into operating room
Boppart's custom optical imaging system provides molecular features of breast cancer tissue in real-timeCredit: Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute for ...
Central role of transforming growth factor type beta 1 in skeletal muscle dysfunctions
This article by Dr. Claudio Cabello-Verrugio et al. is published in Current Protein & Peptide Science, Volume 19, Issue 12, ...
Can pyruvate improve cardiac function following surgery?
The American Heart Association funds study at Children's National to analyze how a forgotten compound may improve metabolic function among ...
Can Facebook advertising prevent cancer?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Is there ever a truly good time for a colonoscopy? Even with the recommendation ...
Anticancer vaccines gain new lease of life with personalisation techniques
ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress, 13-16 December, Geneva, Switzerland Lugano, Switzerland, 19 December 2018 - Anticancer vaccines have gained a new lease ...
Amphetamine use, abuse and dependence claim lines increased over 3,000 percent in 10 years
Anxiety claim lines rose over 200 percent, FAIR Health study showsCredit: FAIR Health NEW YORK, NY--December 18, 2018--Private insurance claim ...
Inclusive primary care improves people's health, finds UBC-Western study
Credit: University of British Columbia Respectful, inclusive practices in primary care clinics can significantly improve the health of low-income, marginalized ...
End-of-life care quality remains a problem — nurses may be a solution
Credit: Karen Lasater PHILADELPHIA (December 17, 2018) - Everyone wants a dignified death - yet few actually experience one. Despite ...
10-year follow-up after negative colonoscopies linked to lower colorectal cancer risk
Kaiser Permanente study published in JAMA Internal Medicine OAKLAND, Calif., December 17, 2018 -- Ten years after a negative colonoscopy, ...
New epigenetic cervical cancer test has 100 per cent detection rate
A new test for cervical cancer was found to detect all of the cancers in a trial of 15,744 women, ...
