In the drive to decrease low-value care, many don’t assess the right impacts on patients
As health care providers push to reduce low-value care, they should put more emphasis on assessing unintended consequences, listening to ...
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Society pays heavy price for failure to diagnose and treat conduct disorder
Much greater awareness, improved diagnosis and enhanced treatment are all required in order to reduce the burden on society of ...
Autism health challenges could be explained by problem behaviors
MU researcher examines relationship between gastrointestinal symptoms and problem behaviors in autism spectrum disorder For years, researchers have documented both ...
Curtain raiser: ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer
Barcelona, Spain, July 3-6, 2019 Please find below the most important news that will be announced in connection with the ...
Game app provides knowledge of person-centered care
Credit: Photo: Elin Linstrom Claessen Click, swipe, listen to patients and follow the talk among the healthcare staff. Now, another ...
Patients see multiple clinicians on one visit, thanks to new scheduling protocol
A new patient-centered scheduling protocol is improving the quality, efficiency and convenience of multiprovider health care, according to a recently ...
Immune damage may explain ineffectiveness of high-dose radiation against lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When it comes to using radiation against lung cancer, preliminary clinical studies were pretty ...
FAU receives $1.5 million to train veteran nursing students to care for other veterans
Project funded by HRSA will serve veterans in rural, underserved communitiesCredit: Florida Atlantic University Florida is home to approximately 1.5 ...
Researchers reveal lack of evidence for drugs prescribed to treat chronic pain in children
Decisions to prescribe children drugs to treat chronic pain are not guided by sufficient, high quality evidence, according to an ...
Medicare Advantage beneficiaries run higher risk of readmission compared with traditional Medicare
1. Medicare Advantage beneficiaries run higher risk of readmission compared with traditional Medicare Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-1795 Editorial: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M19-1599 URLs go live ...
Bringing neuromodulation therapies to drug-resistant epilepsy patients
A specialized clinic in a tertiary hospital is effective at treating patients from 5 statesCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Despite ...
URI nursing study examines how premature birth affects health throughout life
$3 million grant extends 30-year study, one of the longest on premature birthCredit: URI photo KINGSTON, R.I. -- June 25, ...
Study funded by NIH supports optimal threshold for diagnosing COPD
Credit: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute A new study provides evidence to support a simple measurement for diagnosing clinically ...
LGBTI adolescents and young adults with cancer: Can we do better?
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 24, 2019--A new systemic review of the literature ...
LSU Health research to study link between obesity and breast cancer in real time
New Orleans, LA - Frank Lau, MD, Associate Professor in the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at LSU Health ...
Language barriers effect parents’ participation in neonatal care
Credit: Photo: Oskar Palmerot A warm smile and a caring hand on the shoulder are not enough to overcome the ...
Study investigates role of family doctors in advanced therapies
Credit: University of Granada A recent study conducted jointly by the Tissue Engineering Research Group of the Department of Histology ...
Immunotherapy and HDAC inhibition are anti-cancer besties
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Immunotherapies have revolutionized the care of many cancers, teaching the body's own immune cells ...
Oral steroids put patients with inflammatory disease at high risk of infection
Oral steroid use in patients with the inflammatory diseases polymyalgia rheumatica and/or giant cell arteritis significantly increased the risk of ...
Many elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma benefit from targeted therapies
Penn study investigated real-world treatment outcomes among Medicare patients PHILADELPHIA--Many elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC)--who are often ...
