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Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement Devices Implanted after 2006 have a High Revision Rate
May 6, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacement devices implanted after 2006 have an "unacceptably high" revision rate, due mainly to manufacturing problems, according to a new study. "Although the use of MoM hip devices has declined dramatically in the past five years, h
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Medicare ‘Hospital Star Rating’ May Correspond to Patient Outcomes
April 29, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been letting patients grade their hospital experiences, and those "patient experience scores" may give some insight into a hospital's health outcomes, a new study suggests. Some people have been concerned that patient experience isn't the most im
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“Nonurgent” Patients Might Still End up Being Hospitalized
April 28, 2016
(Reuters Health) - Patients assigned a "nonurgent" status on arrival in the emergency room might still be sick enough to be hospitalized, a new study shows. Patients deemed by triage nurses to be "nonurgent" often receive diagnostic services and procedures, and some are even admitted to critical
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Prior clopidogrel tied to more events in medically treated ACS patients
April 27, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among medically treated patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), prior clopidogrel therapy appears to be associated with more cardiovascular events, researchers have found. As Dr.
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Stigma Keeps Some Cancer Patients from getting Palliative Care
April 26, 2016
(Reuters Health) - Some cancer patients may turn down care that could ease their pain and improve their quality of life because they think this type of "palliative" treatment amounts to giving up and simply waiting to die, a small Canadian study suggests. Even though the World Health Organizatio
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Breakfast Based on Whey Protein May Help Manage Type 2 Diabetes
April 25, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A breakfast rich in whey protein may help people with type 2 diabetes manage their illness better, new research from Israel suggests. "Whey protein, a byproduct of cheese manufacturing, lowers postprandial glycemia more than other protein sources," said lead author Dr.
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Medicaid is Likely to Benefit Low-income Adults in the U.S. Under the Affordable Care Act
April 22, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low-income adults in the U.S.
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Virtual MDs are No Match for the Real Thing When it Comes to Urgent Medical Problems
April 19, 2016
(Reuters Health) - When it comes to urgent medical problems like ankle injuries or suspected strep, virtual MDs may be no match for the real thing, a new U.S.
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Edoxban has Advantages over Warfarin for Patients with Venous Thromboembolism
April 18, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Edoxaban (Savaysa, Daiichi-Sankyo) shows advantages over warfarin in long-term treatment of patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE), according to a post-hoc analysis of multinational trial data. As Dr.
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Ten-Year Results Find that Bypass Lowers the Odds of Cardiovascular Death
April 14, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ten-year results from a comparison of coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) with medical therapy alone has found that bypass lowers the odds of cardiovascular death by about nine percentage points in people with ischemic cardiomyopathy. The 16% reduction in the death