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Study Shows Certain Elderly Patients on Warfarin Therapy are at Greater Risk for Traumatic Intracranial Bleeding
March 17, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain older patients on warfarin therapy are at greater risk than others for traumatic intracranial bleeding, Veterans Affairs researchers have reported. In their study of elderly adults receiving warfarin for atrial fibrillation (AF), five factors - dementia, anemia
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Receiving the Flu Vaccine While at the Hospital Does Not Increase Adverse Effects
March 16, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Receiving the seasonal flu vaccine while in the hospital does not increase surgical patients' health care utilization or their likelihood of being evaluated for infection after discharge, according to a new retrospective cohort study. The Advisory Committee on Immuniza
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Defining Sepsis and Septic Shock
March 8, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The Sepsis Definitions Task Force, using expanded quantitative information, has updated its definitions for sepsis and septic shock and the clinical criteria underlying them. Two reports and one summary communication published in JAMA February 23 detail the processes u
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CRT in Patients with Heart Failure Without LBBB May Harm
March 4, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with heart failure (HF) without left bundle branch block (LBBB) may not help and might even harm, according to an international group of investigators. As Dr.
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Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease is Increased If You Have Sleep Apnea
March 3, 2016
(Reuters Health) - Having sleep apnea may increase the risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a report from Taiwan. Researchers analyzed data from 2000 through 2010 on 8,600 adults diagnosed with sleep apnea and four times as many adults of similar age, sex and monthly income without sleep
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Researchers Report Opioid Modulation with the Combination of Buprenorphine and Samidorphan Improves Symptoms in Patients with Depression
March 2, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Opioid modulation with the combination of buprenorphine and samidorphan (ALKS 5461) improves symptoms in patients whose depression has not responded adequately to antidepressant treatment, researchers report. "If the findings are confirmed in phase 3 studies, ALKS 5461
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Study Shows Non-diabetics can Benefit from Taking the Diabetes Drug Pioglitaztione
March 1, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The diabetes drug pioglitazone, given to non-diabetics with a recent history of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), prevented subsequent strokes and reduced their odds of developing type 2 diabetes, a long-term multicenter study has concluded. But the drug also
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Elderly Patients Hospitalized For Cancer are More likely to Have Complications Afterward Compared to the Middle-Aged
February 26, 2016
(Reuters Health) - Elderly patients hospitalized for cancer surgery are more likely to have complications afterward compared to the middle-aged, particularly when they have several other health problems, a U.S.
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Medicare Patient Outcomes of Inpatient Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Varies Among Hospitals
February 24, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Outcomes of inpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Medicare patients vary widely among hospitals, and most adverse outcomes occur well after patients have been discharged, new findings show. While the overall adverse outcome rate was 20.7%, risk-adjusted adverse out
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New Study Shows PCMH Resulted in Positive Changes
February 23, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Implementation of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) resulted in small changes in utilization patterns and modest quality improvements over a three-year period, according to a new report. Dr. Lisa M.