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More rural Medicare beneficiaries elect joint replacement surgery than urban recipients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Southern Illinois University researchers determined Medicare beneficiaries living in rural areas were 27% more likely than urban recipients to have total knee or hip replacement surgeries. Researchers found women were more ...


Parent mentors can improve the asthmatic care of minority children, researchers find

Medicine & Health / Health

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UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that informed adults can help families stave off complications associated with asthma. The findings, available online and in the December issue of Pediatrics, suggest that i ...


Osteoarthritis increases aggregate health care expenditures by $186 billion annually

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Osteoarthritis (OA), a highly prevalent disease, raised aggregate annual medical care expenditures in the U.S. by $185.5 billion according to researchers from Stony Brook University. Insurers footed $149.4 billion of the ...


Unindicated CT series result in unnecessary radiation exposure for patients

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A large proportion of patients who undergo abdominal/pelvic computed tomography (CT) receive unindicated and unnecessary additional image acquisition resulting in excess, avoidable radiation exposure, according to a study ...



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