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Nurse practitioners don't realise how much their prescribing is being influenced by drug marketing

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Family nurse practitioners need to be more aware of the commercial pressures they face as a result of their increased involvement in prescribing, according to a survey published in the March issue of the UK-based Journal of ...





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Study examines use of clinical and cost-effectiveness data for drug coverage decisions

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A comparison of national agencies that play a role in determining drug coverage decisions in Britain, Canada and Australia finds that uncertainty regarding clinical effectiveness is a key issue in coverage decisions, with ...


Many lack the skills to make good health decisions

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some 93 million Americans do not have the numerical skills necessary to make well-informed decisions about their medical care, reports a Cornell professor, who has some suggestions on changing that.


Computer-aided system effectively detects and measures pneumothoraces in chest trauma patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new computer-aided method used with MDCT to detect and measure pneumothoraces in trauma patients helps physicians make quicker and more accurate decisions in busy emergency room settings, according to a study performed ...


Genetic tests advertised directly to the consumer

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic testing services have recently begun to be advertised directly to the patient, and the results of the consumers' response can affect public health, as well as the future adoption of pharmacogenetic/genomic testing, ...


Age is not a key factor in cancer survival, but clinical trials exclude older patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Age is not an independent factor in cancer survival rates and should not influence decisions about how to treat older patients, according to a study in the November issue of IJCP, the Independent Journal of Clinical Practice. ...


Model predicts dialysis patients' likelihood of survival

Model predicts dialysis patients' likelihood of survival

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new model can help physicians determine if a kidney disease patient on dialysis is likely to die within the next few months, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of ...


Model against unnecessary use of antibiotics

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients in intensive care units are often administered antibiotics against ventilator-associated pneumonia, "to be on the safe side." Dutch researcher Stefan Visscher has developed a model that can quickly establish whether ...


When the patient can't decide

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Family members are often called upon to make medical choices for patients who are unable to do so themselves. Researchers led by Alexia Torke, M.D., of the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute, ...


One in ten advanced colon cancer patients worry about prescription drug costs

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The vast majority of advanced colon cancer patients in a clinical trial were not concerned about the cost of prescription drugs for managing chemotherapy side effects, such as infection, pain and nausea and few adopted strategies ...


Prediction model superior to traditional criteria in bladder treatment decision

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A statistical model can accurately predict which patients will have poor outcomes after bladder surgery and can determine the need for chemotherapy. The analysis, to be published in the December 1, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer ...



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