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Shared equipment can lead to hepatitis B outbreaks
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) can occur as the result of routine clinical practices incorrectly thought to be risk-free. A review of 33 HBV outbreaks, published in the open access journal BMC Me ...
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New clinical guidelines for exacerbations in cystic fibrosis
Oct 22, 2009 |
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The American Thoracic Society has released new clinical guidelines for the treatment of exacerbations in cystic fibrosis based on a review of the literature on current clinical practices.
ENT Society releases novel clinical practice guideline manual
Jun 01, 2009 |
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The world's largest ear, nose, and throat professional medical association, the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), today released a manual detailing best practices for the creation of new ...
Strict maternal feeding practices not linked to child weight gain
May 26, 2009 |
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A new study published online in the journal Obesity provides further evidence that strict maternal control over eating habits - such as determining how much a child should eat and coaxing them to eat certain foods - duri ...
Computerized reminder system drove up colon cancer screening rates, study found
Sep 05, 2008 |
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A computerized reminder system used in community-based primary care doctors' offices increased colorectal cancer screening rates by an average of 9 percent, according to a new study from the University of ...
Most eligible patients miss out on cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Most patients with heart failure likely to benefit from a pacemaker including the capacity for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do not receive such an implantable device, reports a national study in the December 2009 ...
Poor health among indigenous peoples a question of cultural loss as well as poverty
Jul 02, 2009 |
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The health problems of Indigenous peoples around the world are intimately tied to a number of unique factors, such as colonization, globalization, migration, and loss of land, language and culture. These factors remain even ...
Study links electronic health records to improved quality in primary care treatment
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Routine use of electronic health records may improve the quality of care provided in community-based primary care practices more than other common strategies intended to raise the quality of medical care, according to a new ...
PDAs, more education help doctors follow cholesterol treatment guidelines
Apr 22, 2009 |
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A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that patients with high cholesterol receive better care when physicians use a variety of tools to learn and apply a clinical practice guideline ...
Where's the science? The sorry state of psychotherapy
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 02, 2009 |
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The prevalence of mental health disorders in this country has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. Who is treating all of these patients? Clinical psychologists and therapists are charged with the task, but many are falling ...
Patients with depression frequently suffer from medically unexplained pain
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Pain symptoms that cannot be attributed, or at least not fully attributed, to an organic origin are more frequently and more severely experienced by patients with depression than by those without.
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