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Alarming trend -- antiviral therapy to treat hepatitis C is declining in the US

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Researchers from the University of Michigan determined that only 663,000 of the approximately 3.9 million Americans with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection received antiviral therapy between 2002 and 2007. Treatment rates ...


Evaluating eHealth: How to make evaluation more methodologically robust

Medicine & Health / Health

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eHealth -- the organisation and delivery of health services and information using information technology (IT) systems—is playing an increasingly important role in shaping health care systems. This week PLoS Medicine publis ...


Medical 'pay for performance' programs help improve care -- but not always, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

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Like everybody, health care professionals enjoy a pay raise for a job well done. But in some instances, financial incentives for health care performance may actually backfire.


Drug ads ineffective for boosting sales, could cost taxpayers: study

Medicine & Health / Health

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US Taxpayers may be on the hook for the high cost of drug advertising that does little to boost sales, according to a new study led by a University of British Columbia health policy researcher.


Children who lack continuity with a regular health care provider miss needed services

Medicine & Health / Health

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Low-income children who don't access health care from the same place or provider over the long term are significantly more likely to have unmet health care needs compared with those do, according to a new study published ...


Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.



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