News tagged with healthcare delivery
Study finds virtual doctors visits satisfactory for both patients and clinicians
May 14, 2009 |
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Travelers book plane tickets online, bank customers can check their accounts at any computer, and busy families can grocery shop online. Someday, even doctor visits could be among the conveniences offered via the Internet. ...
Pain relievers seem not to prevent Alzheimer's disease in the very elderly
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Apr 22, 2009 |
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A new study shows that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as the pain relievers ibuprofen and naproxen, do not prevent Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. Instead, the risk of developing dementia ...
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Children with sickle cell disease receiving inadequate care
Nov 24, 2008 |
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A new study finds that youth populations with sickle cell disease (SCD) are receiving inadequate healthcare, and thus may fail to benefit from scientific advances. The study, published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer, finds ...
Researchers Demonstrate Molecular Delivery System for Molecular Communication
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Mar 27, 2008 |
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NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that in experiments being carried out jointly with Professor Kazuo Sutoh of the Department of Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, and Associate Professor Shoji Takeuchi of the Institute ...
Increasing health care value improves health care quality
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Finding better ways to deliver healthcare to patients is key to ensuring that Medicare is able to meet the needs of the nation's baby boomers according to a new paper by Geisinger Health System published in Health Affairs.
Medicare Part D saves money, survey says
Jul 15, 2006 |
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The Medicare Part D prescription-drug plan helps beneficiaries save money but needs to be simplified, a healthcare industry survey finds.
Pregnancy complications are a stress test for future maternal health and pregnancies
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Predicting whether pregnancy complications affect long-term maternal health as well as future pregnancies is at the heart of two studies conducted by researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive ...
Pharmaceutical disobedience
Jan 27, 2009 |
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Healthcare consumers, benefits managers, and even government officials are using the internet to buy unapproved prescription drugs illegally, according to a report to be published in the International Journal of Electronic He ...
Wireless drug control
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Feb 06, 2009 |
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Electronic implants that dispense medicines automatically or via a wireless medical network are on the horizon. Australian and US researchers warn of the security risks in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of ...
Cardiovascular disease causing increasing inequity between rich and poor
Dec 02, 2008 |
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A new paper released today by The George Institute for International Health is warning a cardiovascular disease based epidemic is gaining pace among many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), exemplified at its worst in ...
Barriers to diabetes care include restaurants and high-risk lifestyles, says international review
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Eating out, lack of social support and high-risk lifestyles are just some of the barriers that stop patients with type 2 diabetes from controlling their condition, according to a research review that covered 8,900 patients ...
Scientist: Infections can cause cancer
Dec 05, 2007 |
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A U.S. scientist says cancer -- known to be caused by genetic cell mutations -- can also be caused by infections from viruses, bacteria and parasites.
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