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Pain relievers seem not to prevent Alzheimer's disease in the very elderly

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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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created Mar 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

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created Jul 15, 2006 | popularity 1.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The Medicare Part D prescription-drug plan helps beneficiaries save money but needs to be simplified, a healthcare industry survey finds.


Focused Internet services provide better support to breast cancer patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

A new study in the Journal of Communication reveals that access to an integrated system of internet health resources helps patients more than simply providing a list of URLs to accredited sites.


Pregnancy complications are a stress test for future maternal health and pregnancies

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

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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created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Physicians can lead health care reform through payment and delivery system reforms

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Physicians can and should play a leading role in achieving health care reform by working towards comprehensive reform of the way health care is paid for and delivered, helping achieve a guaranteed 1.5 percent annual savings ...


Cardiovascular disease causing increasing inequity between rich and poor

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created Dec 02, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...



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