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Trimming US health care spending will require new approaches, study finds
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Slowing the growth in U.S. health care spending will most likely require adoption of an array of strategies as well as an improved approach to moving promising strategies into widespread use, according to a new analysis by ...
Prescribers miss potentially dangerous drug pairs, research shows
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Jul 13, 2009 |
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Research led by The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy has found that medication prescribers correctly identified fewer than half of drug pairs with potentially dangerous drug-drug interactions.
Parents failing to recognize their children's risk for obesity may be contributing to epidemic
Mar 18, 2009 |
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With 17 percent of US children between ages 2 and 19 classified as obese, new research shows that parents may not be recognizing their own children's risk factors. A new study in the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse ...
Nurse practitioners don't realise how much their prescribing is being influenced by drug marketing
Mar 10, 2009 |
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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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New research shows practitioners struggle to effectively manage child obesity
Sep 07, 2009 |
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New research, led by Dr Katrina Turner from the University of Bristol Department of Community Based Medicine, has assessed primary care practitioners' views and experiences of treating childhood obesity.
Medical establishment prevents nurses from assuming new roles
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Physicians still retain the bulk of decision-making power over nurses in Quebec - a situation that's detrimental to evolving nursing roles. According to a new study by Université de Montréal researchers, published ...
Innappropriate drug prescriptions wasting millions, raising health risks
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Mar 04, 2009 |
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A recent study in Oregon suggests that drugs designed for treating the most severe mental illnesses are often prescribed at inappropriately low doses and at considerable expense, for use in conditions where their benefit ...
Evolving roles difficult for GPs but good for patients
Jun 13, 2008 |
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The solutions to Australia's general practitioner shortage are not just in increasing GP numbers, but in developing new roles to care for patients, according to research published by the Australian Primary Health Care Research ...
Yoga boosts heart health
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners, according to research to be published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of ...
Electronic tracking system can help diabetes patient care
Jul 06, 2009 |
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An electronic system with personalized patient information shared by diabetes patients and their primary care providers improved diabetes care and clinical outcomes, found a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...
UT Southwestern hospital halves its rate of premature births, researchers find
Feb 27, 2009 |
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UT Southwestern Medical Center's primary adult teaching hospital has cut its rate of preterm births by more than half in the past 15 years, even as national rates are rising, researchers have found.
Does it matter that medical graduates don't get jobs as doctors?
May 02, 2008 |
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In 2007, 1300 UK medical graduates were unable to secure training places, and this shortfall looks set to be repeated this year. But is this a betrayal of students’ expectations or is this inevitable if patients are to get ...
High blood pressure problems largely misunderstood by sufferers
Aug 06, 2007 |
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The distrust of healthcare providers shown by people with high blood pressure impedes effective treatment, as emphasized in a new study published in Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. In a systematic review ...
US could face shortage of 44,000 primary care physicians by 2025
Jun 17, 2008 |
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By 2025, the wait to see a doctor could get a lot longer if the current number of students training to be primary care physicians doesn't increase soon, according to a new University of Missouri study. Jack Colwill, professor ...
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