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Heart pumps: High cost, high mortality in an emerging technology
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ventricular assist devices, or VADs – surgically-placed mechanical pumps that can support failing hearts or buy time to transplant – are associated with high hospital costs and high rates of early death among ...
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Medical home gives patients better primary care at no more cost
Sep 02, 2009 |
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A one-year evaluation at Group Health Cooperative is the first to demonstrate the measurable benefit to both patients and staff when a primary care practice adopts a "patient-centered medical home" model. This model gives ...
Reduced-dose schedule for pneumococcal vaccine in infants shows effectiveness
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Infants who received two or three primary doses of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) both had a decreased rate of carrying pneumococcal microorganisms that can cause pneumonia and other infections, compared ...
Cost-effective strategy to screen second primary colorectal cancers in cancer survivors
Jul 16, 2009 |
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To suggest a feasible economic strategy for second primary colorectal cancer screening of cancer survivors in Korea, A research group constructed a decision-analytic model, compared cost-effectiveness results of cancer screening ...
Organized phone therapy for depression found cost-effective
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 05, 2009 |
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When people get brief, structured, phone-based cognitive behavioral psychotherapy soon after starting on antidepressant medication, significant benefits may persist two years after their first session, with only modest rises ...
Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy effective when delivered in real time by a therapist
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Aug 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) seems to be effective when delivered online in real time by a therapist, with benefits maintained over 8 months. This method of delivery could broaden access ...
Care management reduces depression and suicidal thoughts in older primary care patients
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Depression in older adults too often goes unrecognized and untreated, resulting in untold misery, worsening of medical illness, and early death. A new study has identified one important remedy: Adding a trained depression ...
Current national primary care policies for childhood obesity need to be improved
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Current primary care policies aimed at reducing obesity and increasing physical activity in children do not work and are very costly to run, according to research published on BMJ.com today.
Researchers find high-dose therapy for liver disease not effective
Aug 28, 2009 |
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A national team of researchers led by scientists at Mayo Clinic has found that a common treatment for primary sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic liver disease, is not helpful for patients, according to a study published this ...
Genetic variations indicate risk of recurrence, secondary cancer among head and neck cancer patients
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Eighteen single-point genetic variations indicate risk of recurrence for early-stage head and neck cancer patients and their likelihood of developing a second type of cancer, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson ...
Bad medicine: Health care can cause harm when focus is on providing services instead of improving health
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Are individuals, families, communities and employers getting their money's worth from US healthcare? That's the big question in the news today, pushed further into the spotlight by the Obama administration.
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