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How Can a Doctor Choose Medications for Patients Without Data Comparing New Ones to Existing Ones? Half of the Time, They Don’t Have That
Sex Research Review: WSJ Columnist Tells You What’s What
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Study of Women with Family Risk of Breast Cancer Suggests Combining Mammograms and MRIs
Finding: “The combination of MRI and mammography screening was not substantially better than MRI alone.”
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You May Find It Easier to Count Calories in Restaurant Chains Soon
In the last year, it has been learned that the calorie counts on menus and in processed foods understated the true calorie count. That has now changed.
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Screening Resources for Patients Can Help You Make More Informed Decisions
The continuing debate about the value of screening tests—which ones, when, why—continues.
When the president had his annual physical last week, experts say he had too many tests for his age and his general health. They are using his physical as an example of excessive testing, in which testing is confused with known prevention measures, such [...]
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New Diabetes Test Offers Bonus…Also Better Predictor of Heart Disease and Stroke Risks
A just-released research report shows that a newer diabetes test is more reliable and also is a better predictor of heart disease and stroke.
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Patients Could Be “Beeped” into Taking Medicine on Time
This is an interesting story about a new system for reminding people to tell medications at the times they are supposed to take them and a second development, a new patent, which may report when medication has been taken.
It is reported by The Wall Street Journal Digital News.
Medication errors are one huge patient safety issue. [...]
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Maybe…Maybe…Another Reason to Love Chocolate
In a review of three recent research studies, two appeared to show that eating a little chocolate each week helps reduce stroke risk. The third study showed no relationship.
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England Discovers Miracle Cure for Dreaded Hospital Gown Disorder
I never thought it could really happen.
It has not happened yet.
But it looks as if it will.
Hospital gowns—to say nothing of the even-worse doctor’s office paper ones—are one of the most undignified insults to patients imaginable.
An illness exposes people in so many ways. They don’t need a gown to display their back-sides to expose them— [...]
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In First Trial, Blood Test for Pancreatic Cancer Found Majority of Early Tumors
The preliminary evaluation of a blood test showed that the test found a majority of stage 1 tumors.
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New Stroke Website from CDC…How to Find a Stroke Hospital Near You
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have a new website, dedicated to the prevention of, and speedy response to, strokes.
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Maybe We Do Need the Food Police…More Calories in Foods Than Are Revealed, Study Shows
There are many pieces to the puzzle about obesity. One more has been discovered—food and restaurant labels may not tell you the truth about the calorie count.
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