2701 Articles Matching "doctors"
Third of Uninsured Skimp on Meds to Save Money
Mar 20, 2019Nearly 1 in 5 of those prescribed drugs asked their doctors for less expensive options. The rate was highest -- 40 percent -- among people without...
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Can Some Kids Outgrow Autism?
Mar 20, 2019Doctors have known for decades that a small number of young children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder seem to outgrow it. The vast majority continue to face challenges and need support, said lead researcher Dr. Lisa...
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Despite Narrative About Uncertainty In Marketplace, Many Large Health Insurers’ Bottom Lines Soared In 2018
Mar 20, 2019Modern Healthcare looks at how the CEO's paychecks followed suit. In other health industry news: value-based care models and noncompete clauses for...
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When Drug Costs Get Too High, Patients Are Skipping Doses Or Just Not Taking Medication
Mar 20, 2019Experts are worried this behavior could be extremely dangerous for the patients. “We have lots of treatments where if you don’t take them exactly as prescribed, you might be doing more harm than good,” said Stacie Dusetzina, a health policy researcher at Vanderbilt University. Other ways patients are trying to control costs are by asking for cheaper drugs from doctors or seeking out alternative therapies. Meanwhile, Ohio's attorney general is suing UnitedHealth's OptumRx unit alleging it...
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FDA Orders European Seller Of Online Abortion Pills To Immediately Cease Delivery To U.S. Customers
Mar 19, 2019The FDA says the "unapproved new drugs pose an inherent risk to consumers." In other news on abortion: Tennessee judge rebuked for denying a women on house arrest to travel to get an abortion; Indiana takes steps toward allowing nurses and physician assistants to object to playing role in abortion procedure; and Maine governor wants to allow medical professionals besides doctors to be able to provide the...
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Apple's heart study signals a new era of medicine, and doctors are debating the results
Mar 19, 2019Stanford's researchers talked about the study at the American College of Cardiology conference in New...
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'Definitely not an anti-vaxer': Some parents push back against recommended vaccine schedule
Mar 16, 2019The renewed squabble over vaccinations obscures a large group of parents who aren't anti-vaxers but spread out their children's vaccines at a more gradual pace than doctors recommend. Pediatricians warn that could leave small children vulnerable to disease....
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Amid measles outbreak, health care professionals step up
Mar 16, 2019Using blogs, infographics, media interviews, even visits to mosques, doctors and communicators are emphasizing the importance of vaccination—and dispelling ‘anti-vaxxer’ mythologies. Health care practitioners and communicators are waging a concerted, multiple-front battle against measles. When an outbreak hit Washington state recently, Swedish hospital in Seattle pitched one of its doctors to a local TV station […]
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High-volume hospitals and surgeons do better on neck artery procedures
Mar 16, 2019(Reuters Health) - Patients who need blockages cleared in their carotid arteries to reduce the risk of stroke may want to seek hospitals and doctors who do a lot of these procedures, a new research review suggests....
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Opioid Rxs Decreasing, But Not for All Doctors
Mar 15, 2019Title: Opioid Rxs Decreasing, But Not for All DoctorsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/13/2019 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/14/2019 12:00:00...
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New Method To Assess Platelet Health Could Help ER Doctors
Mar 15, 2019
New method to assess platelet health could help ER doctors
Emergency room doctors often have only a few minutes to determine which patients are in need of a blood transfusion.
But currently doctors have no direct method to assess the health of one of the most critical component of the blood: plate......
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Molecular 'Clues' May Predict Breast Cancer Return
Mar 15, 2019If doctors could better predict which patients had a high recurrence risk, those women might want to continue hormone therapy past the standard five...
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AHRQ launches app to help patients preplan questions for doctors
Mar 14, 2019The new app, called Question Builder, lets consumers input their health information and then brings up potential questions for them to ask their...
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Cutbacks by some doctors halved new opioid prescriptions over 5 years
Mar 14, 2019(Reuters Health) - The rate of first-time opioid prescriptions declined 54 percent between 2012 and 2017 in the U.S., largely because many doctors stopped prescribing the painkillers, according to a study of more than 86 million people covered by private insurance....
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Questions Over Retrieving A Deceased Person’s Sperm Pit Grief-Stricken Families Against Medical Ethicists
Mar 14, 2019Families say the decision to retrieve the sperm of a loved one should be left to them, while doctors and ethicisits worry about the wide-ranging moral complications of starting a life that would otherwise not exist if not for medical technology. In other public health news: eating out while being overweight, medical devices, mental health, parenting, the immune system, infant tongue-ties, exercising, and more....
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Zimbabwe doctors say patients dying due to drug, equipment shortages
Mar 14, 2019Doctors said on Wednesday that patients in Zimbabwe's biggest state hospital were dying due to a lack of medicines and basic supplies, brought on by a cash crunch that has crippled the economy....
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Cardiologist Eric Topol explains how artificial intelligence can make doctors more humane
Mar 14, 2019Eric Topol just released a new book examining the role of artificial intelligence in...
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New Contributor To Age-Related Hearing Loss Identified
Mar 13, 2019
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a new potential contributor to age-related hearing loss, a finding that could eventually help doctors identify people at risk.
The auditory receptors of the inner ear, called hair cells, pick up sounds using a vibration-se......
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Teen hookah users run risk of heart disease, poisoning
Mar 13, 2019(Reuters Health) - A growing number of American teens and young adults are using hookah, or water pipes, and many of them may be under the mistaken impression that it's risk-free and non-addictive, U.S. heart doctors warn....
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Babies may get better hospital care when parents say thanks
Mar 13, 2019(Reuters Health) - Critically ill infants may receive better care in the hospital when their parents take the time to thank doctors and nurses than when families don't express any gratitude, a small study suggests....
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