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What happens when doctors give patients more power?

01.12.2009 01:51    3-rx.com
When patients are given the responsibility for medical decisions, they may be less willing to try a potentially risky treatment, a study published Monday suggests.The study, of 216 patients with arthritis and other similar diseases, tested patients' willingness to take
What happens when doctors give patients more power?



Osteoarthritis increases aggregate health care expenditures by $186 billion annually

01.12.2009 01:51    3-rx.com
Osteoarthritis (OA), a highly prevalent disease, raised aggregate annual medical care expenditures in the U.S. by $185.5 billion according to researchers from Stony Brook University. Insurers footed $149.4 billion of the total medical spend and out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures were $36.1
Osteoarthritis increases aggregate health care expenditures by $186 billion annually

Parent mentors can improve the asthmatic care of minority children, UT Southwestern researchers find

01.12.2009 01:51    3-rx.com
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that informed adults can help families stave off complications associated with asthma. The findings, available online and in the December issue of Pediatrics, suggest that interventions by parent mentors - caregivers of asthmatic
Parent mentors can improve the asthmatic care of minority children, UT Southwestern researchers find

Herbal supplements may raise blood lead levels

28.11.2009 09:19    3-rx.com
Some herbal supplements may boost the levels of lead in the blood of women, new research shows.Among 12,807 men and women age 20 and older, Dr. Catherine Buettner, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues found
Herbal supplements may raise blood lead levels

Professional pesticide use ups risk of nasal woes

27.11.2009 13:59    3-rx.com
When people think about pesticides and health, cancer and birth defects probably come to mind. But new research shows pesticide exposure may contribute to a much more common affliction: itchy, runny, stuffy noses."Pesticides have more potential consequences than we've considered.


Feeding the Clock

26.11.2009 17:39    3-rx.com
When you eat may be just as vital to your health as what you eat, found researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their experiments in mice revealed that the daily waxing and waning of thousands of genes in
Feeding the Clock

Chronic Pain Found to Increase Risk of Falls in Older Adults

26.11.2009 17:39    3-rx.com
Chronic pain is experienced by as many as two out of three older adults. Now, a new study finds that pain may be more hazardous than previously thought, contributing to an increased risk of falls in adults over age 70.
Chronic Pain Found to Increase Risk of Falls in Older Adults

"Cancer of fraud" permeates U.S. healthcare system

26.11.2009 17:39    3-rx.com
It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act.A U.S. Senate committee revealed last year that public health insurer Medicare had paid as much as $92 million from 2000 to 2007 for medical services or
"Cancer of fraud" permeates U.S. healthcare system

Uzbekistan says closed Kazakh border due to flu

26.11.2009 17:39    3-rx.com
Uzbekistan said on Wednesday it had closed the border with Central Asian neighbour Kazakhstan as part of a seasonal anti-flu quarantine.On Monday, Kazakhstan said Uzbekistan shut the border without any explanations and Kazakh media, as well as residents of the

Sweet! Sugared Polymer a New Weapon Against Allergies and Asthma

21.11.2009 20:10    3-rx.com
Scientists at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. Their advance is a significant step toward crafting pharmaceuticals to fight these often life-endangering conditions

Afghanistan is world's worst place to be born: UN

21.11.2009 20:09    3-rx.com
Eight years after a U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the war-ravaged state is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, the United Nations said on Thursday.It is especially dangerous for
Afghanistan is world's worst place to be born: UN

US health companies set for record lobbying in 09

21.11.2009 20:09    3-rx.com
It's not just spending on U.S. healthcare that's hitting record levels. Drugmakers, insurers and industry groups are on track to spend an all-time high of more than $500 million this year to influence Congress' revamp of the U.S. healthcare system.Lobbyists
US health companies set for record lobbying in 09

Philip Morris ordered to pay $300 million to smoker

21.11.2009 20:09    3-rx.com
A Florida jury on Thursday ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy Naugle who is wheelchair-bound by emphysema.The Broward Circuit Court jury assessed $56.6 million in past and future
Philip Morris ordered to pay $300 million to smoker

Worst case H1N1 may cut UK economy by 4.3 percent

21.11.2009 20:09    3-rx.com
A severe H1N1 flu pandemic could cost the UK economy 72 billion pounds ($121 billion), British scientists said on Friday, but advised against closing schools even if the current mild pandemic takes a turn for the worse.Researchers from the London
Worst case H1N1 may cut UK economy by 4.3 percent

Patients happier when docs discuss side effects

20.11.2009 18:27    3-rx.com
Hospital patients who suffer a side effect from treatment are more likely to give high ratings to their quality of care when hospital staff are up front about what went wrong, a new study suggests.In a survey of nearly 2,300

Surgery Not Linked to Memory Problems in Older Patients

20.11.2009 18:26    3-rx.com
For years, it has been widely assumed that older adults may experience memory loss and other cognitive problems following surgery. But a new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis questions those assumptions. In fact,
Surgery Not Linked to Memory Problems in Older Patients

At-risk college students reduce HBP, anxiety, depression through Transcendental Meditation

20.11.2009 18:26    3-rx.com
The Transcendental Meditation® technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009."The Transcendental Meditation Program,
At-risk college students reduce HBP, anxiety, depression through Transcendental Meditation

ED Drug Improves Heart's Pumping Action in Young Patients with Single-Ventricle Disease

19.11.2009 01:57    3-rx.com
Heart function significantly improved in children and young adults with single-ventricle congenital heart disease who have had the Fontan operation following treatment with sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension, say researchers from The Children's Hospital
ED Drug Improves Heart's Pumping Action in Young Patients with Single-Ventricle Disease

Canada sees spike in H1N1 flu-related deaths

19.11.2009 01:57    3-rx.com
The H1N1 flu killed more people in Canada during the past week than in any other week this year, but health officials said on Tuesday the nation's vaccination program was going so well that it may reach its peak earlier
Canada sees spike in H1N1 flu-related deaths

Overexpression of Sodium/Calcium Exchanger Protein Alone did not Cause Heart Failure

19.11.2009 01:56    3-rx.com
Researchers from the Center for Translational Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University have found that the overexpression of a sodium/calcium exchanger, without changes in other ion transport pathways commonly observed in heart failure, does not by itself lead to contraction abnormalities

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