Posts Tagged ‘Care’
In May 2010, Bethel College (IN) student Joshua Lukas visited with William Rhine, MD, neonatologist at Packard Children’s Hospital and professor at the Stanford School of Medicine. Joshua wanted to thank Dr. Rhine for the care and inspiration he provided when Joshua was born with pulmonary hypertension in 1989. In this video, Joshua and Dr. Rhine discuss treatment, including ECMO, and Joshua’s hopes to have a career in medicine.
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ABC NEWS CHANNEL 7 – “We designed a double blind study to really look and see if in fact this procedure was affecting high blood pressure,” Twenty five patients got the real adjustment; 25 others got a fake adjustment. The result, publishe…d in the Journal of Human Hypertension, found those patients who got the real thing saw their blood pressure drop dramatically, an average of 17 points. That’s equivalent to giving patients two different blood pressure medications at once, said Dr. George Bakris, MD Read More Length:3:31
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Insurers Required to Cover Preventive Care
Private insurers will be required to cover certain preventive benefits — such as mammograms and colonoscopies — without requiring patients to pay deductibles or copays, according to rules issued today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Mammography – Insurance – Health – Medicine – Imaging
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Health information technology improves quality of care, study shows
Secure patient-physician e-mail messaging improves the effectiveness of care for patients with diabetes and hypertension, according to new research by Kaiser Permanente. The study, published in the July issue of Health Affairs, shows that health information technology improves quality of care scores.
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New Tool To Rule Out Coronary Heart Disease In Primary Care
A simple new rule can help primary care physicians rule out coronary heart disease in patients with chest pain, states a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) (pre-embargo link only) http://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj100212.pdf.Chest pain is common, yet it is challenging for primary care physicians to reliably identify serious cardiac disease …
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