After Group Health introduced video “decision aids” for people with knee and hip arthritis, rates…
Month: September 2012
Medicare kidney spending reaches crucial moment
Medicare has covered treatment for anyone with end-stage renal disease since 1972. The coverage is…
Stiffening of aortic wall linked with increased risk of high blood pressure
An analysis of the relationship between several vascular function measures and blood pressure levels finds…
Cardiac study evaluates prevalence of unrecognized heart attacks among older adults
Using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging among older adults in Iceland, researchers estimated the prevalence of…
Use of biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis not significantly associated with increased risk of malignancy
Although there are concerns regarding the potential development of malignancies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis…
Healing cuts for Medicare
Medicare payment reforms mandated in the Affordable Care Act for post-acute care have great potential…
Vitamin D supplement fails to lower cholesterol in short term
Taking vitamin D supplements to compensate for vitamin D deficiency didn’t improve cholesterol — at…
Study points to new target for cancers resistant to Iressa and Herceptin
A more-sensitive method to analyze protein interactions has uncovered a new way that cancer cells…
Quest for Higgs boson enters new phase
This summer, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva announced the discovery of a…
Black women face more violence under ‘prison nation’, book says
Black women in poor neighborhoods have faced increasing violence because public policy has focused on…