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1. SERMs Still Have Value for Breast Ca Prevention. Treatment with selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) led to long-term protection against breast cancer.
2. C. Diff Infection Eludes European Hospitals. Infection with Clostridium difficile – a dangerous and potentially deadly condition – appears to be substantially under-diagnosed in European hospitals.
3. Medicare Panel to Mull ...
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1. Fighting Obesity Long-Term Will Save Money. A longer-term budget window for projecting costs in obesity prevention efforts might save the government more money.
2. Medicare Offers Pay Boost to Hospitals. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule late Friday that would increase payments to the nation's 3,400 acute care hospitals by ...
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1. 5 Ways Obama's Budget Would Change Medicare. President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget includes a variety of what he says are "manageable" changes for Medicare's 54 million beneficiaries as well as for the hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare providers that serve them.
2. Boston Bombing: Finding Evidence in the ER. In the aftermath of Monday's ...
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1. Boston Bombing a Lesson in Prep for Hospitals. The Boston Marathon bombing serves as yet another tragic reminder that American healthcare must be prepared to deal with terrorist attacks that result in the injuries typical of the wide-ranging damage caused by explosive devices.
2. FDA Updates OxyContin Label, Blocks Generics. The FDA has issued new labeling ...
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1. Fee Data May Deter Docs from Ordering Labs. Displaying the cost of a test to providers at the time of ordering led to a modest decrease in the number of orders for laboratory studies placed over a 6-month period.
2. Abdominal CT Scan May Double as Bone Study. Abdominal CT scans done for other indications could ...
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1. Docs May See Pay Delay Under ACA Exchanges. Physicians could face dramatic financial challenges for treating patients who receive health coverage through the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) exchanges starting next year.
2. Docs' Charting Falls Short of ICD-10 Demands. Nearly 65% of clinical documentation doesn't contain enough information for coders to use for billing under the ...
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1. Functional MRI Can Be Used to Assess Pain. Data from several studies have shown that it's possible to assess and differentiate pain through an fMRI scan.
2. Big Spread Seen in Lung Cancer False Positives. Nationwide, one patient in 10 operated on for suspected lung cancer had benign disease, but the false positive rates varied widely ...
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1. Diabetes 'Cure' After Weight Loss Surgery Lasts Long Term. Bariatric surgery may keep type 2 diabetes at bay for good.
2. Car Emissions Tied to Rare Pediatric Cancers. Children born to mothers who lived within a mile of heavy traffic while pregnant were at higher risk of developing any of three childhood cancers.
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1. Teach Health Info to Teens? Use Electronic Media. Electronic media may be an effective health intervention for teens, but better-quality studies are needed to confirm this association.
2. Annual Pap Tests a Hard Habit for Docs to Break. Most physicians wanted female patients to undergo cervical cancer screening more frequently than recommended under published guidelines.
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1. Breast Cancer Mortality Gap Still Baffling. The mystery of why black women have higher risk of breast cancer mortality than whites remains just that -- a mystery.
2. Immune Therapy Offers Hope in Ovarian Cancer. A novel two-step immunotherapy process appears to be effective in nearly three-fourths of women with advanced ovarian cancer.
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