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Feb. 01, 2012

Drug companies have scored a string of recent successes against advanced prostate cancer, ending a long drought during which there seemed to be few weapons to combat the disease.

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Feb. 01, 2012

Premiums for the Medicare Advantage program have dropped an average of 7% while enrollment has grown by 10%.

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Feb. 01, 2012

A firestorm of commentary broke out last month upon news that New York lawmakers might soon again debate a bill that would require registered nurses to attain a four-year bachelor's degree.

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Feb. 01, 2012

Using large, high-contrast bingo cards improves cognitive skills and visual perception, a study finds.

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Jan. 31, 2012

A study of nearly 1,500 patients who had teledermatology consultations shows improved clinical outcomes, with better diagnosis and disease management.

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Jan. 31, 2012

Lifelong musical training — particularly when continued late in life — can help overcome age-related hearing loss, a new study finds.

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Jan. 30, 2012

Research into how iron, copper, zinc and other metals work in the brain may help unlock some of the secrets of some degenerative diseases.

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Jan. 30, 2012

Doctors increasingly are inquiring about how an illness affects their patients' emotional and social life. The insights can help determine how aggressively to treat a disease and what alternative therapies to offer.

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Jan. 30, 2012

Cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce cardiovascular events, death for both sexes, researchers say

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Jan. 30, 2012

Shared rooms and a largely female population mean that men find it harder to find a bed in nursing homes.

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Jan. 30, 2012

Many, however, are still unsure about their financial situation, and physician office visits may not return to pre-recession levels anytime soon.

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Jan. 30, 2012

By enlisting tools that patients can use, a medical practice can become more efficient -- and increase patient satisfaction

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Jan. 30, 2012

The national health system reform law will require states to broaden coverage to people who earn up to 133% of the federal poverty level.

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Jan. 30, 2012

Physicians say patient anxiety is increasing because of medical information read online, with self-diagnoses of diseases like fibromyalgia and lupus.

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Jan. 30, 2012

Nursing homes that provide below-average consultant pharmacist salaries may be getting what they pay for, a state investigation suggests.

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Jan. 27, 2012

A new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, presented at the annual Triological Society's Combined Sections Meeting, on January 26 in Miami Beach, shows that diabetes is likely to cause a greater degree of hearing loss in women as they get older, particularly if the diabetes is not well controlled with medication...

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Jan. 27, 2012

Skilled nursing facilities are almost exclusively putting residents in individual therapy, a new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid says.

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Jan. 27, 2012

Officials from Colorado's state health department have proposed mandatory flu vaccinations for all nursing home employees, regardless of religious or personal exceptions.

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Jan. 26, 2012

Tea, the second most consumed drink after water, may help lower blood pressure. Scientists at The University Of Western Australia and Unilever, state in Archives of Internal Medicine, that drinking black tea three times a day may drastically lower a person's systolic and diastolic blood pressure...

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Jan. 01, 2001

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its first SNF Monitoring Report on the impact of the Oct. 1, 2011, Medicare payment changes on skilled nursing facilities (SNF). The report's key findings include virtually no decrease in the percent of high rehabilitation cases, a decrease in the allocation of group therapy from 8% to 0% (99% of therapy is now provided individually), and substantially fewer than expected change-of-therapy (COT) other Medicare required assessment (OMRAs) filed, indicating that planned therapies are reported as being consistently provided as planned.

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