Millions of Americans have uncontrolled blood pressure - report
Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:01 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly half of about 67 million Americans with high blood pressure are not effectively treating their condition and face a high risk of a heart attack or stroke, a U.S. health official said on Tuesday. About 36 million people have uncontrolled high blood pressure, a condition caused when too much force is exerted by blood as it is pumped through the body and moves against ... |
FDA approves Pfizer leukemia drug
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:33 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators on Tuesday approved a Pfizer Inc pill for a rare type of leukemia, another step in the company's effort to expand its oncology business. The medicine, called Bosulif, treats chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), a blood and bone marrow disease that usually affects older adults. About 26,000 Americans live with the cancer, and 5,430 people in the United ... |
Docs, nurses may overestimate quality of their care
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:35 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors and nurses may overestimate the quality of the care they provide hospital patients in the hours leading up to a serious complication, according to a small new study. After reviewing the records of 47 patients, Dutch researchers found that for more than half there were delays in recognizing that the patients' conditions were deteriorating in advance of a crisis ... |
Not all doctors want hand-washing reminders
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:10 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many doctors and nurses don't like the idea of patients reminding them to clean their hands, a new study from Switzerland suggests. So-called hand hygiene has become a major goal of health care facilities around the world, and patients are often encouraged to become involved in system-wide changes to promote hand washing, researchers said. "Hand hygiene is the primary ... |
Common household chemical tied to heart disease risk
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:06 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who had higher levels of a common synthetic chemical in their blood were more likely to have heart disease or have had a stroke, in a new U.S. study. The chemical, known as perfluorooctanoic acid or PFOA, is found in everything from food containers to ski jackets to carpets. But the lead researcher emphasized that the new findings don't prove PFOA itself is ... |
Medicare reimbursement incentive less than effective
Reuters via Yahoo! News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:50 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Record-keeping for a patient complication used by Medicare to determine how much hospitals get reimbursed is not comprehensive or accurate, undermining the policy's value, a new study suggests. In an effort to get more for their money, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - as well as some individual insurance companies - don't reimburse hospitals for ... |
In real-world setting, anti-smoking aids help
Reuters via Yahoo! News Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:24 PM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large new survey across four countries has found that smokers attempting to quit have considerably more success when they use nicotine patches or prescription medications than when they go it alone without anti-smoking aids. Past research has yielded conflicting evidence on the effectiveness of drug treatments for smoking cessation - they seem to help in clinical ... |
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