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Doctors should cut down on antibiotic prescriptions for sinusitis because the drugs do not work, researchers say.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new policy that expands continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for Medicare patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Now Medicare beneficiaries will be able to undergo diagnosis for OSA using a home sleep test. The new policy marks a significant departure from current Medicare coverage for CPAP and diagnosis of OSA.
South Africa: Hefty Price Tag On Two New Cervical Cancer Vaccines AllAfrica.com, Washington - 6 hours ago Two costly new vaccines that protect women from cervical cancer have been registered with the Medicines Control Council, paving the way for the products to ...
A medical team from the University of Leicester has been able to establish for the first time a predictor for pregnant women who may have miscarriages and those who won't. Their research is published in the highly prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association.
A study of male attitudes to health and how they use health services, published in the online open access journal, BMC Health Services Research, challenges the usual stereotype that men are uninterested in their health. Rather than procrastinating, men may delay going to the doctor so that they can watch a health problem to see if it will fix itself.
Cryptorchidism, the absence in the scrotum of one or both testes (usually because of the failure of the testis to descend), and hypospadias, the abnormal positioning of the opening of the urethra, are common birth defects of the male genitalia and are risk factors for the adult-onset disorders of low sperm count and testicular cancer.
A drug that blocks production of an enzyme that enables ovarian cancer to gain a foothold in a new site can slow the spread of the disease and prolong survival in mice, according to a study by researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center, but only if the drug is given early in the disease process.
In testimony before a field hearing of the House Human Services Committee, the President of the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) said that in order to protect the Houston area's most vulnerable frail, elderly and disabled seniors, it will be essential in the year ahead to initiate a much-needed discussion about how to strengthen the Texas Medicaid program's reimbursement rate, which has dangerously slipped to 49th in the entire nation.
High BMI means bad news for breast cancer patients Hindu, India - 4 hours ago Houston (PTI): Women with locally advanced breast cancer or an inflammatory form of the disease have worse prognosis if they are obese or have a high Body ...
First Lady Laura Bush helped to launch the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Global Promise Fund at a Capitol Hill event to raise awareness of the organization's life-saving work and outline its new strategy of funding culturally sensitive, sustainable education and outreach programs around the world. Members of the diplomatic community were present as Mrs.
In the first large scale national study of escalator-related injuries to older adults, researchers led by Joseph O'Neil, M.D., MPH, and Greg Steele, Dr.PH., MPH, of the Indiana University School of Medicine, report that the rate of these injuries has doubled from 1991 to 2005. The results of the study are published in the March 2008 issue of the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention. Using U.S.
Secondhand smoke in the home appears to induce markers for heart disease as early as the toddler years, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 48th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.It has long been known that many forms of cardiovascular disease in adults are initiated and progress silently during childhood.
A Bristol pensioner is on standby to fly to Australia, to donate a kidney to save her twin sister.
In the wake of the American Cancer Society's new guidelines on colon cancer screening, Scottsdale Medical Imaging (SMIL) announces that the organization was a leading participant in the largest multi-center national study comparing virtual colonoscopy with conventional colonoscopy. (PRWeb Mar 13, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/cancer/colon/prweb771834.htm
One of Montana's top Democrats has demanded that the federal government allocate funds to clean up an asbestos-ridden town housing a former vermiculite mine. Libby, Montana is the site of the former W R Grace & Co mine, declared a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (PRWeb Mar 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb772714.htm
Nearly two million Ohio tobacco users can now receive two weeks of FREE nicotine patches when they enroll in the OhioQuits program, the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation's (OTPF) new, expanded tobacco cessation program. (PRWeb Mar 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb771754.htm
Increases in syphilis rates among blacks and men who have sex with men significantly contribute to the steady climb in the overall number of cases of the disease over the past several years, CDC researchers said on Wednesday, AP/New York Times reports (Tanner, AP/New York Times, 3/12).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded Medicare coverage for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices to include beneficiaries who have been diagnosed, using a home sleep test, with obstructive sleep apnea. CMS also announced changes to simplify certain test requirements. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a condition in which periods of temporary suspension in breathing (apnea) occur during sleep.
GE Healthcare launched enhancements to its premier ultrasound system for obstetrics and gynecology, the Voluson E8 Breakthrough 2008, at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Annual Meeting, March 12-15 in San Diego. GE's new proprietary software program, Sonography-based Automated Volume Count (SonoAVC), delivers an efficient method of calculating the number and volume of ovarian follicles. This is an initial step in assisted reproductive medicine.