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High out-of-pocket medication cost is a huge issue for millions of patients with cardiovascular diseases

One in 8 adults with common heart diseases and stroke skip taking medications, delay filling prescriptions or take lower doses than prescribed because of concerns about cost, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

25 Nov 2019

Last-minute loophole could undermine Texas law against surprise medical bills

Texas' bipartisan effort to shield patients from surprise medical bills could be weaker than lawmakers intended when it takes effect Jan. 1.

25 Nov 2019

UVA doctors decry aggressive billing practices by their own hospital

Prominent doctors at UVA Health System are expressing public outrage at their employer’s practices to collect unpaid medical debt from its patients.

23 Nov 2019

Using AI to determine which lung cancer patients will benefit from immunotherapy

Scientists from the Case Western Reserve University digital imaging lab, already pioneering the use of Artificial Intelligence to predict whether chemotherapy will be successful, can now determine which lung-cancer patients will benefit from expensive immunotherapy.

23 Nov 2019

UMass Lowell researcher receives $1 million grant for asthma prevention research

A UMass Lowell researcher who works to alleviate asthma in senior citizens has received $1 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to advance his work.

22 Nov 2019

Decreasing inappropriate antibiotic use is key strategy to control drug resistance

Antibiotic resistance is a larger public health threat than most people realize. And, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports about half of all antibiotics in outpatient settings are incorrectly prescribed.

22 Nov 2019

Sleep deprivation affects people much more than previous theories have suggested

Michigan State University's Sleep and Learning Lab has conducted one of the largest sleep studies to date, revealing that sleep deprivation affects us much more than prior theories have suggested.

22 Nov 2019

Tips for avoiding holiday headaches

Six tips for avoiding holiday headache triggers from Houston Methodist neurologist Bing Liao, M.D., M.Sc.

21 Nov 2019

First time-motion study assesses the impact of geographic cohorting of hospitalists

Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine have conducted the first time-motion study in more than a decade to assess the impact of geographic cohorting of hospitalists.

21 Nov 2019

Anti-epileptic drugs linked to increase in patients' risk of suicide

Three of the most common forms of anti-epileptic drugs in Denmark is associated with increase in patients' risk of suicide. However, the risk is low and should be seen in conjunction with the many beneficial effects of the medicines.

21 Nov 2019

Medi-Cal to expand eligibility to young undocumented adults. But will they enroll?

Starting in January, young adults can sign up for California's Medicaid program regardless of immigration status.

21 Nov 2019

No safety switch: How lax oversight of electronic health records puts patients at risk

In fall 2009, several dozen of the best minds in health information technology huddled at a hotel outside Washington, D.C., to discuss potential dangers of an Obama White House plan to spend billions of tax dollars computerizing medical records.

21 Nov 2019

Ultrasound treatment could be safe and effective option for people with essential tremor

People with tremors in their hands, head or voice may find some relief for up to three years from a treatment using ultrasound waves to destroy the area of the brain causing the tremor, according to a study published in the November 20, 2019, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

21 Nov 2019

Doctor News and Research

High out-of-pocket medication cost is a huge issue for millions of patients with cardiovascular diseases

Last-minute loophole could undermine Texas law against surprise medical bills

UVA doctors decry aggressive billing practices by their own hospital

Using AI to determine which lung cancer patients will benefit from immunotherapy

UMass Lowell researcher receives $1 million grant for asthma prevention research

Decreasing inappropriate antibiotic use is key strategy to control drug resistance

Sleep deprivation affects people much more than previous theories have suggested

Tips for avoiding holiday headaches

First time-motion study assesses the impact of geographic cohorting of hospitalists

Anti-epileptic drugs linked to increase in patients' risk of suicide

Medi-Cal to expand eligibility to young undocumented adults. But will they enroll?

No safety switch: How lax oversight of electronic health records puts patients at risk

Ultrasound treatment could be safe and effective option for people with essential tremor

Embarrassing symptoms prevent women from seeking treatment for pelvic floor disorders

Physician sideline coverage recommended for high school games and practices

Facebook live: Intimate lessons from the front lines of family caregiving

Six ways physicians can help optimize reproductive health in women with epilepsy

New California law may expand use of HIV prevention drugs, with caveats

Applying a Proteomics-based Approach to the Clinic

Comprehensive medical coverage recommended for football games at Chicago Public High Schools

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Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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