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These annual checkups help seniors not only survive but thrive

Bea Lipsky shuffled into her wellness coach's office one morning this fall and parked her walker by the wall. Lipsky, 89, had had a trying year, enduring a hernia operation and two emergency room visits for heart problems.

13 Dec 2017

Scientists develop new, high resolution method for identifying microbial species and strains

Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Sema4, and collaborating institutions New York University and the University of Florida today published a report detailing their new, more accurate method for identifying individual microbial species and strains in a community.

13 Dec 2017

Consumers who froze their credit reports could hit a glitch enrolling in insurance

Some Americans who froze their credit reports following the big data breach this year at the credit-rating firm Equifax may be in for a surprise if they try to purchase insurance on the federal health law's marketplaces. That freeze could trigger a delay in the application process.

13 Dec 2017

DePuy Synthes releases Continuous Compression Implants to improve outcomes of foot and ankle procedures

DePuy Synthes today announced the availability of Continuous Compression Implants to health care providers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The implants are designed to provide continuous, active compression throughout the healing process to treat a variety of reconstructive foot and ankle procedures, and provide more solutions for our patients and customers.

From DePuy Synthes 13 Dec 2017

Female veterans experience improvement in low back pain with course of chiropractic care

A new study finds that female veterans—one of the fastest growing populations receiving treatment through the Veterans Administration health care system—experience improvement in low back pain with a course of chiropractic care, according to the American Chiropractic Association.

13 Dec 2017

Sign-up deadline is Friday, but some people may get extra time

Open enrollment on the federal health law's marketplace ends Friday, and most people who want a plan for next year need to meet the deadline.

12 Dec 2017

Blood test using infrared spectroscopy can help detect two cancer types

A blood test using infrared spectroscopy can be used to diagnose two types of cancer, lymphoma and melanoma, according to a study led by Georgia State University.

12 Dec 2017

Experts tell Congress how to cut drug prices

The nation's most influential science advisory group will tell Congress today that the U.S. pharmaceutical market is not sustainable and needs to change.

12 Dec 2017

An overlooked epidemic: Older Americans taking too many unneeded drugs

Consider it America’s other prescription drug epidemic. For decades, experts have warned that older Americans are taking too many unnecessary drugs, often prescribed by multiple doctors, for dubious or unknown reasons.

12 Dec 2017

First short-acting ‘follow-on’ insulin receives FDA approval to treat diabetes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Admelog (insulin lispro injection), a short-acting insulin indicated to improve control in blood sugar levels in adults and pediatric patients aged 3 years and older with type 1 diabetes mellitus and adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

12 Dec 2017

Patient satisfaction, good caregiver communication linked to reduced risk of hospital readmission

A survey of patients admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found that patients reporting greater levels of satisfaction with their care and good communication with the health care providers were significantly less like to readmitted to the hospital in the 30 days after discharge.

11 Dec 2017

NIH expected to award up to $70 million to launch Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium

The National Institutes of Health is expected to award up to $70 million over five years to three physician-scientists to launch the Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium, which will create a network of 35 Alzheimer's disease trial sites across the country with the goal of finding new ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer's.

11 Dec 2017

Tgen And Baylor secure federal grant to develop early detection system for pancreatic cancer

A group of the nation's premier cancer researchers led by the Baylor Scott & White Research Institute and the Translational Genomics Research Institute -- has secured a $5.13 million federal grant to develop an early detection system for pancreatic cancer, the nation's third-leading cause of cancer-related death.

11 Dec 2017

LSUHealthNO breakthrough may pave way for advances in obesity-related diseases

For the first time, researchers led by Frank Lau, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans, have successfully kept white fat tissue alive outside of the body for up to eight weeks.

11 Dec 2017

Study: Employees with influenza have more lost work time

Employees with laboratory-confirmed influenza have more lost work time- including absences and reduced productivity while at work- compared to those with other types of acute respiratory illness (ARI), reports a study in the December Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

11 Dec 2017

Retirement’s revolving door: Why some workers can’t call it quits

In his view, Tim Franson utterly failed at retirement. After 20 years as a high-ranking vice president at drugmaker Eli Lilly, Franson and his wife, Chris, a successful real estate agent, thought they were quietly retiring nearly a decade ago to Bonita Springs, Fla.

11 Dec 2017

Opioids after surgery left her addicted. Is that a medical error?

In April this year, Katie Herzog checked into a Boston teaching hospital for what turned out to be a nine-hour-long back surgery.

11 Dec 2017

Study indicates decline in use of chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer patients

A study of nearly 3,000 women with early stage breast cancer indicates a recent, significant decline in the use of chemotherapy despite the lack of any change in national treatment recommendations or guidelines, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of Michigan.

11 Dec 2017

Kidney dysfunction raises diabetes risk, study suggests

Diabetes is known to increase a person's risk of kidney disease. Now, a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that the converse also is true: Kidney dysfunction increases the risk of diabetes.

11 Dec 2017

In era of increased competition, hospitals fret over ratings

For two years, Saint Anthony Hospital here has celebrated its top-rated "A" grade from the national Leapfrog Group that evaluates hospital safety records. But this fall, when executives opened a preview of their score, they got an unwelcome surprise: a "C."

11 Dec 2017

Health Care News and Research

These annual checkups help seniors not only survive but thrive

Scientists develop new, high resolution method for identifying microbial species and strains

Consumers who froze their credit reports could hit a glitch enrolling in insurance

DePuy Synthes releases Continuous Compression Implants to improve outcomes of foot and ankle procedures

Female veterans experience improvement in low back pain with course of chiropractic care

Sign-up deadline is Friday, but some people may get extra time

Blood test using infrared spectroscopy can help detect two cancer types

Experts tell Congress how to cut drug prices

An overlooked epidemic: Older Americans taking too many unneeded drugs

First short-acting ‘follow-on’ insulin receives FDA approval to treat diabetes

Patient satisfaction, good caregiver communication linked to reduced risk of hospital readmission

NIH expected to award up to $70 million to launch Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Consortium

Tgen And Baylor secure federal grant to develop early detection system for pancreatic cancer

LSUHealthNO breakthrough may pave way for advances in obesity-related diseases

Study: Employees with influenza have more lost work time

Retirement’s revolving door: Why some workers can’t call it quits

Opioids after surgery left her addicted. Is that a medical error?

Study indicates decline in use of chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer patients

Kidney dysfunction raises diabetes risk, study suggests

In era of increased competition, hospitals fret over ratings

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