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Annual Mammography Not Superior to Standard Care on Breast Cancer MortalityMammography screening has conflicting efficacy results in the medical literature, as some clinical studies have shown little or no effect, while others have demonstrated decreased mortality in women aged 40 and older, with the largest effect in those aged 50-59 years.
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OCR Issues Proposed Modifications to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules to Implement HITECH ActOn July 14, 2010, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued a proposed rule containing modifications to the privacy standards, security standards, and enforcement regulations under HIPAA.
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Adherence to ACS Medications: A Path Forward for Improved Patient CareOne study has shown that 90-day prescriptions can increase adherence over 30-day prescriptions.
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Large-scale clinical epidemiology of stable angina in women and menWe performed a whole-country study using linked health care records in Finland and showed that stable angina as the initial symptomatic manifestation of coronary disease occurs as frequently in women as it does in men. Among easily recognized subgroups, the absolute rates of prognostic outcomes were similarly high in women and men.
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Cancer-Killing Virus Looks PromisingIn March, the television news show 60 Minutes devoted a segment to a clinical trial using polio virus to treat glioblastoma multiforme. The segment called "Killing Cancer" did a good job of illustrating the potential power of this new treatment as well as the problems associated with glioblastoma multiforme which typically kills patients in a matter of months.
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AAP 2011: Minority Children Less Likely to Wear a Car Seatbelt, Putting Them at Greater Risk of Severe InjuryLess than half of pediatric car passengers suffering injuries from motor vehicle crashes were restrained, with the lowest rates among blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans, according to a research abstract presented at AAP 2011.
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Contemporary stenting practices, optimal antiplatelet and antithrombotic therapy, and the continuum of care of patients with cardiovascular disease: A roundtable discussionThe first stent was invented in 1969 by Charles Theodore Dotter, experimenting on canine peripheral arteries.
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After House Passage 21st Century Cures Act Awaits Senate ApprovalWith funding meant to bolster basic research and help make advances for a variety of conditions the fate of the 21st Century Cure Act is anything but secure even after passage by the US House of Representatives.
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MUSC Pilot Program Shows Success in Treating Opioid UsersResearch demonstrates that medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction works, yet few have adopted it.
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Our Move to an EHRThe initial capital outlay for transitioning to an EHR is not small. In fact, cost is one of the main reasons practices have been slow to adopt EHRs.
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Are statins cardioprotective in patients undergoing major vascular surgery?We evaluated the cardioprotective effects of intensive statin therapy before major vascular surgery in a prospective study of 359 subjects. After multivariate analysis, lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol was associated with decreased myocardial ischemia, troponin T release, and 30-day and late cardiac events. Furthermore, higher doses of statins were associated with better cardiac outcome, even after adjusting for LDL cholesterol.
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Radiofrequency ablation vs medical therapy after a first episode of symptomatic atrial flutterAtrial flutter is an arrhythmia that occurs less commonly than atrial fibrillation and is often resistant to rate control and termination.
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Maximize Your Digital Front Door During COVID-19A look at the available and viable tools to continue patient access and care.
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Lipoprotein(a) and coronary artery disease:The well-established causative role of low-density lipoprotein particles in atherosclerotic plaque development has led to this biomarker being a primary target of treatment in the prevention of coronary artery disease.
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NOW Initiative: Payer & Provider Collaborations in Oncology Benefits ManagementPayers recognize the need to expand benefits management for oncology but struggle to find effective solutions amid the complexity of available therapies and skepticism from oncologists, who are facing their own set of economic pressures. The National Oncology Working Group (NOW) Initiative is trying to change the sometimes adversarial relationship between payers and oncologists through a collaborative model.
