U-M study: Physicians perceive health care cost savings line pockets of insurance companies
...d by a University of Michigan Health System doctor finds that many physicians think their efforts at saving money don't directly impact patients. Physicians who choose more expensive medical test options believe, according to study results, that money saved by using a less expensive approach would go towa...Study: Transferred patients hurt big hospitals' rankings
...er the nation's health care decisions, a new study finds that major medical centers may be getting penalized on those measures for doing what they do best: taking care of the patients that no other hospital can or will treat. The study, based on four years of data from the University of Michigan Health Sys...MRI may help find missed breast cancers in high risk women
...eting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology finds that Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a highly sensitive screening tool that may detect breast cancers missed by mammograms in women who are at increased risk for developing the disease. Researchers caution, however, that MRI also yields a signifi...Rice uses buckyballs to reinvent 'antibiotic of last resort'
...sease is encased in a rugged shell. Once the spore finds its way into a living host, it germinates and becomes active. Wilson said vancomycin can attack anthrax only after it germinates. However, having the ability to affix the antibiotic to a spore could enable the drug to knock the disease out when it tr...More health care doesnt mean better health care for medicare patients
...th outcomes is not known. A comprehensive analysis finds that Medicare enrollees in regions receiving more care do not have better access to or a higher quality of care, nor do they have better survival or higher satisfaction with care. The analysis and three accompanying editorials are published in the Fe...Mexican-American stroke study shows differences
ANN ARBOR, MI A new study finds significant medical and demographic differences between Mexican American and non-Hispanic white stroke patients -- differences that should be taken into account by those trying to prevent stroke in Hispanic populations, the researchers suggest. The ...This is your heart on drugs: Study improves ER treatment for cocaine's heart effects
...uffered heart-related effects from taking the drug finds that a specially designed plan of emergency-room care for such patients can save both lives and money. Such plans have been in place for traditional chest pain patients for years, and many hospitals set aside part of their ERs to hold them for observ...Rising cost of cigarettes may help smokers honor new years resolution to quit
... University of Illinois at Chicago. "Our research finds that every 10 percent increase in cigarette prices reduces the number of people who smoke by approximately two percent; and that a permanent 10 percent increase in cigarette prices would reduce the average duration of smoking by about 10 percent." Dr...India launches commission to improve its economy through improved health care
... Investing in Health for Economic Development. It finds that "extending the coverage of crucial health services to the world's poor could save millions of lives each year, reduce poverty, spur economic development, and promote global security. Improvements in health would translate into higher incomes, h...Report card finds older Americans fail 6 of 10 goals for improving healthy aging
... report card grading the health of older Americans finds that the nation failed to meet 6 of 10 goals for i...he Gerontological Society of America. "The report finds that we're living longer lives, but not necessarily better ones. But it also points out what we can...Internet porn-blocking software neednt block health information, study finds
...rehensive new study of Internet filtering software finds that libraries, schools and parents can bar access to pornographic Internet sites without necessarily blocking important access to health information. But, the study also finds, setting Internet filters to their most restrictive levels will indeed k...Suicide risk persists many years after attempted suicide
...suicide) persists without decline for two decades, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Providing a high standard of care to these patients could help to reduce this rate. Researchers traced 140 patients 22 years after they presented to a central London teaching hospital after an episode of parasuicide in the...Screening children for speech problems is ineffective
... identify many preschool children needing therapy, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers set out to compare the performance of two methods for identifying speech and language problems in preschool children in a deprived inner city area of London. They randomly assigned 18 health visitors to use a s...Doctors have trouble talking to patients about psychotic symptoms
...uble talking to patients about psychotic symptoms, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers analysed 32 consultations between psychiatrists and patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder at two psychiatric outpatient clinics in London. They found that patients actively attempted to talk a...People who give, live longer: U-M study shows
...in a forthcoming issue of "Psychological Science," finds that older people who are helpful to others reduce their risk of dying by nearly 60 percent compared to peers who provide neither practical help nor emotional support to relatives, neighbors or friends. "Making a contribution to the lives of other pe...Positive mental attitude does not affect cancer survival
...de affects his or her chances of surviving cancer, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers reviewed 26 studies on the effect of psychological coping styles (including fighting spirit, helplessness/hopelessness, denial, and avoidance) and survival from or recurrence of cancer. They found little convin...Risks to survival begin early in life
...among people growing up in poor living conditions, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers in London set out to test whether socioeconomic conditions in childhood and early adulthood have influenced the survival of British people born in the immediate post war era. They examined premature death (betw...Schizophrenia drugs increase risk of cardiac arrest
... a cardiac arrest than non-schizophrenic patients, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Using data from three US Medicaid programmes, researchers compared the frequency of cardiac events among patients with treated schizophrenia and control patients with psoriasis or glaucoma. They also compared the cardiac r...New technology separates cancer from benign tumors
...or compared to the surrounding healthy tissue. The finds in 30 patients show several differences, especially regarding sugar content, some amino acids, and choline, Gribbestad says to www.kreft.no . Follows the contrast substance through the breast MR imaging, is today one of the most important methods u......other child may be at increased risk of cot death, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow identified 131 infants who died of sudden infant death syndrome (cases) and 278 healthy infants of the same age (controls). They used a questionnaire to compar...