Many who cut back on Rx drugs to cut costs don't tell doctors
...bottom line for patients is: speak up or you might miss a great chance to get help. Don't wait for your doctor to ask you if you're having any problems paying for medications," he says. "And the bottom line for doctors and nurses is: don't be shy about asking your patients if they can afford the drugs you...One in 6 chronically ill adults skip Rx drugs due to cost
...causes more than 1.6 million people with asthma to miss some of their doses of medication. The findings, from a nationally representative survey of 4,055 adults over the age of 50, are published in the October issue of the American Journal of Public Health by a team from the University of Michigan Health ...Sinusitis, bronchitis account for more than 30 million missed workdays each year
...sitis and bronchitis sufferers were more likely to miss leisure activities (58 percent) than work as a result of their illness. Parents reported missing additional time from work to stay home with children who developed sinusitis or bronchitis. About 21 percent of parents missed one to two days of work to...Some chest pain patients may benefit from more evaluation
...ting. On the other hand, physicians do not want to miss a heart attack diagnosis. Most doctors err on the side of caution, the researchers said. More than two-thirds of patients admitted to the hospital with chest pain are not having a heart attack. Physicians typically base treatment decisions on an ini...New study shows patients experience asthma variability, despite strict adherence to guidelines
...atients reported that asthma caused them to miss work, school, exercise or social activities 1.84 days per patient per month. Low variability patients reported missing activities 1.25 days per patient per month.(1) "Asthma is a highly variable disease, and patients may continue t...Study examines nature and prevalence of errors in patient care
...ministration errors, often a typical practice, may miss many important and potentially hazardous situations," said Ann E. Rogers, an associate professor in Penn's School of Nursing. The findings are presented this month in the journal Applied Nursing Research and are derived from a previous study that e...Jefferson scientists find way to see breast cancer activity from outside the body
...r. Wickstrom, clinical examination and mammography miss almost half of the breast cancers in women under 40, approximately one quarter of cancers in women ages 40 to 49 and one-fifth of cancers in women over age 50. He notes that when suspect lumps are discovered, biopsies are necessary to tell if cance...Moving admitted ER patients into inpatient beds faster could significantly increase hospital revenue
...st or revenues, these standard accounting measures miss half the problem in that they ignore the missed opportunity for emergency medical staff to treat another patient, according to the study's authors. To calculate potential lost revenue, researchers used the average payment collected for each emergency...More precise radiation therapy lets prostate cancer patients avoid erectile dysfunction
...treat way more than you need to or you're going to miss the prostate," McLaughlin says. By taking the additional imaging, the U-M team was able to plan treatment to include the entire prostate but avoid the critical blood vessels below. Preliminary results suggest that avoiding the vessels prevents erecti...Hands-on or hands-free, using a cell phone while driving is not safe, researchers find
...drivers see the world and make them more likely to miss traffic signs and other important information (see the special section papers by McPhee, Scialfa, Dennis, Ho, and Caird and by Atchley and Dressel). Using a speech recognition system to reduce distraction, such as speaking an address into a navigat...Rice's CNST awards Smalley/Curl funds for innovation
... Texas Instruments? To ensure that Houston doesn't miss out on future opportunities, CNST continues to build its endowment for the Smalley/Curl Fund and to search for new ideas that have a high probability of impacting the local economy."...Increasing physician volume requirement could improve mammogram accuracy, study concludes
...gnoses (168 versus 320 per 2,500 examinations) and miss about one cancer per 2,500 examinations. "Most factors that influence the sensitivity of mammography are not easily modified, e.g., a woman's age, mammographic breast density, and a physician's years of experience. Physician volume and screening focu...Even mild depression increases long-term mortality in heart failure
...ith exercise or rehabilitation programs, and often miss doctor's appointments" Jiang said. "Also, depressed patients tend to make unhealthy life-style choices in such areas as diet and smoking." While anxiety is often present with depression, previous studies by Jiang have shown that depression appears to...Study finds indoor allergen levels vary, cockroach allergens cause more asthma symptoms
...ckroaches were found to have more asthma symptoms, miss more school days and have more unscheduled asthma-related doctor visits than children who were sensitive to other indoor allergens. Exposure to dust mite allergens was not found to exacerbate asthma symptoms. Exposure to pet allergens resulted in an ......ays. "We've found that if you omit the DRE, you'll miss a certain percentage of cancers." Three-fourths of the men with positive PLCO screens went in for further diagnostic evaluation with their personal physician. The physicians would decide whether to conduct their own screenings and whether to subseque...