Hospitals Discourage Consumer Questioning Of Bills, Study Suggests
...archers began their work in1994, approximately six months after a series of critical articles abouthospital billing led to a surge in inquiries to the three hospitals. "Citizens are becoming more educated about hospital billing and taking theresponsibility of insuring that their charges are correct," said......ly one medication, and then for anadditional three months simultaneously with both medications. During the study,the patients were prescribed a diet designed to maintain their base-line bodyweight. "The future of treatment in our type 2 diabetic patients will likely becombination therapy since no s...National Health Study Launched On The Internet
... and weight. They will bere-contacted every three months for the opportunity to update this informationand to report on their health status. At no charge, participants can choose tohave their dietary analysis sent to their physicians, health counselors, orwhomever they choose. Williams says his goal is to...Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
... bloodtests be performed every two weeks for three months after starting onticlopidine to identify this side effect early, before lethal complicationsdevelop. However, these tests do not help with early detection of TTP. In the Northwestern study, 98 percent of the patients with TTP had hadnormal p...Heart Laser Surgery: An Alternative To Transplantation
...ates for angioplasty or bypass surgery. After six months of follow-up, patients receiving TMR in this study showed a dramatic improvement in the amount of chest pain and quality of life. "We were able to preserve hear function while improving health status without the need for heart transplantation in TMR...Widely Used Therapy May Not Be Effective In Treatment Of Acute Stroke
...ving outcomes ofstroke patients at 7 days and at 3 months after stroke in comparison toconventional therapy ...eceiving only conventional therapy. However, by 3 months after stroke, the conventional therapy group had caught up with the anticoagulant group and both gro...UF Psychiatrists Use Antidepressants To Treat Smoking Addiction
...ning occurs gradually, but the changes persist for months after someone stops smoking, setting the stage for relapse, reports UF substance abuse expert Dr. Mark Gold in an article on tobacco smoking and nicotine dependence in the current edition of the "Journal of Addictive Diseases." As a result, ...Study Shows Child Health Plus Eases Access, But Some Barriers Remain
...s well asuse of health care services during the 12 months prior to ChildHealth Plus coverage and the first 12 months following theirenrollment. In addition to establishing whether or not the participants had a"medical......en age 41 to 80 taking EvistaR forapproximately 32 months had a 54 percent reduction in the incidence of newlydiagnosed breast cancers when compared to their counterparts who were takingplacebo. Raloxifene is an antiestrogen, a drug that works by blocking theestrogen receptors in the breast, thereby...American Heart Association Comment: Tirofiban -- The Platelet Receptor Blocker For Heart Attack
...ts from the drug came immediately, but after a few months thosetreated with tirofiban were no better off than those receiving heparin. "As the author of the accompanying editorial in NEJM suggests, 'short-termtherapy appears inadequate for a long-term disease,'" says Fuster. "The drughelps treat the tip of...Extreme Fatigue Increases Risk Of Blood Clot Formation
In the months before a heart attack, many people feel extremely tired. A new study suggests that people with this kind of exhaustion have elevated measures of blood clot formation. The blood-clotting process plays an important role in heart attacks. This......er mental and physical health as compared to three months previously. They felt they had improved well-being, less depression,and better self-control. Some patients on sildenafil felt they had a moresatisfactory relationship with their partner and less erectile problems. Theimprovement in the seven Quali......The draft may be commented upon in writing for two months or at publicmeetings to be held during that time period. The meetings, in various parts ofthe United States, are still being planned. One of these will be held Sept.14-15, 1998 in Tucson, Ariz. and the locations of the others will be announced in th...Educational Intervention Can Reduce Sexual Behaviors Known To Transmit HIV
...pants reported having sex with men during thethree months prior to the baseline interview. Nationwide, rates of HIV infection and AIDS are higher among racial andethnic minority populations, especially African Americas, who represented 41percent of new AIDS cases in 1996. Heterosexual transmission...Drug Combination Including New "Super Aspirin" Drug Cuts Risk Of Death Or Second Heart Attack
...deaths and second heart attacks is high even atsix months after the initial attack, he says. The Circulation...e first 30 days, the chances of surviving past six months or even a year arebetter if they receive lamifiban compared with standard treatment. "We don't kno...Voluntary HIV Counseling And Testing Reduce Risk Behavior In Developing Countries
...e 29) focused on individuals who had completed six months of personalcounseling about high-risk sexual behav...uly 1 that focuses on couples who hadcompleted six months of counseling. The project is the first randomized study to look at the developing world,encompassin...World's First Producer To Repair Brain Damage From Stroke
...e and effective for reversing the neurologicdamage months after the event. The neuron-transplant stu...en the ages of 40 and75, whose stroke occurred six months to six years previously and have a fixedfunctional motor deficit that has been stable for at least t...UNC-CH Researchers Learning Ways To Help Black Women Cope With HIV
...rednurses visit mothers at home six times in three months and establish therapeuticrelationships in which they encourage patients to share their feelings andconcerns. About half the women receive in-home visits, while the others in acontrol group receive only standard care. So far, 71 women h......e heart attack, but to alsouse that therapy in the months following that event," says the editorial's leadauthor Elliott Antman, M.D., director, Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit, Brighamand Women's Hospital in Boston. "In theory, this new research might allowphysicians to prescribe relatively unsupervised lon...Parenting CD-ROM Helps Reduce Children's Behavioral Problems
...hildren. In follow-up surveys atone, three and six months after treatment, parents assigned to the CD-ROM groupreported more than 60 percent fewer behavioral problems with their childrenwhile parents in the control group reported no change. Parents who used the CD-ROM also scored higher on tests tha...