Research probes seniors' plans for end-of-life care
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...nthly basis in a stand-alone publication that will mail with the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the official peer-reviewed and MEDLINE indexed journal of SHM; in addition, hospitalist physicians who are SHM members will receive syndicated POEMs by email to support them in providing general medical care for...Daily weighing and quick action keeps pounds off
...terly newsletters about eating and exercise in the mail for the duration of the study period. The other two-thirds were assigned to groups that would test the weight maintenance program. One third received the intervention over the Internet, the final third in face-to-face group meetings. Whether deliver...NJIT offers new certificate to fight digital and physical terrorism
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...f those surveyed initially received the results by mail or from the media, and 25 percent said they might have preferred having the findings offered before they decided whether or not they wanted to see them. Yet only four percent said they would have declined the results if offered. The Dana-Farber resea...Heart devices, procedures evaluated across patient populations
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When spores sent through the mail in 2001 caused 11 people to contract anthrax - ultimately killing five of them - infectious disease specialists noted that the death rate was substantially lower than the historical mortality rate, which approached 100 percent. Many assumed that acc...Alcohol-deterrent drugs help patients achieve high rates of long-term abstinence
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