Minimally invasive approach can take the pain out of herniated disks
...rventional and Therapeutic Radiology. Dr. Stone, a paid consultant and instructor for a company that makes devices used in this procedure, regularly teaches the technique across the country....30-year study of type 1 diabetes finds no improvement in heart disease rates
.... In fact, much more focused attention needs to be paid to all cardiovascular risk factors, particularly lipids and blood pressure, and at an earlier age than we have been doing previously. This childhood-onset group is at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease even at early middle age. Waiting until th...Employees in small firms pay 18 percent more for health insurance when adjusted for value of plan
...al value--the percentage of total medical expenses paid by a health plan--is taken into account, a new Com...ctuarial value, with 88% of total medical expenses paid by employer plans, compared with a low of 73% in Montana. The study, "Generosity and Adjusted Premiu...JRRD tipsheet: Focus on stroke, Parkinson's treatment, wheelchair durability
...udy patients were randomly assigned to 6 months of paid work therapy (WT) or to NET plus WT. Volunteers receiving NET along with WT worked more hours than volunteers receiving WT only. These differences emerged after rehabilitation. Volunteers assigned to the NET plus WT group worked the most during follo...Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine receives $8 million from Third Frontier Program
...was established. The original Wright Center award paid for two major construction projects: 1) 20,000 sq. ft. new research space at the Cleveland Clinic for a new Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, and 2) the 3,000 sq. ft. Cell Production Facility on the Case campus. The new Cleveland Cli...Medicare Advantage plans not always a good deal
...f the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, Medicare paid MA plans an average of $800 extra per enrollee in 2005, to let MA plans improve their benefit package by lowering premiums and cost-sharing. The new study shows that, despite those richer benefits, many beneficiaries who are the highest users of heal...Reconstructing a healthcare system in Iraq
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...ransfusions, these are all things that we have not paid enough attention to," says Dr. Meiler. Even body temperature is a factor. "We now have solid evidence that if patients drop their core temperatures during surgery below 36 degrees Celsius (96.8 degrees Fahrenheit), the complication rate from postoper...Smokers invite to test vaccine against nicotine addiction
...havioral counseling sessions. Participants will be paid for each visit and given validated parking at the clinic....Drivers on cell phones are as bad as drunks
...d a cell phone while driving. Each participant was paid $100 for 10 hours in the study. The driving simulator has a steering wheel, dashboard instruments and brake and gas pedals from a Ford Crown Victoria sedan. The driver is surrounded by three screens showing freeway scenes. Each simulated daylight fr...Poorest children face highest risk of death from injury
...However, children in families where no adult is in paid employment are a notable exception. Children in these families face greater risks of dying in road traffic accidents, in fires and from undetermined causes than children in all other social groups. In short, these children have been excluded from t...UGA researchers find high rates of off-label prescriptions
...rt its use. In 2004, pharmaceutical company Pfizer paid $430 million and pleaded guilty to a lawsuit that charged its representatives illegally marketed Neurontin for unapproved uses. Last year, the FDA asked the company to review its data to assess whether Neurontin is linked to suicide attempts. "Ther...Multi-tasking adversely affects brain's learning, UCLA psychologists report
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...e to carve out careers in the specialty because it paid poorly and carried insufficient status, reveals a brief history of the profession, published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. It was also a young specialty, and therefore risky, and was less popular with their male colleague...Irrational decisions driven by emotions
...uch money as possible, with the incentive of being paid in real money in proportion to the money won during the experiment. Participants were given a starting amount of money (50) at the beginning of each trial. They were then asked to choose between either a sure option or a gamble option (where they wou...Poorer countries better at health grant implementation
...needed, more political and managerial attention is paid to such funds. This finding lends support to those who call for increased funding for health services in poorer nations. ...Waist-hip ratio should replace body mass index as indicator of mortality risk in older people
...h risk of death, and that attention should also be paid to the problem of underweight in old age. ...Speedsters' traffic fines fund new research on spinal cord injury
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