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Great Recession forced all Americans to cut back on medical care
Though the Great Recession took a much larger toll on African Americans and Latinos than on whites, members of all three groups were forced to cut back on medical services as a result of the economic downturn, research shows. Karoline Mertensen and...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Minority Groups, Medical Specialization, Internists, Prescription Drugs
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Drug overdoses top AIDS as main cause of homeless deaths
ReutersBOSTON (Reuters) - Overdoses of drugs, particularly prescription pain-killers and heroin, have overtaken AIDS to become the leading cause of death of homeless adults, according to a study of homeless residents of Boston released on Monday. The finding...Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, OxyContin (drug), Methamphetamine (drug), Substance Abuse, Homelessness
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OUR HEALTH: Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners are helping to meet the growing demand for primary care.
Ten thousand Americans turn 65 every day, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Not only is our population getting older, but it’s also growing at such a rate that by 2025 we will need an additional 52,000 family doctors. This...
Tags: Insurance, Health Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners
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Obituary: Teresa Ann Johnson
STANFORD — Teresa Ann Johnson, M.D., an internal medicine physician who specialized in emergency medicine, passed away in the comfort of her home on the 18th day of January, 2013. She was 53. Known affectionately as “Doctor J” in the...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners, High School Sports, Internists, Tim Robbins
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Generic color switch tied to not taking pills
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People seem less likely to take their medications if the pill color changes between prescriptions, which can happen when switching from a brand-name to generic drug, says a new study. "I have a lot of experience when...Tags: Chemical Industry, Health and Medical Professionals, Science and Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Food and Drug Administration
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Little change in overtreatment at doctors' offices
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although some Americans are getting more of beneficial treatments that were underused in the past, including drugs for heart disease, others are still being overtested or overtreated for a range of conditions, according to a...Tags: Asthma, Health Insurance Cost, Medical Procedures and Tests, Internists, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Debt may influence young doctors' career plans
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pediatricians-in-training are more likely to plan to go into primary care - rather than a specialty field - if they have lots of debt from college and medical school, according to a new study. Researchers also found the...Tags: Research, Science and Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Harvard University, Internists
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Confused by medication guides? You're not alone
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The information sheets that come stapled to certain prescriptions picked up at the pharmacy are too complex and difficult for people to understand, according to a new study. "Anyone who's seen these are not going to be...Tags: Chemical Industry, Health and Medical Professionals, Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals
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Many people unaware of radiation risk from CT scans
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One-third of people getting a CT scan didn't know the test exposed their body to radiation, in a new study from a single U.S. medical center. Researchers found the majority of patients also underestimated the amount of...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Science and Technology, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Specialization, Health and Safety at School
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Neighborhood opposition leads Centra to rethink plans for doctor's office
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefNot in my neighborhood. That's what some in Lynchburg are saying about a proposed doctor's office. Officials with the Centra Medical Group want to move Lynchburg Internal Medicine to a new location. The current building on Thomson Drive is small and...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Drugs and Medicines, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Medical Specialization, Internists
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Do health care workers practice what they preach?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Health care workers may not always "practice what they preach" when it comes to keeping up to date with cancer screenings, maintaining a healthy weight and not smoking, a new study suggests. Researchers found people surveyed...Tags: Overweight, Science and Technology, Career and Workplace, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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A healthy dose of jazz
Some might see an odd destiny — if not exactly Jerry Garcia’s “long strange trip” — in the formation of the 3-year-old Jazz Docs band. Its five members form a sort of Venn diagram — with Ellicott City dentist Hank...
Tags: Sykesville, Stevie Wonder, Science and Technology, Classical Music (genre), Lisbon (Portugal)
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