Category: Health Newsfeed
May 4, 2016 – Weight and CVD
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Anchor lead: Even slightly overweight people are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports A very large study following young men for almost two decades shows that even when people are at the high end of normal weights, …
May 3, 2016 – Married With Cancer
May 2, 2016 – Measurement
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Anchor lead: Better measures are needed to assess patient safety, Elizabeth Tracey reports Patient safety could get a huge boost with better tools to measure it. That’s according to Peter Pronovost, a patient safety expert at Johns Hopkins and author …
April 29, 2016 – Doctor Payments
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Anchor lead: Much resistance has emerged regarding new rules for paying many cancer doctors, Elizabeth Tracey reports Oncologists who deliver chemotherapy in clinics and offices around the country are protesting new proposed rules from CMS, which handles payments under Medicare …
April 28, 2016 – Toxic Cost
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Anchor lead: Many people with cancer report a toxic financial burden, Elizabeth Tracey reports Money looms large in the minds of a significant percentage of people with cancer, along with all the other concerns they have about their disease, a …
April 26, 2016 – Comorbidity
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Anchor lead: How do other illnesses affect care of someone with Alzheimer’s disease? Elizabeth Tracey reports It costs billions of dollars to treat the coexisting illnesses of someone who has Alzheimer’s disease, a recent large study in the UK found, …