Category: Health Newsfeed
May 14, 2014 – Gender Difference
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ANCHOR LEAD: STROKE IS YET ONE MORE CONDITION WHERE SYMPTOMS FOR WOMEN AND MINORITIES DIFFER FROM THOSE OF MEN, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Women experience many health conditions differently from men, increasing numbers of studies report, as do minorities. Now research …
May 13, 2014 – Stroke Miss
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ANCHOR LEAD: WHO’S AT GREATEST RISK TO HAVE THEIR STROKE DIAGNOSIS MISSED? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Identifying stroke early is key to employing the best treatments and medications to reduce long term consequences, but certain groups of people are at high …
May 12, 2014 – Depression and Outcome
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ANCHOR LEAD: WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU’RE DEPRESSED PRIOR TO SURGERY? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Only 10% of surgeons surveyed routinely screen their patients for depression and other mental health conditions prior to surgery, even though professional guidelines recommend they do so. …
Apr 25, 2014 – New Devices
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ANCHOR LEAD: ARE NEW TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES ALL THEY’RE CRACKED UP TO BE? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS People with chronic or rare medical conditions may be subject to the financial burden of ostensibly improved technologies for helping them manage their health, …
Apr 24, 2014 – Who Abuses
Apr 23, 2014 – Pain and Addiction
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ANCHOR LEAD: SINCE PAIN WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE FIFTH VITAL SIGN, TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING TOO MANY PAIN MEDICINES, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Prescription pain medicines now account for the majority of injury death in the United States, the FDA commissioner …