Differential cost-sharing approaches in employee health benefits encourage use of preventive care services while controlling a firm?s overall health-care costs, according to a study published recently in Health Affairs by researchers at Yale School of Medicine.
Black patients are more likely than white patients to prefer life-sustaining care when confronted with an incurable illness or serious mental and physical disabilities, according to a study by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers.
A University of Manchester researcher has developed a treatment for lower back pain using the patient’s own stem cells, which could replace the use of strong painkillers or surgery that can cause debilitation, neither of which addresses the underlying cause.
On tuesday, the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, US released the plan recommending the elimination of about 20 hospitals through closings, mergers and conversions to other uses. After this, there are mixed reaction for this consolidation plan in US.
A new study examined muscle strength, performance and outcomes perceived by patients several years after undergoing a meniscectomy.
There is as much as a four- to five-fold increased relative risk for late thrombosis, or blood clot formation, in patients with drug-eluting stents compared to those with bare-metal stents, according to a Cleveland Clinic-led meta-analysis appearing in the December issue of the American Journal of Medicine. This is the first published analysis of its kind.
A federal plan to vaccinate hospital healthcare workers against a threat of smallpox fell short on several levels, according to the first metric analysis of the prophylactic health program. Results of the Temple University study raise troubling questions about future preparedness against possible outbreaks of avian flu or SARS.
More than half of breast cancer patients who sought a second opinion from a multidisciplinary tumor board received a change in their recommended treatment plan, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
One in five cancer patients in Scotland is still having to wait for treatment longer than the Executive?s own two-month target. But yesterday, health minister Andy Kerr promised improvements and revealed new ways for health boards to meet targets.
Doctors in Britain will soon be able to use new technology online National Cot Locator to quickly find intensive care cots for premature or sick babies.