Findings of a new Mayo Clinic study published this week in Archives of Internal Medicine show that a computerized mail and phone reminder program can significantly increase the percentage of patients receiving preventive health services and improve the value of health care.
Women who take low to moderate doses of aspirin have a reduced risk of death from any cause, and especially heart disease-related deaths, according to a report in the March 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
In a speech at the Chief Executives Club of Boston, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) chairman and chief executive officer, Sidney Taurel, predicted that the coming biomedical revolution will move medicine from its current state of treating symptoms to predicting and preventing diseases.
A large majority of the Emergency Medicaid expenditures in North Carolina are for childbirth and complications of pregnancy for patients who are undocumented immigrants, although spending for undocumented elderly and disabled patients is increasing at a faster rate, according to a study in the March 14 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on access to care.
An analysis of state Emergency Medicaid spending contradicts assumptions about emergency care provided to recent immigrants, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence have found.
Body mass index, or BMI, long considered the standard for measuring the amount of fat in a person?s body, may not be as accurate as originally thought, according to new research.
Researchers found a 69 percent increase in the rate of the disease in Ontario between 1995 and 2005 — far beyond the 60 percent global predicted increase for 2030 and above rates projected for Canada by then, reported by Reuters Canada.
A national series of interventions designed to improve the quality of care in health centers for three prevalent chronic conditions has improved processes of care for these conditions but did not improve intermediate clinical outcomes, according to results of a study collaboratively supported by the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Health Resources and Services Administration and complemented by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund.
Physicians caring for children with cancer should be on the lookout for signs of bone fragility caused by disease and treatment, according to a new report.
NIDA unveils its first consumer publication to explain the science of addiction. Booklet’s release timed to complement collaborative documentary on addiction to air on HBO.