Healthcare :: Making the most of a visit to the doctor
For many patients, a visit to the primary care physician tends to be a one-sided conversation. Patients begin by stating one medical problem, and immediately the doctor takes over.
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Healthcare :: CIGNA HealthCare Signs Contracts with Three Large Washington Health Systems
CIGNA HealthCare announced that it has signed contracts with three major Washington providers, Swedish Medical Center, MultiCare Health System and Providence Health System.
Diabetes :: Competing Demands vs. Clinical inertia
Poor glucose control is often attributed to clinical inertia: the recognition of a problem by the physician, but failing to act.
Kidney :: Glowing dye improves cancer removal in kidney
Anew way to provide clear images of cancerous tumors in the kidney during surgery promises to help physicians preserve as much kidney function as possible while still removing all the malignant tissue ? a significant advance as doctors discover that saving as much healthy kidney tissue as possible is crucial for the future health of cancer patients.
Diabetes :: Takeda Revises diabetes drug Actos prescribing label
Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. (TPNA) announced that the company will revise warnings related to congestive heart failure (CHF) in the prescribing label of its type 2 diabetes medication ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl).
Diabetes :: American Diabetes Association strongly advises patients using rosiglitazone to see their doctor
On June 5, 2007, the New England Journal of Medicine published results of an interim analysis of the cardiovascular safety trial of rosiglitazone (brand name, Avandia).
Emphysema :: Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to study airway bypass treatment for emphysema
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center announced today the start of the EASE (Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema) Trial, an international, multi-center clinical trial to explore an investigational treatment that may offer a new, minimally-invasive option for those suffering with advanced widespread emphysema.
Cancer :: Rochester spreads knowledge of cancer-related fatigue
In a special publication sent to thousands of oncologists nationwide this month, University of Rochester Medical Center scientists offer an in-depth examination of cancer-related fatigue, with hope that a better understanding of the topic will prompt new research and treatment.
Physician :: High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act endorsed by American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians today gave its strong support to the bipartisan High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act of 2007. The six-part bill introduced today by Reps. Michael C. Burgess, MD, and Henry Cuellar of Texas focuses on workforce issues of physicians.
Imaging :: New imaging technique holds promise to allow cancer surgeons to save more of the kidney
A new way to provide clear images of cancerous tumors in the kidney during surgery promises to help physicians preserve as much kidney function as possible while still removing all the malignant tissue — a significant advance as doctors discover that saving as much healthy kidney tissue as possible is crucial for the future health of cancer patients.