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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Two preliminary studies into medications under development may offer some hope for women with advanced breast cancer. A ...
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Medical Residents Work Less But Get Same Results: Study
In 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) set new restrictions on work hours for medical residents to satisfy a call to reduce possible ...
Read More »Distrust of Police Increases Latino Risk for Cardiac Arrest
Given recent events in Missouri and New York, it’s safe to say that there remains a distrust between minorities and law enforcement. Unfortunately for minorities, ...
Read More »Lower Use of Cancer-Related Imaging in VA Health System
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Cancer-related imaging use is lower in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system than in fee-for-service ...
Read More »The Salk Polio Vaccine: ‘Greatest Public Health Experiment in History’
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter Part two of a two-part series TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A nationwide trial of an experimental vaccine using ...
Read More »Innovation Could Spur Much-Needed Advances in Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers
By Nissim Mashiach New approaches to treating diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are sorely needed by the medical community. A review ...
Read More »Many Physicians Report Their Incomes Have Plateaued
MONDAY, Dec. 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Many physicians report that their personal income has not changed since last year, according to the results of ...
Read More »The Salk Polio Vaccine: A Medical Miracle Turns 60
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter Part one of a two-part series MONDAY, Dec. 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Most American parents today can’t fathom the horror ...
Read More »Newly Insured Under ‘Obamacare’ May Have Trouble Finding Docs
MONDAY, Nov. 24, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Millions of Americans bought health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act in the past year. Now, several ...
Read More »Experts Dispute Claims Of Looming Doctor Shortage
You hear it so often it’s almost a cliché: The nation is facing a serious shortage of doctors, particularly doctors who practice primary care, in ...
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