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By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Nov. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Patients with advanced melanoma may live longer when treated with a combination of the ...
Read More »Combo Treatment for Advanced Melanoma Seems to Improve Survival
Physicians Call for Greater Access to Palliative Care
More than 1.5 million patients received hospice care last year. But palliative care providers are concerned that one-third of those patients died within seven days ...
Read More »Doctor: Surgical Gowns Do Not Protect Against Ebola, As Advertised
A $500 million class action lawsuit has been filed against Kimberly-Clark Corp. for falsely claiming that its surgical gowns protected against diseases including Ebola. According ...
Read More »Prescribe Blood Thinner Pradaxa With Caution, Study Warns
MONDAY, Nov. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Doctors may want to use caution when prescribing the blood thinner Pradaxa for a common irregular heart beat ...
Read More »Fewer Malpractice Claims Paid in the United States
By Robert Preidt (HealthDay News) — The number of medical malpractice payments in the United States has dropped sharply since 2002, according to a new study. ...
Read More »Less Competition Among Docs = Higher Medical Costs, Study Says
TUESDAY, Oct. 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Competition between medical practices helps keep health care costs lower, a new study finds. Researchers examined the average ...
Read More »Medicare May Force Patients With Lou Gehrig’s Disease To Lose Communication Tools
By Shefali Luthra Starting Dec. 1, people with ALS – a disease that impairs motor function so people often can’t talk or even move – ...
Read More »Some Hepatitis C Patients Not Sick Enough To Qualify For Meds
By Michelle Andrews KAISER HEALTH NEWS In the past year, new hepatitis C drugs that promise higher cure rates and fewer side effects have given ...
Read More »Who Should Pay The Bill: Doctor, Patient or Insurer?
(PND) – As the cost of health care rises, insurance companies don’t want to pay the difference any more than the patients or the providers ...
Read More »Primary Care Doctors Want Bigger Piece of the Pie
By Lisa Gillespie KAISER HEALTH NEWS Family medicine doctors are joining forces to win a bigger role in health care – and be paid for ...
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