By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Your chances of being diagnosed with early breast cancer, as well as surviving it, ...
Read More »Brain Effects of Middle School Football Analyzed
TUESDAY, Jan. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Children who play football in middle school don’t appear to have any noticeable short-term brain damage from repeated ...
Read More »Insufficient Evidence for Opioid Use in Chronic Pain
TUESDAY, Jan. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Evidence is insufficient for opioid use in chronic pain, according to a position paper published online Jan. 13 ...
Read More »Vitamin D May Boost Colon Cancer Survival
TUESDAY, Jan. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Higher vitamin D levels in patients with advanced colon cancer appear to improve response to chemotherapy and targeted ...
Read More »Rural Doc Launches Startup To Ease Pain Of Dying Patients
By April Dembosky Dr. Michael Fratkin is getting a ride to work today from a friend. “It’s an old plane. Her name’s ‘Thumper,'” says pilot ...
Read More »Docs Increasingly Ordering Imaging for Headaches
MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Clinicians are increasingly ordering advanced imaging and referring to other physicians for headache but less often providing counseling, ...
Read More »Physicians News Digest Launches New Job Board For Docs, Providers
MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 – Physicians News Digest (PND) has launched a new job board on PhysiciansNews.com, now with cutting edge job-matching technology and targeted ...
Read More »$375 Billion Annually Wasted on Health Care Paperwork
Medical billing paperwork and insurance-related red tape cost the U.S. economy approximately $471 billion in 2012, 80 percent of which is waste due to the ...
Read More »How Doctors Use Their Free Time
(HealthDay News) — The American Medical Association recently surveyed physicians to find what activities they pursue when not in the exam room. According to the ...
Read More »Autism Signs May Be Missed in Well-Visits
MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The 10 to 20 minutes of a typical well-child visit isn’t enough time to reliably detect a young ...
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