Prevention/Wellness

Physician groups band together on quit-smoking campaign May 23, 2013 | Frank Irving - Editor
Physician groups band together on quit-smoking campaign
The American Medical Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians, and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists -- collectively representing nearly 600,000 doctors -- want clinicians to ask patients if they smoke and offer assistance in helping them to quit.
Over-diagnosis of COPD prevalent in uninsured community May 22, 2013 | Madelyn Kearns - Associate Editor
Researchers at Northeast Ohio Medical University have discovered that of the patients who undergo COPD procedures and treatments in clinical settings, more than 40 percent do not actually have the disease.
Pharmaceuticals aid in prevention, treatment of Alzheimer's in mice May 21, 2013 | Madelyn Kearns - Associate Editor
Researchers from USC are proving that big news can come from small things with their latest findings, which dub a certain category of pharmaceuticals as highly effective in preventing and even treating Alzheimer’s Disease in mice.
Survey seeks physician input on apps May 21, 2013 | Frank Irving - Editor
Survey seeks physician input on mobile apps
The University of Delaware is collaborating with HIMSS Analytics and mHIMSS to assess provider attitudes toward mobile applications. Physicians, nurses and IT staff can assist in the effort by completing a brief online survey about the use of apps in the healthcare setting.
Candy can be sweet on obesity, CVD May 20, 2013 | Madelyn Kearns - Associate Editor
Adults who eat candy at least every other day are no more prone to being overweight or otherwise unfit in the cardiovascular department than their moderate (about once a week) and infrequent (less than 3 times per month) candy-craving counterparts, studies find.
Medicare Advantage outshines FFS May 20, 2013 | Chris Anderson - Contributing Editor
Medicare Advantage outshines fee-for-service model in study
U.S. private insurers have created an operating model that can deliver better care at a lower cost and have a major role to play in the ongoing national efforts to improve healthcare quality, according to Stefan Larsson, co-author of a newly released report from Boston Consulting Group.
The big data bubble May 20, 2013 | Arlen Meyers - CEO, Society of Physician Entrepreneurs
Arlen Meyers
Most doctors need targeted, small bits of information to make clinical decisions, not reams of data.
Reinvigorating clinical trial participation May 17, 2013 | Madelyn Kearns - Associate Editor
Web-based videos flush with educational information on clinical trials may aid significantly in the participation of said experiments, according to researchers at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s Seidman Cancer Center.

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