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Sweetened Drinks Boost Heart Disease Risk. Beverages sweetened with fructose or high-fructose corn syrup can worsen cardiovascular risk factors, even in the young and healthy, researchers have found. Sweetened Drinks…
Antipsychotic Drugs Called Hazardous for the Elderly
A government audit has revealed that nearly one in seven elderly nursing home residents, nearly all suffering dementia are given antipsychotic drugs even though the medicines increase the risks of…
Drug Co-Pay Cards: Can We All Just Get Along?
The editor of Drug Benefit News, Anthony Vecchione asserts (Copay Cards Could Be Win-Win If All Sides Work Together). I really don’t think so. In fact, my home state of…
Nuance PaperPort Goes to the Cloud
PaperPort has been around a long time and if you don’t find a full medical records system in place in practice today, there’s a good chance that PaperPort is at…
Debt Ceiling Deal Rattles Healthcare Delivery Prospects, Social Security and Medicaid Spared
The initial spin on the recently squared away budget deal preventing a national default relates a necessary evil that not only carries the partisan rift seen in advance of the…
Medicare Pays to Treat Heart Patients Who Smoke, but Doesn’t Help Them Quit
Cardiac patients who continue to smoke face a risk of death that is up to five times as high as those who quit, according to The American Journal of Cardiology.…
Health Myths From Aaron Carroll
Lessons from Don’t Cross Your Eyes…They’ll Get Stuck That Way: and 75 Other Health Myths Debunked as interpreted by Austin Frakt: Lessons from Don’t Cross Your Eyes…They’ll Get Stuck That…
Florida Rejects Fed Appropriations for Creation of Healthcare Exchanges
Many states have already agreed to federal funds to kickstart the path toward healthcare cooperatives and exchanges upon the cusp of reform. Funds appropriated by state legislatures will be used…
Do Your Patients Speak “Doctor”?
Learn more about Do Your Patients Speak “Doctor”?.… then perhaps we shouldn’t either. Healthcare LiteracyDo your patients speak “Doctor”? If not, perhaps you shouldn’t either. Learn more about Do Your…
Clinical Trial: An Insider’s View
There are big companies like Quintiles that run clinical trials around the world. There are local clinics that specialize in clinical trials and make a lot of money at it.…
