Larry Hand

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Research Shows Antipsychotics Increase Type 2 Diabetes

Author:: Larry Hand

Publish date: February 18, 2016

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Type 2 diabetes risk appears to be increased in youth who are treated with antipsychotics, according to new research. "...

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Poor Surgical Outcomes for Safety-Net Hospitals

Author:: Larry Hand

Publish date: November 16, 2015

NEW YORK - Hospital resources, and not necessarily patient characteristics, may be causing safety-net hospitals to deliver inferior surgical outcomes ...

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Drug Treatment Key to Fewer Hospitalizations for Schizophrenic Patients

Author:: Larry Hand

Publish date: November 10, 2015

NEW YORK - Initiation of antipsychotic or antidepressant drug treatment is linked to a reduction in hospitalizations for patients with schizophrenia, ...

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Lymphedema Patients Benefit from Pneumatic Compression Devices

Author:: Larry Hand

Publish date: November 3, 2015

NEW YORK - Patients with lymphedema may reduce their risk of cellulitis, as well as the number of outpatient visits, by using an advanced pneumatic co...

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Increased Mortality in Megacolon C. diff Patients

Author:: Larry Hand

Publish date: October 28, 2015

NEW YORK - Health care professionals should be highly suspicious of megacolon in Clostridium difficile-infected patients and have a low threshold for...