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Increased Mortality in Megacolon C. diff Patients

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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...

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Commonly Prescribed Drugs and Death in Medicare Patients

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Publish date: October 27, 2015

NEW YORK - Most, but not all, guideline-recommended drugs and their combinations yield modest survival benefits in older adults with multiple chronic ...

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ORBIT Score Predicts Bleeding Risk in AF Patients

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Publish date: October 23, 2015

NEW YORK - The five-factor ORBIT bleeding score accurately predicts major bleeding risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who are taking oral...

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30-Day Readmission May Be Due to Income or Education

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Publish date: October 6, 2015

When patients are hospitalized more than once in the same month, it may have more to do with their income or education levels than the quality of care...

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Hospitalization in Lung Cancer Patients More Common Than Anticipated

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Publish date: October 1, 2015

NEW YORK - Chemotherapy-related hospitalization happens much more often in the real world than in drug trials, according to a new study. Patients w...

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Nursing Home Residents Likely to Suffer Fractures

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Publish date: September 30, 2015

NEW YORK - Older adults living in long-term care are more than twice as likely as their peers living at home to suffer a fracture, and a new guidelin...

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Racial, Economic Disparities in Life Expectancy after Heart Attack

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Publish date: September 28, 2015

After a heart attack, black patients typically don't live as long as whites - a racial difference that is starkest among the affluent - according to a...

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Compared to Open Repair, EVAR Reduces Mortality up to 3 Years

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Publish date: September 22, 2015

NEW YORK - Endovascular repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) is associated with an initial survival advantage over open repair, accordin...

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Prevalence of Undiagnosed Diabetes in US

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Publish date: September 21, 2015

Diabetes affects up to 14 percent of the U.S.

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CHADS2 Variant Calculates Stroke Risk in Heart Failure Patients

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Publish date: September 18, 2015

NEW YORK - A variant of the CHADS2 score that's used to estimate ischemic stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is also modestly accur...

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US Behind the World in Telemedicine

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Publish date: September 17, 2015

NEW YORK - The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a baker's dozen of recommendations intended to guide the effective use of telemedicine ...

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Coating on Endovascular Devices Could Cause Stroke or Death

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Publish date: September 16, 2015

NEW YORK - Coating on endovascular devices is associated with embolization and microvascular occlusion leading to purpura or livedo racemosa, accordin...

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7 Hours of Sleep Can Reduce Heart Disease

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Publish date: September 15, 2015

Too little sleep, or poor-quality sleep, may be linked to early markers of heart disease in asymptomatic healthy adults, a new study from South Korea ...

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E-cigarette Smokers Less Exposed to Carbon Monoxide

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Publish date: September 14, 2015

NEW YORK—Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes - even if only some of the time - may dramatically reduce their exposure to air pollutants including carbo...

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Troponin Test Can Predict Mortality Risk in Cardiovascular Patients

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Publish date: September 11, 2015

NEW YORK — An experimental, highly sensitive troponin test cannot predict when type 2 diabetics with stable ischemic heart disease will benefit from p...