News on Other Conditions

News on Other Conditions

Can’t find what you’re looking for?  Check out the articles in this section.  If you still can’t find what you’re looking for, contact us and let us know which condition affects you or a loved one, and we’ll do our best to provide you with helpful and informative articles on the topic.

03/04/2010 - News

Medicare Pay Cut Delayed Until April 1

On March 2, 2010, President Barack Obama signed a bill delaying the effective date of a proposed 21.2% reduction in Medicare reimbursement for physicians until April 1, 2010. The Medicare pay cut was originally scheduled to take effect on March 1, 2010. Read more

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02/04/2010 - News

Long-Term Use of Nicotine Patch Keeps Smokers on the Wagon

Quitting smoking can be challenging – many people with tobacco dependence require multiple attempts at cessation before they are successful. Using a nicotine patch may help to curb smokers’ cravings, but it is not clear how long a nicotine patch should be used in order to maximize the chance of actually quitting. In the February 2, 2010 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, scientists report that using a nicotine patch for 24 weeks reduced the risk for smoking relapses. Read more

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01/28/2010 - News

Millions of Huber Needles Recalled

Nipro Medical Corporation is in the news again – this time for a class 1 recall of 2 million Huber needles due to a coring defect related to design and manufacturing processes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of these needles on January 26, 2010. Read more

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01/06/2010 - News

Scientists Report on Effects of Watching Less Television

Did you know that the average American adult watches almost 5 hours of television per day? In the December 2009 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, scientists from the University of Vermont, Burlington report on the effects of television reduction on energy intake, energy expenditure, energy balance, body mass index, and sleep in overweight and obese adults. Read more

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12/21/2009 - News

Massage Relieves the Pain of Surgery

A team of doctors from Ann Arbor, Michigan, reporting in the Archives of Surgery, describe how a 20-minute back massage can help reduce the pain and anxiety that can follow major surgery. Read more

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12/07/2009 - News

Homeopathy vs. Placebo: Homeopathy may be no better than placebo

A new analysis shows that homeopathy seems to have no obvious clinical effect.   Read more

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11/13/2009 - News

Stroller Recall Due to Risk of Amputation

Stroller maker Maclaren USA Inc. announced on November 9, 2009 a recall of about one million strollers sold in the United States over the past 10 years. The stroller recall was prompted by a dozen reports of children’s fingers being amputated, or cut off, when they got caught in the hinges of the stroller. Read more

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10/26/2009 - News

WHO Issues Guidelines on Keeping Hands Clean

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released guidelines on maintaining hand hygiene in any setting in which health care is provided. These guidelines provide a thorough review of hand hygiene research, as well as specific recommendations for improving hygiene practices to reduce the transmission of infection to both patients and healthcare workers. Read more

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10/26/2009 - News

WHO Provides Advice on Preventing Flu Spread

Last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised countries to be on high alert for the new H1N1 swine flu virus. The WHO raised its alert level to 5, on a scale of 6, indicating that a pandemic, an epidemic of infection that spreads through populations across a large region, is imminent. Read more

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10/26/2009 - News

Swine Flu Update

Last week, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local public health agencies published information on the first 642 cases of H1N1 virus (swine flu) in the United States. Their findings were published online May 7, 2009 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read more

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