
Children More Likely to Visit the Dentist If Their Parents Do, Too
Whether or not children
receive regular dental care
is strongly associated with
their parents' history of
seeking dental care. A new
... > full story

Bill and Melinda Gates Pledge $10 Billion in Call for Decade of Vaccines
Bill and Melinda Gates
announced that their
foundation will commit
$10 billion over the
next 10 years to help
... > full story

Even Small Dietary Reductions in Salt Could Mean Fewer Heart Attacks, Strokes and Deaths
Reducing salt in the
American diet by as little
as one-half teaspoon per day
could prevent nearly 100,000
heart attacks and 92,000
... > full story

Dispensing Prescription Drugs in 3-Month Supplies Reduces Drug Costs by a Third
Purchasing prescription
drugs in a three-month
supply rather than a
one-month supply has long
been regarded as a way to
... > full story
- Children More Likely to Visit the Dentist If Their Parents Do, Too
- Bill and Melinda Gates Pledge $10 Billion in Call for Decade of Vaccines
- Even Small Dietary Reductions in Salt Could Mean Fewer Heart Attacks, Strokes and Deaths
- Dispensing Prescription Drugs in 3-Month Supplies Reduces Drug Costs by a Third
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Fingers Account for Majority of Pediatric Amputations, New Study Finds
February 8, 2010 According to a new study, there were more than 950 cases of traumatic amputations among children aged 17 years and younger in the United States in 2003. Of these cases, finger and thumb amputations ... > full story -
Usual Care Often Not Consistent With Clinical Guidelines for Low Back Pain
February 8, 2010 Australian general practitioners often treat patients with low back pain in a manner that does not appear to match the care endorsed by international clinical guidelines, according to a new ... > full story -
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Pay-for-Performance in Healthcare: Can You Get the Quality You Are Paying For?
February 8, 2010 Although the idea of pay-for-performance (P4P) is popular among healthcare policy makers and private insurers, the results do not necessarily translate to the patient. A new study analyzes ... > full story -
Medicare Reimbursement Change Meant to Save Money Has Opposite Effect
February 8, 2010 Increased Medicare payments to physicians for outpatient surgeries for bladder cancer have led to a dramatic rise in the number of these procedures being performed and an overall increase in cost to ... > full story -
Mandatory Policy Boosts Influenza Vaccination Rate Among Health Care Workers
February 5, 2010 A mandatory influenza vaccination policy improves immunization rates among health care workers, according to a recent study of a large health care ... > full story -
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Electronic Health Records Need Better Monitoring, Experts Urge
February 4, 2010 The push is on for health-care providers to make the switch to electronic health records but it is hard to tell how well these complex health information technology systems are being implemented and ... > full story -
More Than 30 Percent of Seniors Are Not Immunized Against Pneumonia in 36 States
February 4, 2010 A new report finds that more than 30 percent of adults ages 65 and older had not been immunized against pneumonia in 36 states as of ... > full story -
Flu Vaccination Rate at Large, Midwest Health System Rises Dramatically Due to Mandatory Policy
February 3, 2010 Making flu shots mandatory in 2008 dramatically increased the vaccination rate among St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare's nearly 26,000 employees to more than 98 percent, according to a report now online ... > full story -
Scientists Cooperate to Fight Against Child Trafficking in Haiti
February 2, 2010 The Spanish Government has offered to Haitian Authorities extended collaboration to fight against child trafficking in the country, through the program DNA-Prokids. Up to 6000 genetic identifications ... > full story
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