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The 15 Minute Physical: Dr. Oz Showcases Power Of Electronic Health Records
At a taping of the Dr. Oz Show on Saturday, Dr. Mehmet Oz and 75 laptop-wielding medical students entered clinical information on 1,000 patients into an electronic health record, courtesy of Practice Fusion, a provider of free web-based EHRs. The location was 's School of Medicine. Combing for indicators of heart disease and diabetes, they ...
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What Should Congress Do after the Supreme Court Decision on Obamacare?
There's been a bit of a flap in the media this week about what House Republicans are planning to do regarding health care reform once the Supreme Court rules on Obamacare. But the back-and-forth leaves unanswered an important question: given all of the possible SCOTUS scenarios, what should Congress do to optimize the outcome for people with a stake in a functioning health-care system? Let's examine the possibilities.
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Obamacare Activists Prep to be 'Either Celebratory or Agitational' about Supreme Court Decision
BuzzFeed has obtained a three-page memo from Health Care for America Now, an umbrella group run by labor unions and MoveOn.org. The memo details how the organization and other White House allies plan to adopt alternate messages, depending on whether or not the Affordable Care Act is upheld by the Supreme Court. "Note that many of these [resources] can be lined up now, without any additional information about the timing of the specifics of the decision," the activists write. It's a free country, of course. But the memo makes for strange reading.
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Medicare Advantage Reform: Detaching Pay from Performance
Medicare Advantage (MA) is the "private option" within Medicare. Private health insurers are paid a fixed monthly fee to provide at least the same minimum health benefits to their enrollees as "traditional" fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare, but they also have the ability to offer coordinated care, disease management, phone consultations, and other services that have the ...
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Are House Republicans Caving in on Repealing Obamacare? Doubtful.
Politico is reporting that House Republicans are preparing for the possibility that the Supreme Court upholds the law by drafting new legislation. "When the court rules, we'll be ready," House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) told the House Republican Conference on Wednesday. But what's surprising about alleged GOP plans is that they involve preserving significant???and damaging???aspects of the Affordable Care Act, for what appear to be political reasons. I'm not convinced that the story is accurate.
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California teens eat fewer calories in school
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High school kids in California, a state that limits the junk food sold in vending machines, eat fewer calories in school than kids in states without such regulations, according to a new study.
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Georgia woman with flesh-eating disease in "critical" condition
(Reuters) - A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacterial infection was in critical condition at Augusta Hospital on Saturday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Antibiotics prevent UTIs better than probiotics
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Antibiotics are still better than probiotics at preventing urinary tract infections, but at least "good bacteria" don't add to a person's antibiotic resistance, a new study concludes.
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Fish oil shows little effect on Tourette's tics
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some parents swear by fish oil as a treatment for the "tics" caused by Tourette's disorder, but so far the research evidence is slim.
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Health secretary urges contraception compromise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's top health official on Friday took the debate over whether healthcare coverage should include contraceptives to the campus of a Catholic university that has been deeply divided over the administration's policy.
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Old drug for arthritis is effective against killer parasites
A cheap off-patent drug that is commonly used for arthritis could be a wonder treatment for amoebic parasites that infect 50 million people each year, 70,000 of them fatally, a study on Sunday said.
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Protesters begin biggest anti-NATO rally in Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters, some dressed as clowns and others bearing anti-war signs, gathered on Sunday in a lakefront park in the biggest test yet for Chicago police trying to keep the peace as world leaders began meeting for a ...
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Mom with flesh-eating disease had seven operations: brother
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A 36-year-old new mother of twins who is suffering from a "flesh-eating" bacterial infection has undergone a series of operations to remove dead or damaged tissue in a South Carolina hospital, her b...
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Breathing Smog While Pregnant May Worsen Asthma in Offspring
SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to air pollution while in the womb might harm the lung-function development of children with asthma, a new study finds.
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Study Ties Secondhand Smoke to Bladder Irritation in Kids
SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Parents who smoke may put their children at greater risk for bladder irritation, according to a small new study.
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Screening for Lung Cancer Might Benefit Those at Highest Risk
SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Using low-dose CT scans to screen for lung cancer might save the lives of patients at the greatest risk for the disease, a new analysis suggests.
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Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers.
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Sleep Apnea Linked to Higher Cancer Death Risk
SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep apnea has already been linked to a host of adverse health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. Now, new research suggests that in people who already have cancer, the sleep disorder may r...
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Romney Super PAC raises less, still tops Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Restore Our Future, an outside "Super PAC" backing Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, raised $3.9 million in April, less than half of its haul in March but still far ahead of its Democratic counterpart wo...
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Messy Facebook debut marks weak day on Wall Street
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Friday after a sloppy debut by Facebook Inc spoiled hopes that a spectacular open for the most-anticipated stock sale in years would brighten the mood in what has been a gloomy month for equity markets. Sha...
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Latest anti-NATO protest in Chicago small, peaceful
CHICAGO (Reuters) - About 500 demonstrators gathered outside the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Saturday to protest the recent closure of mental health clinics as part of a series of rallies and marches timed to coincide with a NATO summit ...
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Keeping Your Family Safe From Dog Bites
SATURDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- More than 4.7 million Americans are bitten by dogs each year, and more than half of those victims are younger than age 14, experts say.
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Females, Young Athletes Take Longer to Get Over Concussions
FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Female athletes take longer to recover from concussions, a new study says.
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Chicago braces for largest anti-NATO protest
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police trying to keep the peace during the NATO summit may face their biggest test on Sunday when thousands of demonstrators were expected to march near the site where leaders of the military alliance begin a two-day me...
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Females, Young Athletes Take Longer to Get Over Concussions
FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Female athletes take longer to recover from concussions, a new study says.
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