WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Senators blasted insurance industry executives today for allegedly running a database scheme that forced patients to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in extra fees to doctors who were not in their insurance networks.
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SEATTLE (MedPage Today) — Permanent housing for homeless patients with ongoing drinking problems can help reduce medical and social costs and lower alcohol consumption, researchers here said.
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SEATTLE (MedPage Today) — Permanent housing for homeless patients with ongoing drinking problems can help reduce medical and social costs and lower alcohol consumption, researchers here said.
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NEW YORK (MedPage Today) — Medical societies and their leaders should eliminate most financial ties with drug and device manufacturers, a group of prominent academics recommended.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) — High scores on a widely used hospital safety survey were not correlated with lower inpatient mortality, researchers here said.
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JACKSON, Miss. (MedPage Today) — The lore of the bed bug as transmitter for dread disease failed to hold up to scientific scrutiny, investigators here determined.
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Experts in breast, lung, and ovarian cancers discuss current standards, evolving technologies, ongoing studies, and outstanding questions related to screening and early detection of disease. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (MedPage Today) — The FDA has taken steps to pull 14 unapproved painkillers containing immediate-release morphine sulfate, oxycodone, and hydromorphone from the market.
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Healthcare costs are more than 3 times higher for people with Alzheimer’s disease and various dementias than for others age 65 years and older, experts suggest. Medscape Medical News
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Data from a large range of sources suggest that individuals taking aspirin and related NSAIDs have a reduced risk for colorectal cancer. There is also some evidence that regular aspirin use might reduce the risk for other cancers. Medscape Medical News
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