Recently added articles from Internal Medicine News:
DTC genetic tests seen as problematic.(NEWS)(direct-to-consumer )(Survey)
Oct 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON--Few physicians feel prepared to interpret findings from direct-to-consumer genetic tests and incorporate the results into clinical practice, according to speakers at a National Academy of Sciences workshop on DTC genetic testing. Surveys and anecdotal accounts ...
Resynchronization lowers risks in mild heart failure: CRT shown to modify disease prognosis.(NEWS)(cardiac re-synchronization therapy )(Clinical report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... BARCELONA--Cardiac re-synchronization therapy reduced the risk of death or hospitalization for heart failure by nearly two-thirds in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic heart failure patients already on optimal medical therapy at 24 months' follow-up in the randomized, prospective ...
Retail clinics earn points for common conditions.(NEWS)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Retail clinics appear to offer cost-effective, high-quality care, at least for three common conditions: urinary tract infections, otitis media, and pharyngitis, according to a recent study. For insured patients, the cost of caring for these three illnesses was 30%-40% less at ...
Massachusetts ranked first in E-prescribing for 2008.(VITAL SIGNS)
Oct 01, 2009 ... Note: Rankings are based on the number of prescriptions routed electronically in 2008 as a ...
MADIT-CRT cuts event rate in mildly symptomatic HF.(NEWS)(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... BARCELONA--Cardiac resynchronization therapy reduced the risk of heart failure events by 41% in patients with minimally symptomatic ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy and a wide QRS complex in the randomized multicenter MADIT-CRT trial. "This is, we think, a very significant ...