2015年7月23日 星期四

2015-07-24 U.S. Health


CBS News
   
End-of-life chemotherapy: Does it do more harm than good?   
CBS News
The decision over if or when to stop chemotherapy is a heart-wrenching one many cancer patients and their families eventually face. Now a new study, published online today in JAMA Oncology, suggests that for those near the end of their lives, the ...
Benefit of End-Stage Chemotherapy Is Questioned   New York Times
End-stage chemotherapy worsens quality of life   National Monitor
The Myth of Chemotherapy   Weekly Observer

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MedPage Today
   
Stroke Rounds: Hospitals Often Overstate tPA Delivery Time   
MedPage Today
savesaved. register today. Earn Free CME Credits by reading the latest medical news in your specialty. sign up. by Salynn Boyles Contributing Writer. This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: Medpage Today. Action Points. Hospitals ...

Adherence to Stroke Guidelines Overestimated by Hospitals   Doctors Lounge
Many hospitals overestimate their performance in administering clot busting drugs   HealthLeaders Media
Delivery speed of clot-busting drug for stroke often 'overestimated' by hospitals   Medical News Today

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BBC News
   
Cheap drugs cut breast cancer deaths by 18%   
BBC News
Cheap drugs normally used to strengthen bone can cut deaths from breast cancer, research shows. A charity said it was one of the most important findings in breast cancer treatment for a decade and could save 1,000 lives a year in the UK. The data from ...

Certain Generic Meds May Help Older Patients With Early Breast Cancer   U.S. News & World Report
Cheap osteoporosis drug could prevent a sixth of breast cancer deaths   The Guardian
Research finds 2 types of inexpensive drugs can boost breast cancer survival rate   New York Daily News
GlobalPost   
National Monitor   
The Times (subscription)   
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CBS Local
   
Hospitals Feeling The Pinch As Budget Fight Continues   
CBS Local
(CBS) — Think the state budget mess won't impact your life? It could if you are hurt and need to go to the hospital. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports. It's a busy day in the ER at Presence Mercy Medical Center in Aurora. So far, the state's budget impasse ...
Hospitals pay big price for lack of Medicaid expansion   FierceHealthFinance
Illinois Hit With Lawsuit Over Medicaid Payments During Budget Impasse (UPDATED)   Progress Illinois
Some public hospitals win, others lose with Obamacare   NBCNews.com
DNAinfo   
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CBS News
   
Frozen tuna recalled after salmonella outbreak linked to sushi   
CBS News
A widespread salmonella outbreak linked to raw tuna in sushi has infected 62 people in 11 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No deaths have been reported, but 11 ill people have been hospitalized. The outbreak was ...
Raw tuna in sushi linked to salmonella outbreak in California, 10 other states   Sacramento Bee
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Sushi Sickens 62, CDC Reports   ABC News
Salmonella outbreak in 11 US states linked to sushi   The Guardian
CNBC   
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CBC.ca
   
'Fat Guy' cycling across US to lose weight, save marriage   
CBC.ca
A man is cycling across the United States in the hopes of losing hundreds of pounds, saving his marriage and finding material to write his second book. After turning 40, Eric Hites made a decision to do something about his weight. At 560 pounds, he ...

'Fat Guy' bikes across America to save his marriage and his health   WJLA
'Fat guy' bikes across America to save marriage, health   WRTV Indianapolis
560-pound man biking across US to lose weight   WPDE

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New York Post
   
College Students With Toxic Work Environments Fare Far Worse Mentally   
Pioneer News
College stressful on its own, but add onto it the responsibilities of a job (or sometimes even two) and the stress can skyrocket. Well, a new study has looked into this to determine that working college students are more likely to have mental health ...
Toxic coworkers linked to worse mental health for college students   Channel News Asia

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Huffington Post
   
Researching Marijuana for Therapeutic Purposes: The Potential Promise of ...   
Huffington Post
Three weeks ago I had the opportunity to testify before the Senate on cannabidiol, or CBD -- one of the main active ingredients in the marijuana plant, and a compound around which there is a growing amount of interest from the public as well as the ...
Marijuana Could Help Mend Broken Bones   Sentinel Republic
HypeWatch: Cannabis Bone-Healing Study Oversold   MedPage Today (blog)
Can Medical Marijuana Also Heal Broken Bones?   Diabetes Insider
BABW News   
Leafly   
Pioneer News   
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CBS Local
   
Procedures Faulted in Army Lab's Shipment of Anthrax   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said on Thursday that its initial review of how an Army laboratory sent dozens of samples of live anthrax to facilities across the United States and around the world found that the lab had conducted insufficient testing and ...

Faulty protocols behind live anthrax shipments to labs: Pentagon   Reuters
US Report: Live Anthrax Samples Shipped to Dozens of Labs   Voice of America
Pentagon Shocked by Anthrax Leak   Daily Beast
Baltimore Sun   
Miami Herald   
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NBCNews.com
   
There seems to be a rise in autism diagnoses   
National Monitor
Nearly 4 decades ago, nobody really knew what autism was. Back then, roughly one in 5,000 people had it. But by 2002, that statistic had shot up, quite dramatically, to one in 150. Just a few years ago, the rate became one in 68. Autism itself is not ...
Increase In Autism Diagnoses Not An Increase In Autism   Forbes
Increase in prevalence of autism due to changing diagnoses   UPI.com
Increasing Prevalence Of Autism Due In Large Part To Marked Increase In ...   FailedMessiah.com
WXXI News   
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