A Europe-wide survey has revealed significant differences between doctors in the way they treat heart failure patients, with many failing to give the best care despite the existence of recommended ...
Heart Doctors Don't Follow Guidelines for Treating Patients; Pre-Operative Statins Reduce Deaths
A new way to treat patients with latent tuberculosis, who are infected with TB but without symptoms, can effectively treat it in less than half the time and at a lower cost than the current standard ...
More Than 25 Percent Of Pediatric 'Emergency' Visits Could Be Conducted Online, Study Suggests
A community-wide study in upstate New York found that nearly 28 percent of all visits to the pediatric emergency department could have been replaced with a more cost-effective Internet doctor's ...
More than 12 percent of babies are born prematurely, up more than 20 percent from 1990*, and as premature birth rates continue to climb, neonatologists at Nationwide Children's Hospital are focusing ...
Easy-to-understand information and being involved in the decision-making process were keys to success to improving veterans' blood pressure control. Absolute blood pressure control improved 2.5 ...