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Early action cuts claims, costs
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the University of Michigan analyzed a program of full disclosure and compensation for medical errors and found a decrease in new claims for...
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VHA vs. Medicare: And the winner is …
A new study finds that the cancer care provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for men 65 years and older is at least as good as Medicare-funded fee-for-service care obtained through the...
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Use, abuse of Internet pharmacies
Efforts to halt the growing abuse of prescription drugs must include addressing the availability of these drugs on the Internet and increasing physician awareness of the dangers posed by Internet...
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Mammography tied to overdiagnosis
New Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) research suggests that routine mammography screening — long viewed as an essential tool in detecting early breast cancers — may in fact lead to a significant...
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Eating fish gives older adults an edge
Older adults who have high blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids — found almost exclusively in fatty seafood — may be able to lower their overall mortality risk by as much as 27 percent and their...
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