Archive: 13/04/2018

Recent years saw increase in burden of prior authorization

(HealthDay)—The burden of prior authorization (PA) has increased over the past five years, and 92 percent of physicians report associated delays in access to care, according to the results of a survey published by the American ...

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Pharmacists can help with DM management via telemedicine

(HealthDay)—Pharmacist use of telemedicine is a promising vehicle for improving patient management of diabetes, according to an article published in Drug Topics.

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Quality of life predicts mortality in older breast cancer patients

(HealthDay)—For older women with early-stage breast cancer, measures of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) predict 10-year mortality independently of traditional breast cancer prognostic variables, according to a study ...

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The traits that hike high school dropout risk

(HealthDay)—The reasons students quit high school are complex, but aggression and weak study skills are two key factors, a new study finds.

Apr 13, 2018

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Risk of Zika infection through sex may last only a month

Signs of Zika infection can be seen in semen for as long as nine months, but the risk of sexual transmission appears to end in one month, according to a study published Wednesday.

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FDA approves contact lenses that shade the sun

The lives of contact lens wearers just got a whole lot easier.

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Doctors curbing first-time prescriptions for opioids

(HealthDay)—Although the opioid epidemic continues to rage in America, promising new data show that first-time opioid painkiller prescription rates have slowed in recent years.

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Canadian pharmacy fined $34 million for illegal imports

An online pharmacy that bills itself as Canada's largest was fined $34 million Friday for importing counterfeit cancer drugs and other unapproved pharmaceuticals into the United States, a sentence that one advocacy group ...

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The hidden health cost of that extra drink

Regularly drinking more than the recommended UK guidelines for alcohol could take years off your life, according to new research published today in the Lancet. Part-funded by the British Heart Foundation, the study shows ...

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An unexpected discovery in a central line

About a year and a half ago, a 6-year-old boy arrived at Children's Emergency Department after accidently removing his own gastrointestinal feeding tube. He wasn't a stranger to Children's National Health System: This young ...

Apr 13, 2018

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