Archive: 07/02/2017
Rewards treat alcohol abuse in those with mental illness
Researchers at Washington State University have shown that offering prizes - from simple shampoo to DVD players - can be an effective, low-cost treatment for alcohol abuse, the nation's third leading preventable cause of ...
Feb 7, 2017
Medicare could overpay medicare advantage plans by $200 billion over ten years
Research conducted at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that current trends in diagnostic coding for patient risk scores will lead to Medicare overpaying Medicare Advantage (MA) plans substantially ...
Feb 7, 2017
American Cancer Society endorses two-dose regimen for HPV vaccination
The American Cancer Society has endorsed updated recommendations on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) supporting a two-dose schedule for boys and girls who ...
Feb 7, 2017
Possible link between early menstruation and stroke risk
Women who started menstruating early in life could later face a higher risk of stroke.
Feb 7, 2017