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April 30, 2010

Med school problems linked to complaints

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Janet Yates and David James of the University of Nottingham Medical
School said the study is small and the findings are preliminary and
should be interpreted with caution.

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Simpler medical billing saves $7 billion

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Bonnie B. Blanchfield of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and
colleagues have created a hypothetical model for medical billing that
involves a single set of payment rules for multiple payers, a single
claim form and standard rules of submission.

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Canadians live longer, healthier than U.S.

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David Feeny of Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland,
Ore., and colleagues studied data from the Joint Canada/United States
Survey of Health

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Nurse interruptions increase drug errors

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Study leader Johanna Westbrook of the University of Sydney studied 98
nurses preparing and administering 4,271 medications to 720 patients
over 500 hours in six wards in two major teaching hospitals.

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April 29, 2010

Surgeon’s advice: Focus on who, not how

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Dr. Yair Lotan of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in
Dallas made the suggestion in a statement published in the Journal of
Urology.

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‘Kitchen counter diet’ cuts calories

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Professor Brian Wansink of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and
author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, said
the study involving 78 adults found the adage out of sight, out of
mind was true when it came to food.

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Immune cells predict neck cancer therapy

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Study author Dr. Gregory T. Wolf of the University of Michigan
Comprehensive Cancer Center says levels of an immune cell are higher in
head and neck cancer patients whose tumors are linked to the human
papillomavirus.

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Red wine may protect against stroke

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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore found
a molecular pathway in mice that may explain the protective effect of
resveratrol — a compound found in the skins and seeds of red grapes.

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April 28, 2010

Vitamin D improves elderly mobility

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Dr. Denise Houston of the Sticht Center on Aging at Wake Forest
University and colleagues studied vitamin D status and physical function
in a group of relatively healthy seniors, mean age 75, in Memphis and
Pittsburgh.

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Extreme preterm ups psych disorder risk

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Samantha Johnson of the University College London and University of
Nottingham and colleagues said the 11-year study of 219 extremely
preterm children found the most frequent psychiatric conditions were
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder at 12 percent. Nine percent had
emotional disorders and 8 percent had Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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