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Heart issue hospitalizations drop among Medicare patients
Fewer Medicare patients are being hospitalized for heart conditions, according to research to be presented today at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in
CMS to fund $100M in Medicaid grants to encourage healthy living
CMS will distribute $100 million in new Medicaid grants to states to help run preventive medicine programs. The grants, mandated by the Affordable Care Act, will offer Medicaid enrollees incentives
Why taking charge is good for your heart
You may have read this week that women who report high stress on the job have a 40 percent increased risk of being diagnosed with heart disease--the leading cause of death among both men and women,
Conquering chronic disease with lifestyle medicine
As physicians, how often do you instruct patients to clean up their diets, begin exercising or better manage their stress--and wonder if they'll ever follow through? For how many of them could you
Pediatricians missing opportunities to head off heart problems
Despite being one of the most efficient ways to screen for heart-disease risk in all age groups, tests for levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol are inadequate in young adults,
SPOTLIGHT: Emory health blog warns women of dangers of heart disease
The latest post on Emory University's Health Now Blog focuses on the efforts of Dr. Michele Voeltz, whose work focuses on women and heart disease. Voeltz wants both women and men to understand the
Medicare may test 'value-based' coverage design
Typically, when an employer or health plan wants to lower their healthcare costs, they raise co-pays and deductibles, usually without much of an eye to what impact that has on vulnerable patients'
CDC: More than one-fifth of U.S. adults report disabilities
With the baby boomer population aging, among other factors, the number of U.S. citizens reporting disabilities has climbed substantially of late, and it's expected to keep expanding over the next two
Brigham and Women's begins personalized medicine project
Brigham and Women's Hospital has become the latest to immerse itself in the business of conducting personalized genetic research on treatments for cancer, brain and heart disease. Working with GE
New study questions benefits of $10 billion angioplasty industry
Over recent months we've seen several studies that questioned the benefit of angioplasty in many of the cases in which it is used; with the number of angioplasties performed per year having increased
