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Virtual MDs are No Match for the Real Thing When it Comes to Urgent Medical Problems
- Author:
- Lisa Rapaport
- Reuters Health
(Reuters Health) - When it comes to urgent medical problems like ankle injuries or suspected strep, virtual MDs may be no match for the real thing...
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Study Suggests Growing Up in a Stress-Free Environment Lowers your Risk of Heart Attacks
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- Lisa Rapaport
- Reuters Health
(Reuters Health) - Kids who live in a stress-free environment may grow up to be adults with a lower risk of heart attacks than their peers who...
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Elderly Patients Hospitalized For Cancer are More likely to Have Complications Afterward Compared to the Middle-Aged
- Author:
- Lisa Rapaport
- Reuters Health
(Reuters Health) - Elderly patients hospitalized for cancer surgery are more likely to have complications afterward compared to the middle-aged,...
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Medicaid Coverage Differs in Many States Opposed to Medicare
- Author:
- Lisa Rapaport
- Reuters Health
(Reuters Health) - Medicaid, the U.S.
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Cause and Warning Symptoms of MI Differentiate Among Men and Women
- Author:
- Lisa Rapaport
- Reuters Health
(Reuters Health) - The causes of acute myocardial infarction(MI) and the warning symptoms that can signal the need for immediate medical attention...
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Dementia Most Costly Terminal Disease, Study Says
- Author:
- Lisa Rapaport
- Reuters Health
Families may spend almost twice as much caring for dementia patients at the end of life than they might if their loved one suffered from a...
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Risk of Diabetes in Ex-Smokers Decreases
- Author:
- Lisa Rapaport
- Reuters Health
While smoking is linked to an increased risk of developing diabetes, this risk appears to drop over the long term once cigarette use stops, a...
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30-Day Readmission May Be Due to Income or Education
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- Lisa Rapaport
- Reuters Health
When patients are hospitalized more than once in the same month, it may have more to do with their income or education levels than the quality of...
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Racial, Economic Disparities in Life Expectancy after Heart Attack
- Author:
- Lisa Rapaport
- Reuters Health
After a heart attack, black patients typically don't live as long as whites - a racial difference that is starkest among the affluent - according...
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Prevalence of Undiagnosed Diabetes in US
- Author:
- Lisa Rapaport
- Reuters Health
Diabetes affects up to 14 percent of the U.S.
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E-cigarette Smokers Less Exposed to Carbon Monoxide
- Author:
- Lisa Rapaport
- Reuters Health
NEW YORK—Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes - even if only some of the time - may dramatically reduce their exposure to air pollutants including...