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Doctors Reveal ICU Patients Receive Futile Care
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 11, 2013 04:39 PM EDTIn a new report, researchers outlined how many ICU patients receive futile care.
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Doctors Reveal ICU Patients Receive Futile Care
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 11, 2013 04:39 PM EDTIn a new report, researchers outlined how many ICU patients receive futile care.
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New Report States Cancer Care in the U.S. is in Crisis
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 11, 2013 03:19 PM EDTIn a new report, experts outlined why cancer care in the U.S. in in crisis.ca
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Could Money Persuade Doctors to Perform more C-sections? Study Suggests Yes
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 30, 2013 12:10 PM EDTIn a new report, researchers believe that obstetricians could be influenced by money to promote C-sections for patients who are not doctors.
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Task Force: Doctors Should Advise Against Tobacco Use
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 26, 2013 09:47 AM EDTThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is now recommending that doctors counsel their young patients against tobacco use.
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Hospital Doctors are not as Clean as Nurses, Study Finds
By Cheri Cheng | Aug 23, 2013 03:05 PM EDTResearchers found that the Hand Hygiene Program created by the World Health Organization helped increase the percentage of hand hygiene in hospitals by 16 percent.
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Doctors Ignoring Guidelines on Treating Back Pain
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 30, 2013 09:30 AM EDTResearchers report that doctors are increasingly ignoring the guidelines set for treating back pain.
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Men and Doctors are still not having the Discussion on the PSA test
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 12, 2013 11:19 AM EDTTwo studies revealed that doctors, even if they are trained to discuss the PSA test, are still not having the conversation with their patients frequently enough.
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Insurers Will Address Obesity Under Obamacare
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 05, 2013 09:37 AM EDTUnder the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies will now have to cover the costs of obesity care.
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CDC Chief: Doctors Prescribe Pain Killers Too Often
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 03, 2013 10:59 AM EDTThe CDC chief, Tom Frieden announced yesterday that doctors must be more selective when it comes to prescribing patients with narcotic painkillers.
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Doctors Stunned by the Girl who Cries Blood [VIDEO]
By Cheri Cheng | Jun 28, 2013 11:29 AM EDT20-year-old Yaritza Oliva from Chile sought medical help after she randomly started crying bloody tears, an extremely rare condition known as haemocria.
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Doctors Should Recommend Group Therapy for Men with Depression
By Cheri Cheng | Jun 26, 2013 01:58 PM EDTResearchers report that doctors should push their male patients who suffer from depression and anxiety to join group therapy sessions.
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Study Finds Antibiotics Effective in Preventing Some Hospital UTIs
By Cheri Cheng | Jun 21, 2013 01:43 PM EDTResearchers found that when patients were given antibiotics, their risks of developing an urinary tract infection lowered.
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One in Four American Adults Are Family Caregivers, Study Reports
By Cheri Cheng | Jun 20, 2013 09:34 AM EDTA new report by the Pew Research Center and the California HealthCare Foundation calculated that the rate of American caregivers jumped from 30 to 39 percent.
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Will Cheerleading be a Sport? Doctors will Vote on it
By Cheri Cheng | Jun 15, 2013 02:02 PM EDTDuring this weekend's American Medical Association meeting, doctors will decide if cheerleading should be categorized as a sport.
