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Advanced practice clinicians and physicians order low-value health services with similar frequency

APCs, Doctors Order Low-Value Services With Similar Frequency

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Similar frequency for antibiotics, CT and MRI, radiography, and referrals
Vitamin K antagonists are well tolerated and have a minimal effect on quality of life

Vitamin K Antagonists Appear to Be Well Tolerated

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Study Short-Form 36 scores improved during initial 3 months of treatment to level of general population
A nine-protein risk score may help predict cardiovascular events among patients with stable coronary heart disease

Nine-Protein Risk Score May Help Predict CV Events in Stable CHD

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Risk score performed better than refit Framingham for predicting cardiovascular events
Statins could significantly reduce the risk of infection in stroke patients

Statins Could Reduce Risk of Infection in Stroke Patients

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Meds may have anti-inflammatory properties that help the body respond to infection
Americans spent more than $30 billion out of pocket in 2012 on chiropractors and other complementary health practitioners

CDC: Alternative Medicine a Booming Business in U.S.

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More than $30 billion paid out-of-pocket for acupuncture, yoga, chiropractic care, supplements
Many male primary care physicians regard cardiovascular disease as a man's issue and don't assess risk in female patients

Male PCPs Less Likely to Assess CVD Risk in Female Patients

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French researchers say search of health records finds gender gap
Black Americans with atrial fibrillation are at higher risk than whites for serious cardiovascular complications and death

Risk of Cardiovascular Events Up in Black Patients With A-Fib

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Black patients twice as likely to suffer stroke, heart failure, death as whites with atrial fibrillation
Almost half of older Medicare beneficiaries have high persistent spending throughout the full year before death

Persistent High Spending Common in Year Before Death

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Overall, 48.7 percent of older Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2012 had persistent high spending
More than one-third of U.S. patients with atrial fibrillation who need anticoagulation to prevent strokes aren't receiving it

Too Many A-Fib Patients Taking Aspirin Instead of Anticoagulant

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Anticoagulants -- not aspirin -- dramatically cut the risk of stroke, researchers say
Very low target low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels may not benefit all patients with preexisting heart disease

Moderately Low LDL May Be Enough to Ward Off CVD Risk

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Researchers find reduction to 70 mg/dL range not associated with additional benefit