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A patient-reported outcome intervention for symptom monitoring is associated with improved overall survival for patients treated with chemotherapy for metastatic solid tumors

ASCO: Survival Up With Patient-Reported Outcomes During CA Tx

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Improved survival with patient-reported outcomes for symptom monitoring in metastatic cancer
Diagnosis of subsequent metastases is associated with substantially increased costs and medical resource use among patients initially diagnosed with localized prostate cancer

Substantial Increase in Costs With Metastases in Prostate CA

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Costs peak during month of metastases diagnosis, reaching $13,291
For effective hand hygiene

Cool Water Works As Well As Hot for Ridding Hands of Germs

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Time spent scrubbing hands with soap more important that water temperature
Americans are routinely overcharged for emergency department care

U.S. Emergency Departments Commonly Overcharging Patients

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Minorities and uninsured are the most affected, researchers say
Adult bike crashes cost an estimated $24.4 billion a year in the United States

Costs Associated With U.S. Adult Bicycle Crashes Steadily Rising

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Researchers find bike crashes cost $24.4 billion a year

May 2017 Briefing – Radiology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Radiology for May 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Acute intra-arterial treatment seems to be as effective for patients with acute ischemic stroke caused by intracranial proximal occlusion with

Intra-Arterial Treatment Effective With Extracranial Carotid Disease

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IAT seems to be at least as effective for patients with acute ischemic stroke, with versus without ECD
Capecitabine (Xeloda) can extend the lives of patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer who have residual invasive disease after receipt of neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Certain Breast CA Patients Benefit From Adjuvant Capecitabine

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Capecitabine cut risk of relapse, death by 30 percent over five years, researchers say
Subtle brain changes may explain why some patients with multiple sclerosis lose their ability to interpret social cues

Brain Changes in MS May Contribute to Lack of Empathy

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Diffuse normal-appearing white matter damage may create disconnection in social brain network
Proposed legislation as part of the American Health Care Act

High-Risk Pools May Represent Step Back for U.S. Health Care

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Higher premiums, deductibles, out-of-pocket costs likely to make high-risk pools unaffordable