Month: March 2010

Admission to a hospital when most of the beds are already full can be deadly for patients, according to a new University of Michigan Health System study showing high occupancy increases the risk of dying in the hospital by 5.6%.…

As Canada gets ready to host the world’s Paralympic winter athletes starting on March 12, the inspirational 10-day journey of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay is officially underway with the first group of Paralympic Torchbearers gathering in the nation’s…

A new study shows that primary care physicians believe the barriers that put patients with uncontrolled diabetes at risk for cardiovascular disease as being patient-related or system-related. Published online by the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine by…

Unrealistic expectations amid the country’s continued unemployment struggles are a double-edged sword that can cut equally into the well-being of job seekers and the companies that hire them, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) strategic management expert. More…

A new model that can be used to guide health care financing and resource allocation decisions in the United States has been developed by an international group of researchers led by a team from the University of Illinois at Chicago…

The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) 2010 National Conference will be held August 26-29 in Irvine, Calif. at the Hyatt Regency Irvine. For more information contact the ACA or visit www.amputee-coalition.org. Conference registration opens March 15.

The American Association of Breast Care Professionals (AABCP) announced the establishment of a Lymphedema Advisory Committee. “Lymphedema is a significant problem post-mastectomy, however most women do not know and are never told anything about this potentially disabling consequence of mastectomy…

Older women who have had breast cancer surgery have a greater risk of the cancer returning if they delay their post-surgical radiation treatment, according to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists. The study, which involved more than 18,000 women aged 65 years…

The federal departments of Veterans Affairs (VA), Labor and Defense unveiled an improved Web site for wounded warriors. “VA is committed to tapping into the full powers of the Internet to provide accurate, timely, easy to find and easy to…

Patients with confirmed episodes of consciousness during surgery have high rates of psychological problems including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even several years after the incident, reports a study in the March issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the…