Kids Health

Increase seen in foster care entries due to parental drug use

(HealthDay)—The number of foster care entries attributable to parental drug use increased considerably from 2000 to 2017, according to a research letter published online July 15 in JAMA Pediatrics. Angélica Meinhofer, Ph.D., from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, and Yohanis Angleró-Díaz, M.D., from Harvard Medical School in Boston, analyzed data from the […]

Health News

How Cleveland Clinic is bringing empathy to end of life care

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Health Problems

Side-by-side comparison on point of care tests for blood’s ability to clot

During big procedures like open heart surgery, patients need anticoagulants to prevent dangerous blood clot formation and regular bedside monitoring to make sure the drugs aren’t also causing problems like excessive bleeding. Investigators comparing some common bedside testing platforms to quickly determine how fast blood is clotting, called activated clotting time, or ACT, suggest other […]

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New model for ICU care discovers causes of health emergencies

A new model for intensive care, developed by Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health System, can help identify preventable—and previously overlooked—factors that often send chronically ill patients to the intensive care unit (ICU). The new process requires the ICU team—including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains and others—to truly listen to patients and their families to ensure […]

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Pen-pushers blocking cash for dementia care

Pen-pushers blocking cash for dementia care — leaving families to pick up the bill When Peter Beal fell trying to get out of his house in the middle of the night in 2017, it was literally the tipping point in his struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Peter, who’d been a manuscripts expert at Sotheby’s, had been […]

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More High-Value Care Associated With Receipt of Primary Care

THURSDAY, Jan. 31, 2019 — Receipt of primary care is associated with significantly more high-value care, slightly more low-value care, and a better health care experience, according to a study published online Jan. 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine. David M. Levine, M.D., M.P.H., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and colleagues compared propensity score-weighted […]