Women who have a first-degree relative with breast cancer or who have extremely dense breasts may benefit from initiating breast cancer screening at age 40 years, according to a study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Although there… Read More ›
Now that Mitt Romney is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, it is worth paying more attention to his health care proposals. Governor Romney has said many things about health care—mostly negative. He wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA),… Read More ›
The deaths of 3 family members coinfected with seasonal influenza and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have prompted public health officials to remind clinicians how serious such infections can be. A report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Read More ›
Despite US air quality being the cleanest it has been in the 13 years since the American Lung Association began tracking it, more than 40% of people—about 127 million individuals—still live in counties with unhealthy levels of either ozone or… Read More ›
Very low-birth-weight neonates fare better at hospitals that have been recognized for nursing excellence, according to an article published in JAMA today. How well neonates born weighing from 501 to 1500 g survive depends heavily on the care they receive… Read More ›
A large study of a vaccine for reducing the risk of herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, confirms that the vaccine appears to be safe, a finding that may help improve its acceptance. Shingles, which is caused by reactivation and… Read More ›
It’s almost impossible to find a politician these days who isn’t very concerned about the deficit. And it has become clear that the deficit problem is largely a health care spending problem. Given the political difficulty of reducing Medicare spending… Read More ›
Measles cases hit a 15-year high in the United States last year, due primarily to unvaccinated US residents who returned from overseas travel with the illness or to foreign visitors who came into the country while sick with measles. The… Read More ›
There is no proof that gum disease contributes to heart disease or stroke, and evidence to date is insufficient to back claims that treating gum disease can prevent such conditions, according to a scientific statement published today in Circulation by… Read More ›
An emerging type of radiation therapy for treating localized prostate cancer called proton therapy appears to be no better in reducing the risk of disease recurrence than the current standard of radiotherapy care, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), but it is… Read More ›
