_ Cancer Care and Heart Disease By Jane Farrell articleAfter a cancer diagnosis, patients and their doctors work together to develop a plan to find the best treatments to … Read More→
_ Health CareSome Seniors Skip Health Care Because of Cost By Jane Farrell articleMany patients and caregivers think it’s hard to get information on health-care costs from their doctor, although cost is an … Read More→
_ Pre-Recorded Messages Can Help Heart Patients By Jane Farrell articlePatients hospitalized with heart failure can reduce their odds of requiring re-hospitalization, a heart transplant or death by repeatedly reviewing … Read More→
_ Treatments for COVID-19 By Jane Farrell articlePatients today have more treatment options in the battle against coronavirus disease. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has … Read More→
_ Doctors’ Attitude toward A Treatment May Influence Patients’ Reaction to It By Jane Farrell articleWhen you take medicine, your expectation about how well it will work can affect how much relief you get from … Read More→
_ Medical CareAre You Taking Your Medicine? By Jane Farrell articleResearchers from Johns Hopkins are at work on a program that physicians can use to identify “nonadherent” patients – those … Read More→
_ Hospital CareA Public Policy and Increased Patient Deaths By Jane Farrell articleA policy that was supposed to reduce hospital readmissions via financial penalties was linked to a significant increase in post-discharge … Read More→
_ Medical ProceduresPublic Service Screening Messages Don't Tell the Whole Story About An Illness By Jane Farrell articleThe public service messages we see about getting screened for illness are very effective – maybe too much so for … Read More→
_ Prescription DrugsPatients Want to Know More About The Medicines They're Taking By Jane Farrell articleMany patients want more information on the medicines they’re prescribed and are concerned about long-term side effects, according to a … Read More→
_ FluHow Healthcare Providers Can Keep Patients Safe from The Flu By Jane Farrell articleThe summer months are coming to end, school is beginning… which means the flu season is looming and providers must … Read More→
_ Heart FailureTelemedicine Increases Life Expectancy for Some Heart Patients By Jane Farrell articleTelemedicine management of heart-failure patients reduces hospitalizations, prolongs life and works equally well in rural and urban settings, European investigators … Read More→
_ Medical CareWhen Doctors Get "Nudged," Lifesaving Prescription Rates Go Up By Jane Farrell articleDoctors who were “nudged” by an online patient dashboard to think about prescribing lifesaving statins tripled their prescription rates, according … Read More→
_ Cardiac RehabilitationLong-Term Survival Worse for Black Survivors of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest By Jane Farrell articleBlacks who survive cardiac arrest during hospitalization have lower odds of long-term survival compared with similar white survivors, according to … Read More→
_ Heart HealthCash and Goal Setting Help Motivate Heart Patients to Take Healthy Steps By Jane Farrell articleThe thought of losing up to $14 a week along with personalized goal setting may have motivated ischemic heart disease … Read More→
_ Medical CareWidely Used Catheter Device May Harm Some Patients By Jane Farrell articleA widely used intravenous device may in fact be harming some patients, a study shows. The study, by researchers from … Read More→
_ Medical ProceduresPatients and Doctors Don't See Post-Surgical Scars The Same Way By Jane Farrell articleWhen it comes to post-surgical scarring, patients and doctors sometimes don’t see eye to eye. Researchers from the Perelman School … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesBrain-Scan-Guided Emergency Stroke Treatment Can Save More Lives By Jane Farrell articleResearchers say that advances in brain imaging can now identify a greater number of stroke patients who can receive therapy … Read More→
_ Medical ResearchA Computer App for Heart Patients By Jane Farrell articleResearchers have developed an app that helps improve heart failure patients’ quality of life and longevity, according to a clinical … Read More→