January 27th, 2012 by admin
If you believe, as I do, that decreasing life expectancy for the 99% is a policy goal of the 1%, then the health care system is working as designed, and succeeding brilliantly. Bookmark/Search this post with: Buzz Up! del.icio.us ...January 26th, 2012 by admin
Consumer groups are scrambling to salvage a popular provision of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul that suddenly seems to be in question.January 25th, 2012 by admin
An antiplatelet drugis a member of a class of pharmaceuticals that decreases platelet aggregation and inhibits thrombus formation. They are effective in the arterial circulation, where anticoagulants have little effect.
They are widely used in primary and secondary prevention of thrombotic cerebrovascular or cardiovascular disease.
A recent review [1] states: “….low-dose aspirin increases the risk of major bleeding 2-fold compared with placebo. However, the annual incidence of major bleeding due to low-dose aspirin is modest—only 1.3 patients per thousand higher than what is observed with placebo treatment. Treatment of approximately 800 patients with low-dose aspirin annually for cardiovascular prophylaxis will result in only 1 additional major bleeding episode.” Further, “…the cost to prevent one major GI bleeding episode from aspirin in 1 year by substituting clopidogrel therapy would be $1,216,180…”
The most important antiplatelet drugs are:
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January 25th, 2012 by admin
President Obama?s largest legislative accomplishment to date was the passage of the health care reform law, which has been going into effect in stages, with regulations currently being written for the most substantial changes due to take effect in 2014. So it is odd the President mentioned health care only briefly, and in passing, in ...January 24th, 2012 by admin
Of all the people in the health care system, none is more central than the physician. Fundamental reform that lowers costs, raises quality and improves access to care is almost inconceivable without physicians leading and ...January 23rd, 2012 by admin
Commercial health insurers are scrambling for position as a key part of the federal health law threatens to upend their marketplace in two years.January 22nd, 2012 by admin
With corporations maximizing profits by downsizing, rightsizing, and outsourcing, it's only logical that health care will be outsourced--to countries with better heal;th plans than the U.S. (A World Health Organization analysis ...January 21st, 2012 by admin
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:January 20th, 2012 by admin
On stage for the final debate before the South Carolina primary Thursday, Mitt Romney gave one of his longest and most detailed answers about how he'd seek to repeal the health care law, and how he'd replace it. On the…January 19th, 2012 by admin
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:January 18th, 2012 by admin
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:January 17th, 2012 by admin
NAIFA discusses health insuranceFond du Lac ReporterPatricia Strachota, R-West Bend, who is the co-chair of the Legislative Council Study Committee of Health.January 16th, 2012 by admin
Health care workers at a recent symposium in Greenville heard suggestions for improving the delivery of health care to eastern North Carolina, a region challenged by medical issues among some populations. They also were given an overview of the approaching effect of health care reform.January 15th, 2012 by admin
The use of health care is both predictable and random. It is predictable in the sense that some people are more likely to use health care than others—because of age, chronic illness, or genetic disposition. It is random because ...January 14th, 2012 by admin
They are produced by the Cochrane Collaboration, a British non-profit, which says its reviews are “internationally recognised as the highest standard in evidence-based health care”. The Cochrane Review that Rachael found ...January 13th, 2012 by admin
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:January 12th, 2012 by admin
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:January 11th, 2012 by admin
Decrease Font Size Increase Font Size. If le style c'est l'homme meme (the style is the man), goodness knows what the authors of an editorial in the latest New England Journal of Medicine must be like; cyborgs, I should think. ...