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This study demonstrates that a sequential screening program that provides patients with first-trimester results and offers the option for early invasive testing or additional serum screening in the second trimester can detect 98% of trisomy 21-affected pregnancies. However, such an approach will result in 17% of patients being considered at risk and, hence, potentially having an invasive test.
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Abdominal fat increases with advancing age and has been linked to increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. While insufficient exercise and overeating certainly contribute to age-related acquisition of abdominal fat, hormonal and metabolic factors also have been implicated. Even thin individuals who exercise regularly display increased abdominal fat as they age.
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TALLAHASSEE, FLThe percentage of working people without health insurance in Florida increased over the past five years, mostly because they couldnt afford rising premiums, a new state study has found.
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While the Mississippi Hospital Association protests that the idea would be disastrous for its members, attorney Richard Scruggs said a lawsuit settlement being negotiated with North Mississippi Medical Center involving free and reduced medical care could become a national model for the level of service hospitals should provide.
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Many studies have been done on the need for safety net providers. But until recently, no one had looked at the level of awareness of those providers existence. Research by the Center for Studying Health System Change paints a disturbing picture of how well or not people understand the help they have available, and what capacity problems could develop if they understood better.
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The first head-to-head comparison study of an ACE inhibitor and an angiotensin receptor blocker, to assess renoprotective effects in type 2 diabetes, has shown that the drugs are comparable in their benefit.
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In the face of a bioterrorism attack or even a major flu outbreak, state, county, and local health departments will be expected to act quickly to bring vaccinations and other medical care to all who need it. Now, those agencies have help coming in the form of RealOpt, a software program created by a Georgia Tech professor.
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A Commonwealth Fund study reports that while community health centers deliver primary health care to much of New York Citys low income population, the design and delivery of health care services at the centers can be made more patient-friendly.
