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Report: Caregivers tackling complex medical tasks with little training
Half of the nation’s 40 million family caregivers are performing complicated medical/nursing tasks for their family members and friends, including…
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Confounding by indication case study 2: Hormonal contraception and risk of depression
I wrote in a previous blog about the importance of understanding confounding by indication and being sure to ask researchers…
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AHCJ selects Austin for Health Journalism 2020
Health Journalism 2020, the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists, will take place in Austin, Texas, AHCJ…
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Survey: People trust their smartphones more than hospitals with their personal data
Nearly half of consumers believe their personal health information is more secure on their personal electronic devices – smartphones, laptops…
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Oral arguments and legal drama in the Texas v. United States ACA case
On Tuesday, July 9, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the appeal of Texas v.…
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AHCJ selects Austin for Health Journalism 2020
Health Journalism 2020, the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists, will take place in Austin, Texas, AHCJ…
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Confounding by indication case study 1: Induction of labor and cesarean delivery risk
One of the biggest challenges in teasing out possible causation or directionality of an exposure and an observed phenomenon, it’s…
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Researchers asking tough questions about Medicare’s readmission reduction program
Researchers and health policy experts are questioning the value of Medicare’s efforts to reduce 30-day hospital readmissions. The latest example…
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Report tackles the risk of medication overload among older adults
Experts on aging are sounding the alarm about another U.S. drug crisis: Too many older adults taking too many medications.…
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Researchers identify new Alzheimer’s-like condition
A recently recognized dementia that mimics many of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, but actually is an entirely different form…
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