Showing posts with label Conditions and Diseases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conditions and Diseases. Show all posts
Thursday, June 26, 2014

What Impact Will Hepatitis C Drugs Have on Medical Costs? Look Here

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Drug prices are a major and unpredicable cost in calcularing workers' compensation exposure. Recent developments in hepatitis C treatm...
Monday, January 6, 2014

Why Everyone Seems to Have Cancer

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EVERY New Year when the government publishes its Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer , it is followed by a familiar lament....
Friday, December 20, 2013

What Happens in the Brain After a Concussion

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Thomas Northcut/Getty Image s Head concussions are a serious issue for professional and ameture athletes. The challenge of determini...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Characterizing the quality of supportive cancer care can guide quality improvement of veterans

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Objective   To evaluate nonhospice supportive cancer care c omprehensively in a national sample of veterans . Design, Setting, and Partici...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Rare Cancer Treatments, Cleared by F.D.A. but Not Subject to Scrutiny

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Today's post was shared by The New York Times and comes from www.nytimes.com When federal regulators permitted the sale of an un...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Exposure to Shift Work as a Risk Factor for Diabetes

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Today's post was shared by Safe Healthy Workers and comes from jbr.sagepub.com Using telephone survey data from 1111 retired old...
Saturday, November 9, 2013

Detection and Prevention

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Driving while tired is equivalent to a DUI. Today's post was shared by NIOSH Transportation and comes from drowsydriving.org DID ...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Neuroscience may offer hope to millions robbed of silence by tinnitus

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Occupational and traumatic hearing loss claims usually have a " tinnitus component" in measurable disability as a compensable ...
Sunday, November 3, 2013

Exposures Caused by Dampness in Office Buildings, Schools, and Other Nonindustrial Buildings

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Office buildings, schools, and other nonindustrial buildings may develop moisture and dampness problems from roof and window leaks, high ...
Friday, November 1, 2013

Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis

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Today's post was shared by CDC Cancer and comes from iom.edu  In the United States , approximately 14 million people have had cancer a...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Increased in risk of specific NHL subtypes associated with occupational exposure to TCE

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Trichloroethylene Study published linking trichloroethylene exposure to ca...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Questioning Statins for Older Patients

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Limiting medication can reduce overall patient care costs. The efficacy of controlling cholesterol in the "very old" populati...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Deaths Linked to Cardiac Stents Rise as Overuse Seen

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Cardiovascular claims that are deemed compensable are costly medical and pharmaceutical claims. The procedures are expensive an risky and th...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Asthma related to cleaning agents: a clinical insight

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  Cleaning workers are exposed to many substances ans irritants .Today post is from bmj.org. In recent years, there has been a growi...