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 E-Mail IMAGE:  "Two large studies have now confirmed that screening can lower the chance of dying of lung cancer in high-risk people. However, people considering screening should know that a relatively small... view more  Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, NC -- A comprehensive review by University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues of hundreds of publications, incorporating more than two dozen articles on prevention screening for lung cancer wi...

Health IT Safety Leaders Address Changes Needed to Improve Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care ECRIs Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety and the Electronic Health Record Association release five safe practice recommendations News provided by Share this article (PRNewsfoto/Electronic Health Record Association,ECRI) PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. and CHICAGO, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- New research by a collaborative of national health IT safety experts reinforces the urgent need for ...

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Share this article Share this article PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of medical products have been authorized for temporary use in the past year to meet the unprecedented need for life-saving equipment and supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, an internationally respected patient safety organization cautions that meticulous management of these Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) products is crucial to protecting patients, healthcare workers, and hospital op...

1.  The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General. US Dept of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2014. 2.  Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General. US Dept of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, ...

Setting Up A New Shop Oregons former governor is pushing a rational way to control drug costs. Sarah Harney   |   December 2003 To tame the prescription drug costs in their Medicaid programs, states are trying everything--from limiting prescription coverage to eyeing Canadian-based purchasing. John Kitzhaber, a former governor of Oregon and physician, and Mark Gibson, his health policy adviser for eight years, are plotting another approach: Provide states...

1. Patel  EU, Thio  CL, Boon  D, Thomas  DL, Tobian  AAR.  Prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus infections in the United States, 2011-2016.  2. Schillie  S, Vellozzi  C, Reingold  A,  et al.  Prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in the United States: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.  3. Hepatitis B basic information. US Department ...

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