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...could help lower the multiple-gestation rate and thereby bring down the risk of premature births. Educating women about the importance of a full-term pregnancy and the risk factors that are associated with premature births is also critical; the March of Dimes is sponsoring a study of such patient counseling strategies at hospitals in Kentucky. "These are programs that can be put in place by governors, legislatures, health departments and health care providers," says Howse. "I'm very optimistic about the longer-term result of these efforts on reducing the preterm birth rate...
...most famous man who searched for the army was László Almásy, a Hungarian aristocrat who, in his wanderings, claimed to find the mythical oasis of Zerzura - "the oasis of little birds" - and became the subject of Michael Ondaatje's best-selling novel, The English Patient. (Read about Egypt's pyramids in danger...
...hoping that my work with Medfusion will help the company focus more and more attention on the patient outcome side of value improvement,” Porter said via e-mail, “My work shows that the best way to control health care costs is actually to improve patient outcomes, which reduces the need for expensive treatment...
...This will require restructuring how care is delivered to, among other things, improve patient engagement and education, and measure patient outcomes over time,” he said...
...Swiss government, concerned that Switzerland is becoming a destination for "suicide tourism," wants to tighten its decades-old assisted-suicide law, considered to be the most liberal of its kind in the world. As it stands, the legislation permits assisted suicide if a physician is convinced that the patient has no chance of recovery, that he or she is mentally and physically capable of making the decision to die and that the patient administers the drug - about 10 grams of sodium pentobarbital mixed with a fruit juice - in a private residence. (If a third party administers the drug...