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Can Digitally Driven Kiosks Help Patients Find Medications?
If you have heard or read the news of late it has…
Rite Aid Stores Hosts RV Tour For a Free Skin Cancer Screen
This is pretty cool as a big RV comes around and had…
PSA screening: Does It or Doesn’t It?
A study in the NEJM reports that after 11 years of follow…
Electronic Access Increases Test Ordering Behavior
Electronic Access to Lab and Xray results is a convenience that…
In the Battle of Doctor’s Orders Versus Patient Power, the Patient is Winning
Today, patients are no longer patients in the traditional sense; they are…
(Some) Docs Launch War on Overutilization
(Reuters)–A leading group of U.S. doctors is trying to tackle the costly…
MRI Can Detect Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Patients
An MRI scan that detects atrophy patterns in the brains of Alzheimer’s…
New Cancer Screening Recommendations Very Controversial
I see five major themes in cancer care advances –new approaches to…
Preventive Medicine, Home Health & ACOs
Although many of the independent providers I've surveyed seem less enthusiastic regarding…
Telomeres Point to New Osteoarthritis Therapies
Osteoarthritis is a devastating and extremely common disease. It can be caused…