Articles tagged with patients
Sat, May 19, 2012
Court Victory For Alzheimers Patients
MADISON, WI (WSAU) The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules patients with Alzheimer’s disease can’t be lumped in with mentally challenged patients. The state ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Patients should consult before stopping Pfizer drug-FDA
(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators said patients should not stop taking Pfizer Inc's Zithromax antibiotic without consulting a doctor, after a study showed ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
FDA warns MS patients about risky treatment
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drug regulators are warning people with multiple sclerosis that an experimental treatment that props open internal veins ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
Grant will help NW Wisconsin mental health patients get the help they need
A federal grant will help mental health patients in northwest Wisconsin get the benefits to which they’re entitled. ABC for Rural Health announced ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
Patients leaving hospital against advice fare worse
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospital patients who leave against medical advice may have an increased risk of being readmitted or dying ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
Fish oil supplements don't help MS patients: study
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people with multiple sclerosis take fish oil pills with the hope of keeping neurological symptoms from ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
Cancer patients rarely speak up about care problems
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new survey of cancer patients, many people who'd had problems with their treatment never ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
Trauma patients taken by chopper may fare better
By Andrew M. Seaman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer serious injuries may have a better chance of surviving if they're taken ...
Mon, April 16, 2012
Telemonitoring may not help older patients
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older patients with heart, lung or kidney disease who were monitored with at-home electronic systems were just ...
Mon, April 09, 2012
Colon screening more likely when patients pick test
By Andrew M. Seaman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study finds that people are more likely to get screened for colorectal cancer when ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Hospital pay incentives fail to help patients: study
By Lewis Krauskopf
(Reuters) - A program to pay hospitals bonuses for hitting key performance measures, or dock them if they miss, failed to improve ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Bypass patients outlive those who get stents: study
By Susan Kelly
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patients with blocked coronary arteries who opt for heart bypass surgery appear to live longer than those who choose ...
Mon, March 26, 2012
Many young cancer patients don't discuss fertility
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young women with cancer often aren't counseled about the risk of losing their fertility due to ...
Thu, March 22, 2012
Funding cuts put 3.4 million TB patients at risk: NGOs
By Julie Mollins
LONDON (Reuters) - A $1.7 billion funding shortfall to fight tuberculosis (TB) over the next five years means 3.4 million ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Adrenaline shot may not always help heart patients: study
(Reuters) - People in cardiac arrest may do worse long-term if they're given a shot of adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, on the way ...
Tue, March 20, 2012
Adrenaline shot may not always help heart patients
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People in cardiac arrest may do worse long-term if they're given a shot of adrenaline on ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
Regeneron says eye drug capturing Roche patients
By Ransdell Pierson
(Reuters) - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said surveys suggest its Eylea treatment for macular degeneration is capturing 60 percent of its sales from ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Cancer patients do well at veterans' hospitals
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men treated for cancer at Veterans Health Administration hospitals do just as well, if not better ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Radcliffe encourages OCD patients to seek help
The Harry Potter star developed OCD when he was just five years old, and sought out therapy when his anxiety became so bad that ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
More patients relapse in Gilead hepatitis C trial
By Deena Beasley
(Reuters) - Two more patients in a 10-patient segment of a mid-stage trial testing Gilead Sciences Inc's experimental hepatitis C drug ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Vertex, Merck hepatitis drugs work in HIV patients
By Deena Beasley
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Rival hepatitis C drugs from Merck & Co and Vertex Pharmaceuticals are effective in patients also infected with HIV, the ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Vertex, Merck hepatitis drugs work in HIV patients
By Deena Beasley
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Rival hepatitis C drugs from Merck & Co Inc and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc are effective in patients also infected with ...
Mon, March 05, 2012
Radcliffe encourages OCD patients to seek help
The Harry Potter star developed OCD when he was just five years old, and sought out therapy when his anxiety became so bad that ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
Meaning-based therapy may aid terminal patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Psychotherapy focused on spirituality and finding meaning may help improve quality of life and well-being in terminally ill cancer patients ...
Tue, February 28, 2012
Pills as good as stents for some patients: study
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Treating stable heart patients with a handful of pills works just as well as propping open blocked heart arteries ...
Mon, February 27, 2012
Pills as good as stents for stable heart patients: analysis
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Treating stable heart patients with a handful of pills works just as well as propping open blocked heart arteries ...
Fri, February 10, 2012
'Hunger hormone' could help chemo patients: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A synthetic version of the "hunger hormone" ghrelin might help limit the loss of appetite that can come with cancer ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Roche's Avastin helps colorectal cancer patients
ZURICH (Reuters) - Patients with advanced colorectal cancer who received Roche's Avastin live longer when they also receive the drug as part of their ...
Mon, January 23, 2012
First patients shown to improve with embryonic stem cells
By Sharon Begley
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Before treatment, the 51-year-old graphic artist was legally blind, unable to read a single letter on a standard ...
Thu, January 12, 2012
Some IVF patients don't follow doctor's orders
By Andrew M. Seaman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors recommend women using fertility treatments cut back on certain activities to increase their chances of ...
Wed, January 11, 2012
Extra oxygen may harm emergency patients: report
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - That oxygen mask they strap on patients rushed to the ER after a heart attack or a ...
Wed, January 11, 2012
Stroke patients maintain benefits of robot therapy
By Andrew M. Seaman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Stroke patients who have the most trouble walking may see lasting benefits from using machines that ...
Tue, January 03, 2012
Heart patients have higher hospital readmission rates
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Americans who have had a severe heart attack are far more likely to be readmitted to the hospital than ...
Fri, December 30, 2011
Ohio Medicaid cancer patients survive less time
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer patients on Medicaid survive less time after their diagnosis than people with private or no insurance ...
Thu, December 29, 2011
Special bike helps lung disease patients get around
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A modernized version of the world's first bicycle could help some people with emphysema get around ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Leukemia patients at greatest risk of listeriosis
By Kerry Grens
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with certain conditions, including leukemia, other cancers and pregnancy, are at the greatest risk of getting ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Many stent patients get rehospitalized: study
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A New York State study of 40,000 patients getting stents inserted to open up blocked arteries ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
FDA looking into death of patient on Novartis' Gilenya
(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators said on Tuesday they received a report of a multiple sclerosis patient who died within 24 hours of taking ...
Mon, December 19, 2011
Patients want to read, share their medical records
By Kerry Grens
(Reuters Health) - Patients want easy access to any notes their doctor has recorded about them, and they want the right to ...
Wed, December 14, 2011
Brain stimulation may help some stroke patients
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treating stroke patients who have lost control and awareness of one side of their body with magnetic ...
Wed, December 14, 2011
Helicopter not always better for stroke patients
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The conventional wisdom that helicopters are the best way to transport all stroke patients treated with clot-busting ...
Mon, December 12, 2011
Some back pain patients can skip the MRI: study
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who get steroid injections to ease back pain do not need an MRI scan, which does little to ...
Thu, December 01, 2011
FDA sets path for key new diabetes device
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new guidelines to medical device makers developing a potentially revolutionary device ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
Life-saving transfer of heart patients lagging
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A quick transfer from one hospital to another with more sophisticated facilities can be a lifesaver for ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
One in 10 stent patients readmitted within a month
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One out of every 10 people who get a stent inserted to open up blocked arteries ends ...
Fri, November 25, 2011
Heart patients prefer longevity over quality of life
By Linda Thrasybule
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When an elderly person's chronic disease is impossible to cure, many doctors might assume that patient ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Life-saving prescriptions lagging in heart patients
By Linda Thrasybule
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than one in five people with heart disease aren't getting life-saving statin drugs despite guidelines ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
More and more dementia patients hospitalized
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new analysis of elderly dementia patients has found that by 2050, between three and seven million ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
More and more dementia patients hospitalized
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new analysis of elderly dementia patients has found that by 2050, between three and seven million ...
Wed, November 09, 2011
Bundchen surprises cancer patients
The Brazilian beauty was on hand to give the girls lessons in catwalk moves at a beauty salon in Boston, Massachusetts as the group ...
Tue, November 08, 2011
Bundchen surprises cancer patients
The Brazilian beauty was on hand to give the girls lessons in catwalk moves at a beauty salon in Boston, Massachusetts as the group ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
Teaching patients to manage diabetes works: studies
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diabetics whose blood sugar is hard to rein in can be helped by self-management education and counseling ...
Wed, October 05, 2011
Do patients need to stay the night after stenting?
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some elderly patients getting a heart stent can leave the hospital the same day with no extra ...
Mon, October 03, 2011
Vermillion blood test shows promise in identifying patients
(Reuters) - Vermillion Inc said its experimental blood test showed promise in identifying patients with risk of blood vessel clots, sending its shares up 10 ...
Sun, October 02, 2011
Libya government brings more tanks to smash Sirte resistance
By Rania El Gamal and Tim Gaynor
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan government forces brought more tanks into the city of Sirte on Friday to ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
Some stroke patients not getting recommended drug
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Guidelines say that stroke sufferers with the heart-rhythm problem atrial fibrillation should take the clot-fighting drug warfarin ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Laughter good medicine for dementia patients:study
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Laughter may be good medicine for elderly dementia patients -- and best of all, it doesn't have side effects.
Australian humor therapist ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Debt panel eyes dual Medicare/Medicaid patients
By Donna Smith
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government health benefits for some 9 million of the sickest and poorest U.S. citizens will come under scrutiny ...
Sun, September 25, 2011
Novartis drug may help older breast cancer patients
By Kate Kelland
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Novartis's bone drug Zometa extended survival in older breast cancer patients but failed to improve disease-free survival among ...
Mon, September 19, 2011
FDA clears Amgen bone drug for cancer patients
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. drug regulators approved two new uses for Amgen Inc's osteoporosis drug Prolia, allowing it to be used for bone ...
Fri, September 09, 2011
Cash crunch hits Swaziland AIDS patients: MSF
By Ed Cropley
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An acute government funding crisis in Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy, is disrupting supplies of HIV/AIDS drugs ...
Wed, September 07, 2011
Many self-harm patients don't get psych evaluation
Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors in the emergency room often don't evaluate the mental health of patients who've cut or ...
Thu, September 01, 2011
Five VA patients blinded by Avastin injections: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Five patients being treated for eye disease were blinded after being injected with Roche Holding AG's Avastin at the Los ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
Wisconsin clinic warns patients of possible exposure
MADISON, Wis (Reuters) - A Wisconsin health clinic said on Monday it was notifying all 2,345 patients seen by a former employee over the ...
Mon, August 29, 2011
Clinic warns Wisconsin patients blood exposure possible
MADISON, Wis (Reuters) - A Wisconsin health clinic said on Monday it was notifying all 2,345 patients seen by a former employee over the ...
Mon, August 29, 2011
2,300 Madison clinic patients may have been exposed to serious blood diseases
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A large clinic in Madison said it might have exposed over 23-hundred patients to blood-borne diseases like Hepatitis-“B”-and-“C ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
Extend STD treatment beyond patients, say ob-gyns
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - American obstetrician-gynecologists are pushing to extend their reach to the sexual partners of women treated for gonorrhea ...
Wed, August 24, 2011
Cancer patients like Jobs face risks from treatment
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Patients with the rare form of cancer suffered by Apple Inc's Steve Jobs face a tougher battle if ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Training helps doctors talk to dying patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors are notoriously bad at delivering that tough message: You are going to die.
But a new study shows a ...
Mon, August 15, 2011
Music therapy may ease anxiety in cancer patients
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Music therapy might help lower anxiety and improve mood in people with cancer, say researchers who analyzed ...
Fri, August 12, 2011
Most patients don't need extra tests for diagnosis
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Examining patients and taking a medical history are more useful to hospital doctors in diagnosing patients than ...
Tue, August 09, 2011
Blood tests tied to anemia in heart attack patients
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drawing blood for medical tests could make sick patients even sicker, hints a new study that suggests ...
Tue, August 09, 2011
Blood tests tied to anemia in heart attack patients
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drawing blood for medical tests could make sick patients even sicker, hints a new study that suggests ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
Actelion drug cuts brain lesions in MS patients
By Martin de Sa'Pinto and Katie Reid
ZURICH (Reuters) - Actelion's experimental multiple sclerosis drug ponesimod met its main goal in a mid-stage ...
Mon, July 25, 2011
"Touchy" doctor reaches plea in criminal case
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) – A former Marshfield Clinic doctor accused of fondling five patients as they woke up from sedation has reached a plea ...
Fri, July 08, 2011
Privately insured heart patients had best outcomes
By Debra Sherman
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patients who had heart valve replacement surgery who were privately insured in the United States had better medical outcomes ...
Wed, June 29, 2011
Doctors encourage mammograms in dying patients
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many doctors would recommend mammograms to terminally ill women, even though there is almost no chance they ...
Sat, June 25, 2011
France should pay if E.coli warning wrong: British MEP
BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - A British MEP called on France to pay compensation if a British company linked by the French government to an E ...
Thu, June 23, 2011
Faster stroke care when patients come by ambulance
By Eric Schultz
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with stroke-like symptoms get brain scans faster when they arrive at the hospital by ambulance than ...
Wed, June 22, 2011
Planned Parenthood Won't Serve Medicaid Patients
TERRE HAUTE, IN (WIBQ) -- Its official: Terre Haute Planned Parenthood won’t serve its current Medicaid patients. That amounts to just over 260 people ...
Mon, June 20, 2011
Lung cancer patients don't get equal symptom care
By Kerry Grens
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lung cancer patients at public hospitals, which serve a greater proportion of poor and disadvantaged people, are ...
Mon, June 20, 2011
Indiana Planned Parenthood to drop Medicaid patients
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood of Indiana will stop seeing Medicaid patients after Monday because of an Indiana law that cut the ...
Thu, June 09, 2011
Pain drugs' safety for heart patients doubted again
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heart disease patients who chronically use painkillers like ibuprofen and naproxen might face an increased risk of ...
Mon, June 06, 2011
Florida doctors defend right to discuss guns with patients
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of Florida physicians filed a federal lawsuit on Monday seeking to overturn a new state law that limits doctors ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
Five patients who died in Joplin hospital suffocated
By Kevin Murphy
JOPLIN, Missouri (Reuters) - Workers at a hospital hit by a tornado in Joplin, Missouri on Sunday describe a storm so terrible ...
Mon, May 23, 2011
Most cancer patients like full access to records
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer patients who were given full access to their medical records at the beginning of treatment said ...
Sun, May 08, 2011
Crohn's patients respond to J&J's Stelara in study
By Bill Berkrot
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's Stelara helped a significantly higher percentage of Crohn's disease sufferers than those who received ...
Wed, May 04, 2011
Virtual reality shows promise for stroke patients
By Natasha Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Virtual reality isn't just fun for kids -- it might also be able to help many stroke ...
Wed, May 04, 2011
Touchy doctor, patients settle out-of-court
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Six women who said they were sexually assaulted by a former Marshfield Clinic doctor are settling their civil lawsuits out of ...
Tue, April 26, 2011
Not all pneumonia patients need a chest X-ray
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pneumonia patients who are under 50 and don't smoke don't need chest X-rays to look ...
Fri, April 22, 2011
Some heart surgery patients skip statin therapy
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heart disease patients who undergo surgery may be less likely to stick with their cholesterol medication than ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
Report: More Chronically-Ill Patients Die at Home, Hospice Care
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A new report says more chronically-ill Americans are dying at home or in hospice care units – and Milwaukee area hospitals see ...
Mon, April 18, 2011
Patients with do-not-resuscitate orders fare worse
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study could help people with a do-not-resuscitate order make better decisions about what surgeries they ...
Mon, April 18, 2011
Hemophilia drug often used in other patients: study
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A drug approved only to treat the rare bleeding disorder hemophilia is being used much more often ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Stent studies don't reflect "real world" patients
By Kerry Grens
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Stroke-preventing devices are not being tested in people who resemble the patients most likely to receive them ...
Mon, March 28, 2011
Experts back surgery to combat diabetes in obese patients
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A diabetes expert group backed the use of weight-loss surgery on Monday for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in severely obese ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
Healthcare startup treats uninsured patients
By Natalie Armstrong
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Dr. Garrison Bliss has found a way to decrease the role of insurance companies in day-to-day medical care that ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
Injured patients fare slightly better on weekends
By Kerry Grens
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Injured patients who are treated by trauma teams at hospitals are less likely to die when they ...
Wed, March 16, 2011
Minnesota nurse may have stolen painkillers, infected patients
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A nurse is suspected of inadvertently tainting intravenous painkillers at St. Cloud Hospital while seeking drugs, spreading bacterial infections to 23 patients ...
Sat, March 05, 2011
Transplant patients a target of Arizona budget cuts
By Tim Gaynor
PEORIA, Arizona (Reuters) - A pacemaker and defibrillator fitted to carpenter Douglas Gravagna's failing heart makes even rising from the couch ...
Mon, February 28, 2011
NY man posed as doctor, assaulted patients, prosecutors say
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The trial of an alleged phony cancer doctor accused of sexually assaulting his patients started on Monday in New York with ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
Pushing limits can help chronic fatigue patients
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Helping chronic fatigue syndrome patients to push their limits and try to overcome the condition produces a better rate ...
Wed, February 02, 2011
Are for-profit hospices cherry-picking patients?
By Lynne Peeples
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - By choosing cheaper patients -- those likely to stay longer and rely on less skilled care -- for-profit hospices ...
Wed, January 26, 2011
U.S. panel backs Abbott carotid stent for more patients
By Susan Heavey
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. health advisers backed Abbott Laboratories' RX Acculink carotid stent on Wednesday as another option for a ...
Thu, January 20, 2011
Antibodies help seriously ill H1N1 patients recover
By Tan Ee Lyn
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Patients who fell severely ill with the pandemic H1N1 flu responded well when treated with antibodies harvested ...
Thu, January 20, 2011
Antibodies help seriously ill H1N1 patients recover
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Patients who fell severely ill with the pandemic H1N1 flu responded well when treated with antibodies harvested from survivors of the ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
Roche melanoma drug helps patients live longer
By Katie Reid
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche's new treatment for advanced skin cancer helps patients live longer and also extends the period ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
Vulnerable patients may lack access to trauma care
By Lynne Peeples
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many of the people most likely to need trauma care -- including the poor and minorities -- might find ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
Statin benefits questioned in low-risk patients
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People without heart disease should think twice before taking cholesterol-lowering statins, British researchers warn in a report ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
Roche melanoma drug helps patients live longer
By Katie Reid
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche's new treatment for advanced skin cancer helps patients live longer and also extends the period ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
S.Africa "whoonga" is new threat to HIV patients
By Jon Herskovitz
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Millions of South Africans with HIV face a new worry -- being robbed of life-prolonging medicine by drug gangs who ...
Wed, January 05, 2011
Patients underestimate CT scan radiation, risks
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Here's a chance to test your medical knowledge:
Will getting two or three CT scans of ...
Tue, January 04, 2011
Many heart devices used in unqualified patients
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many people are getting implantable heart defibrillators who do not meet treatment guidelines, boosting costs of care and risks ...
Thu, December 23, 2010
Ex-Nursing Home Aide Sentenced for Removing Pain Patches From Patients
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A former nursing home aide in Madison was given jail and probation for removing pain medication patches from three patients.
22-year-old ...
Wed, December 22, 2010
Placebos help, even when patients know about them
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Placebos can help patients feel better, even if they are fully aware they are taking a sugar pill, researchers reported on Wednesday ...
Tue, December 21, 2010
St. Mary's Hospital Patients Had Personal Info Compromised
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Thousands of Madison area patients are being offered identity theft protection, after a doctor had a laptop stolen from her home ...
Mon, December 13, 2010
Vioxx harmful even after patients stopped taking it
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Merck's withdrawn painkiller Vioxx may have continued to cause blood clots and perhaps deaths even after ...
Sun, December 12, 2010
Cytokinetics drug helps ALS patients in small trial
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A small trial of Cytokinetics Inc's experimental drug for patients suffering from amyotropic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig ...
Wed, December 08, 2010
Music may soothe stress in critically ill patients
By Alison McCook
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Listening to music appears to have a calming effect on hospital patients hooked up to breathing machines ...
Fri, December 03, 2010
Uncertainty a huge source of anxiety in patients
By Fran Lowry
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (Reuters Health) - Uncertainty about a diagnosis causes more anxiety and can be more stressful than actually knowing that you ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
Harm in hospitals still common for patients
By Zach Gottlieb
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite a decade of efforts to improve patient safety in hospitals -- initially inspired by a seminal report ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
Forgotten patients hold key to heart device safety
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A little-known and unregulated practice by companies developing new medical devices could be making the products look ...
Mon, November 22, 2010
Stem cell trial offers hope for vision patients
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Christopher Goodrich of Portland, Oregon, can't wait to stick a needle in his eye ...
Sat, November 20, 2010
Merck's Vytorin cuts heart attack risk in kidney patients
By Deena Beasley
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kidney disease patients treated with Merck & Co Inc's cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin were about 16 percent less likely ...
Fri, November 19, 2010
Pomegranate juice could help kidney patients
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There may be a seed of truth amidst the many health claims for pomegranate juice, researchers from ...
Thu, November 18, 2010
Arthritis drug less effective for obese patients
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese adults with rheumatoid arthritis may be less likely than thinner people to respond to some of ...
Thu, November 18, 2010
Kidney transplants found safe in HIV patients
By Gene Emery
BOSTON (Reuters) - People infected with HIV can safely receive a kidney transplant, researchers reported on Wednesday.
The finding, published in Thursday ...
Tue, November 16, 2010
Errors kill 15,000 aged patients a month: study
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mistakes and unavoidable problems kill an estimated 15,000 elderly U.S. patients every month ...
Mon, November 15, 2010
Bypass patients can benefit from a few drinks
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Men who underwent heart bypass surgery and consumed about two drinks a day afterward had fewer subsequent cardiovascular procedures than those who ...
Sun, November 14, 2010
Bypass patients can benefit from a few drinks: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Men who underwent heart bypass surgery and consumed about two drinks a day afterward had fewer subsequent cardiovascular procedures than those who ...
Sun, November 14, 2010
Pfizer heart-failure drug helps milder patients: study
By Ransdell Pierson and Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - People with mild heart failure lived longer and fared better by adding Pfizer's drug Inspra ...
Mon, November 08, 2010
Cancer patients pick antidepressant for hot flashes
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Breast cancer survivors who struggle with hot flashes may find respite in an antidepressant, according to a ...
Sat, October 30, 2010
Black patients fare well on Vertex hepatitis C drug
By Bill Berkrot
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A closer look at data from a late stage trial of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc's eagerly anticipated hepatitis ...
Fri, October 15, 2010
Sleep problems common in arthritis patients
By Rachael Myers Lowe
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Arthritis can substantially worsen the quality of a person's sleep, particularly when pain isn't ...
Tue, October 12, 2010
Many dying cancer patients still get screenings
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cancer patients with only a few years to live often continue to get routine mammograms or blood tests for ...
Tue, October 12, 2010
Bisphosphonates tied to stroke in cancer patients
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer patients treated with osteoporosis-fighting drugs are at increased risk of abnormal heart rhythms and stroke, new ...
Thu, October 07, 2010
Body vibration therapy fails test in MS patients
By Adam Marcus
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whole-body vibration is pitched as a solution to everything from low bone density in astronauts to a ...
Mon, October 04, 2010
Some heart patients undergo stress tests too early
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people who have had angioplasty or heart bypass surgery may undergo exercise stress testing too soon ...
Wed, September 29, 2010
H1N1 flu virus can mutate in immunosuppressed patients: study
By Gene Emery
BOSTON (Reuters) - Patients with suppressed immune systems can quickly develop H1N1 flu infections that resist all known drugs, doctors in the ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
Self-care counseling no help to heart patients
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Group meetings to help people with heart failure take better care of themselves don't cut death ...
Fri, September 17, 2010
Dose of denial good for some lung cancer patients
By Lynne Peeples
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A little denial can go a long way in helping lung cancer patients deal socially and emotionally ...
Fri, September 17, 2010
Dose of denial good for some lung cancer patients
By Lynne Peeples
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A little denial can go a long way in helping lung cancer patients deal socially and emotionally ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
Dying at home better for cancer patients
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cancer patients who die at home do so more peacefully -- and their caregivers end up doing better emotionally, too, researchers reported on ...
Thu, September 09, 2010
India not treating AIDS patients early: Global Fund
By Bappa Majumdar
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of AIDS patients in India are not receiving treatment on time, underscoring huge challenges the country faces ...
Wed, September 08, 2010
Ex-Nursing Home Worker Accused of Abusing Patients
COLUMBUS, Wis. (WTAQ) - A former nursing home employee in Columbus is due in court Wednesday afternoon for allegedly abusing patients.
A 40-year-old Beaver Dam ...
Wed, August 25, 2010
Scientists create liver cells from patients' skin
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have created liver cells in a lab for the first time using reprogrammed cells from human skin, paving ...
Mon, August 23, 2010
New mouse virus found in chronic fatigue patients
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have linked a second type of mouse virus to a baffling condition called chronic ...
Fri, August 20, 2010
More painkillers needed for cancer patients: experts
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Cancer patients, particularly in developing regions, are in dire need of painkillers and affordable drugs, experts said.
"It's shocking and ...
Fri, August 13, 2010
Can cancer patients benefit from new drug trials?
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with advanced head and neck cancer survived just as well on experimental drugs as they did ...
Tue, August 10, 2010
Some heart patients not getting treatment: study
By Emma Ashburn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some patients with congestive heart failure are not receiving recommended medicines that could keep them alive longer and out ...
Tue, August 10, 2010
Communication gap seen between patients, doctors
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - What doctors think they are telling hospital patients, and what those patients actually hear, may be very ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
B vitamins may not help stroke patients
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - B vitamins are safe, but they don't appear to protect those who have suffered a stroke ...
Mon, August 02, 2010
Gene variants in Japanese prostate cancer patients
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A large study in Japan into possible genetic causes for prostate cancer has uncovered five new gene variants that have never ...
Sun, August 01, 2010
Gene variants in Japanese prostate cancer patients
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A large study in Japan into possible genetic causes for prostate cancer has uncovered five new gene variants which have never ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
Obese patients lose weight on new Orexigen drug
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
Glaucoma patients struggle with applying eyedrops
By Lynne Peeples
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People in most need of sight-preserving eyedrops may be the least successful in landing the therapy in ...
Mon, July 19, 2010
Early treatment key for HIV-positive patients: WHO
By Kate Kelland
VIENNA (Reuters) - The number of people receiving medicines for the AIDS virus leapt by a quarter last year but more patients ...
Tue, July 13, 2010
Don't dump Avandia, diabetes groups urge patients
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three influential groups of doctors who treat diabetes urged patients not to stop taking Avandia ...
Fri, July 09, 2010
Anxiety may worsen prognosis for heart patients
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Anxiety increases heart patients' likelihood of suffering a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure, new research shows ...
Fri, June 25, 2010
German court rules patients can decide to end life
By Diana Niedernhoefer
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Terminally ill patients on life support should have the right to die if they want to, Germany's ...
Fri, June 25, 2010
German court rules patients can decide to end life
By Diana Niedernhoefer
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) - Terminally ill patients on life support should have the right to die if they want to, Germany's ...
Mon, June 21, 2010
Janesville Making Ambulance Upgrades to Handle Larger Patients
JANESVILLE, Wis. (WTAQ) - As the size of Americans has grown, medical personnel have needed to adapt. Larger patients coming in more frequently can increase ...
Mon, June 21, 2010
British doctor admits he helped patients die
LONDON (Reuters) - A doctor cleared of murdering three patients said he had hastened the deaths of two people without their permission, a British newspaper ...
Thu, May 20, 2010
Older patients can skip breast radiation: study
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Older women with early stage breast cancer can safely skip radiation therapy and go straight ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
Couple of coffees may help some heart patients
LONDON (Reuters) - A couple of cups of coffee a day may help some heart attack patients to avoid further serious problems, provided they have ...
Thu, May 06, 2010
New Law Could be Benefit to State's AIDS Patients
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - More AIDS patients in Wisconsin may benefit from a bill signed into law by Governor Jim Doyle. The legislation requires the ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Cost of imaging cancer patients rising sharply
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The cost of imaging used on Medicare cancer patients is growing at twice the rate of overall cancer treatment ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Lawmakers to insurers: stop dropping sick patients
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats from three U.S. House of Representatives committees are urging top health insurance executives to immediately end the practice of dropping ...
Fri, April 23, 2010
WellPoint routinely targets breast cancer patients
By Murray Waas
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shortly after they were diagnosed with breast cancer, each of the women learned that her health insurance had ...
Fri, April 23, 2010
WellPoint routinely targets breast cancer patients
By Murray Waas
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shortly after they were diagnosed with breast cancer, each of the women learned that her health insurance had ...
Thu, April 22, 2010
Test may let transplant patients skip biopsies
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A gene-based blood test worked as well as a surgical procedure used to check for signs of rejection in ...
Thu, April 22, 2010
WellPoint routinely targets breast cancer patients
By Murray Waas
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shortly after they were diagnosed with breast cancer, each of the women learned that her health insurance had ...
Wed, April 21, 2010
Bottled up anger can be deadly for heart patients
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with heart disease might want to take a careful look at how they handle their feelings ...
Wed, April 21, 2010
Tomah Hospital Patients May Have Been Improperly Charged for Meds
TOMAH, Wis. (WTAQ) - Up to 600 patients at a hospital in Tomah might have been charged for medicines they didn’t buy. Officials at ...
Tue, April 20, 2010
Should patients see the dermatologist together?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're frustrated by long waits to see a dermatologist, you and your skin doctor might want to consider ...
Thu, April 15, 2010
Chocolate may be good medicine for liver patients
LONDON (Reuters) - Cocoa-rich dark chocolate could be prescribed for people with liver cirrhosis in future, following the latest research to show potential health benefits ...
Wed, April 14, 2010
Artificial pancreas works in 11 patients: study
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A test run of an "artificial pancreas" that monitors blood sugar and delivers both insulin and regulatory hormone called ...
Tue, April 06, 2010
Merck drug shows promise in pelvic cancer patients
LONDON (Reuters) - An anti-cancer pill from Merck & Co can fight tumors and is safe in combination with palliative radiotherapy for patients with advanced pelvic ...
Tue, March 30, 2010
IBS patients' families more prone to symptoms too
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) does seem to run in families, a new study by Mayo Clinic researchers ...
Wed, March 24, 2010
U.S. panel sees anemia drug risks in kidney patients
By Susan Heavey
BALTIMORE, Maryland (Reuters) - Use of controversial anemia drugs made by Amgen Inc and Johnson & Johnson at high levels likely worsen heart ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
Medicare to pay for "fillers" in HIV patients
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Medicare program will pay for the use of facial filling treatments in certain HIV patients with sunken cheeks and ...
Mon, March 22, 2010
Plavix benefit found in heart failure patients
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Patients with heart failure who have had a heart attack but not had artery-clearing angioplasty treatment are less likely ...
Mon, March 22, 2010
Poor, minority heart transplant patients fare worse
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lower-income and minority heart transplant recipients may have a poorer long-term outlook than white or more-affluent patients ...
Thu, March 18, 2010
Judge Tosses Sanctions Against Madison Doc Accused Of Fondling Patients
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A judge in Madison has thrown out state-imposed sanctions against a Madison doctor who was accused of fondling 4 female patients ...
Wed, March 17, 2010
Insurer targeted HIV patients to drop coverage
By Murray Waas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In May, 2002, Jerome Mitchell, a 17-year old college freshman from rural South Carolina, learned he had contracted HIV ...
Sun, March 14, 2010
Novartis drugs fail to help high-risk patients
By Bill Berkrot and Debra Sherman
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The Novartis diabetes drug Starlix failed to reduce progression to the disease or cut down on ...
Mon, March 08, 2010
Program shows no effect on patients' question-asking
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A program designed to boost doctor-patient communication and patients' compliance with treatment may not have the intended ...
Mon, March 08, 2010
Melanoma risk higher in Parkinson's patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with Parkinson's disease face an increased risk of the most deadly type of skin cancer, new research confirms ...
Wed, March 03, 2010
Pfizer pneumonia shot helps HIV-infected patients
By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Results of a trial of Pfizer's Prevnar 7 vaccine against a major cause of pneumonia and meningitis showed ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
Anemia drugs help end-stage anemic kidney patients
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Aggressive treatment with blockbuster anemia drugs may offer the best approach for kidney dialysis patients with severe anemia, U ...
Tue, February 23, 2010
Delaware pediatrician accused of abusing patients
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Delaware pediatrician faces 471 counts of child rape and sexual exploitation after being accused of abusing his young patients for more ...
Wed, February 17, 2010
Fewer platelets may still protect cancer patients
By Gene Emery
BOSTON (Reuters) - Doctors trying to ward off unwanted bleeding in people receiving chemotherapy or bone marrow transplants can do it with ...
Wed, February 17, 2010
Many patients may never fill new prescriptions
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people whose doctors start them on medications for conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure may ...
Thu, February 11, 2010
Heart patients worry about health costs
By Donna Smith
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The monthly mortgage payment is the heaviest expense facing the average U.S. family but for heart patient Frank ...
Wed, February 10, 2010
Feeding tubes may be overused in demented patients
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether or not a person with advanced dementia winds up with a feeding tube inserted down their ...
Mon, February 01, 2010
Immune treatment helps chronic pain patients: study
LONDON (Reuters) - Treating the immune system can dramatically ease the suffering of people with chronic pain from an injured limb or following an amputation ...
Tue, January 26, 2010
Treadmill helps Parkinson's patients walk better
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treadmill training can help Parkinson's patients to walk more normally, according to a new review of the medical literature ...
Fri, January 22, 2010
Malaria drugs may help patients with lupus
By Anthony J. Brown, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drugs used to treat malaria may be useful for patients with lupus, a chronic debilitating ...
Thu, January 21, 2010
Roche drug keeps patients cancer-free longer
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche's cancer drug Xeloda enabled elderly patients being treated for colorectal cancer to live free of the disease for longer, the ...
Mon, January 18, 2010
UW Hospital: 0 Patients Have Symptoms After Disease Exposure
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - UW Hospital in Madison said none of its patients have had any symptoms of a fatal brain disease, 6 months after ...
Mon, December 28, 2009
Former doctor arrested for molesting patients
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – A Marshfield doctor accused of fondling his patients as they woke up from sedation has been arrested.
Police arrested Dr. Kevin ...
Tue, December 15, 2009
Patients urged to weigh CT scan risks and benefits
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patients should not let recent studies showing that exposure to radiation from a CT scan may raise their cancer ...
Tue, December 08, 2009
Drug mistakes common in U.S. kidney dialysis patients
CHICAGO (Reuters) - About 20 percent of kidney dialysis patients who undergo a procedure to open a blocked artery are given the wrong blood clot ...
Wed, December 02, 2009
Avoid flirty patients on Facebook, doctors told
LONDON (Reuters) - A British association which provides legal advice and support to doctors said physicians should not respond to amorous advances from patients on ...
Tue, December 01, 2009
Half of world's ICU patients have infections: study
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half of all patients in intensive care units around the world have infections, and more ...
Mon, November 30, 2009
What happens when doctors give patients more power?
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When patients are given the responsibility for medical decisions, they may be less willing to try a ...
Thu, November 19, 2009
Patients happier when docs discuss side effects
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospital patients who suffer a side effect from treatment are more likely to give high ratings to their quality of ...
Sun, November 15, 2009
AstraZeneca drug tops Plavix in sickest patients
By Bill Berkrot and Ransdell Pierson
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Heart attack patients in need of emergency procedures were less likely to suffer further serious ...
Thu, October 15, 2009
Exercise eases fatigue in cancer patients on chemo
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exercise can reduce the often debilitating fatigue that cancer patients experience during chemotherapy, new research shows.
The study from Denmark ...
Mon, October 12, 2009
Sickest swine flu patients require heroic measures
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Once swine flu patients are sick enough to need hospital care, they decline very fast, requiring ventilators and advanced ...
Tue, October 06, 2009
Is high cholesterol good for some heart patients?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Here's an apparent paradox: High levels of artery-clogging cholesterol are a risk factor for heart disease. But such high ...
Wed, September 30, 2009
Cancer patients want info on costly drug options
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New cancer treatments costing thousands of dollars, and not covered by health insurance, may be out of reach for many ...
Tue, September 22, 2009
Former doctor faces new allegations he fondled patients
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) - Marshfield police have opened a criminal investigation into a former Marshfield Clinic doctor accused of sexually assaulting his patients.
Police launched ...
Mon, September 21, 2009
Melanoma patients live longer on Roche's Avastin
BERLIN (Reuters) - Patients with melanoma, a notoriously difficult to treat cancer of the skin, live longer when given Roche's drug Avastin, according to ...
Wed, September 16, 2009
Marshfield doctor accused of fondling patients
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – A Marshfield doctor is accused of fondling patients at least 12 times since 2003.
The state’s Medical Examining Board has ...
Wed, September 16, 2009
Heart attack deaths declining for VA patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Deaths among people treated for heart attack at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals have fallen since 2003, mirroring worldwide trends, new ...
Mon, September 14, 2009
Depression in cancer patients tied to earlier death
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer patients suffering from depression appear to have poorer survival than those without the disorder, and the ...
Fri, September 11, 2009
Tamiflu saves lives of severely ill flu patients
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Roche AG's antiviral drug Tamiflu helped prevent deaths from seasonal flu in severely ill patients who had chronic underlying health problems ...
Fri, September 11, 2009
Counselor sentenced for having sex with patients
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A former alcohol counselor who had sex with two patients was sentenced to 9-months in jail yesterday. 32-year-old Jackie Clifton will ...
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