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Echocardiographic in General Population Not Effective in Reducing Death/Disease

Before the test, question the tester. A study in Norway suggests echocardiographic screening in the general public for structural and valvular heart disease was not associated with benefit for reducing the risk of death, myocardial infarction (heart attack) or stroke, according to a report published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a...

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Forget the Mandate. Educate.

Here is an excerpt from my HealthWorks Collective blog in which I ask people to consider that healthcare reform is the least of our worries. Aging and preparing for it, on the other hand are. åÊAs a country we are far too obsessed over health reform. Health reform has to...

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Search for Health Info Online – Chances Are Your Info is Leaked

Patients who search on free health-related websites for information related to a medical condition may have the health information they provide leaked to third party tracking entities through code on those websites, according to a research letter published in JAMA by Marco D. Huesch, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., of the University of...

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Coffee and Alzheimer’s

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