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False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 21:00

False-positive mammograms in women aged 40-59 years cost an estimated $2.8 billion per year in the United States in 2012-2013, according to a report p... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 21:00

False-positive mammograms in women aged 40-59 years cost an estimated $2.8 billion per year in the United States in 2012-2013, according to a report p... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Osteoporosis medication use down in older women

Posted on: 10/12/2014 - 22:27

Even as the number of women aged 50 years and older continues to rise, the percentage who are taking osteoporosis medications has fallen by one-third since 2004-2005, the Agency for Healthcare...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Chlamydia infection rates down for females aged 15-19 years

Posted on: 06/11/2014 - 21:25

The rate of chlamydia infection for females aged 15-19 years dropped significantly in 2012, while the rate of infection for 20- to 24-year-old females continued to rise, the Centers for Disease...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Chlamydia rate higher in blacks than in whites, Mexican-Americans.

Posted on: 25/09/2014 - 18:00

The prevalence of genital chlamydia for blacks is three times higher than is the national average for people aged 14-39 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The national...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Cancer spending: More patients, not more expensive patients

Posted on: 30/07/2014 - 16:50

A 55% jump in total expenditures for cancer treatment from 2001 to 2011 appears to reflect an increase in the number of patients, not an increase in the cost of treating those patients, according to...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Sleep apnea raises cardiomyopathy risk ninefold in pregnancy

Posted on: 10/07/2014 - 17:05

Pregnant women with obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to experience adverse clinical conditions than are pregnant women who do not have sleep apnea, according to an analysis of over 55 million...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

More than half of older women have experienced incontinence

Posted on: 03/07/2014 - 15:05

Among noninstitutionalized Americans aged 65 years and older, 61.2% of women and 38% of men experience at least occasional urinary or bowel incontinence, the National Center for Health Statistics...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

More than half of older women have experienced incontinence

Posted on: 03/07/2014 - 15:05

Among noninstitutionalized Americans aged 65 years and older, 61.2% of women and 38% of men experience at least occasional urinary or bowel incontinence, the National Center for Health Statistics...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

More than half of older women have experienced incontinence

Posted on: 03/07/2014 - 15:05

Among noninstitutionalized Americans aged 65 years and older, 61.2% of women and 38% of men experience at least occasional urinary or bowel incontinence, the National Center for Health Statistics...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

Osteoporosis medication use down in older women

Chlamydia infection rates down for females aged 15-19 years

Chlamydia rate higher in blacks than in whites, Mexican-Americans.

Cancer spending: More patients, not more expensive patients

Sleep apnea raises cardiomyopathy risk ninefold in pregnancy

More than half of older women have experienced incontinence

More than half of older women have experienced incontinence

More than half of older women have experienced incontinence

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