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Minimally invasive sports hernia repair may get athletes ‘back in the game’ faster, study says
A new minimally invasive sports hernia repair gets athletes back in the game 3 times faster than the traditional repair, according to a new study. Sports hernias were often difficult to diagnose and prior to this new repair had a lengthy rehabilitation time.
15 years after ACL knee reconstruction, 84 percent of male patients still highly active, study says
Eighty-four percent of males who had ACL knee (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction with a patellar tendon (the tendon that attaches the knee to the front of the tibia or shin bone) graft continue at a high level of activity 15 years later, according to a new study. Additionally, these patients have not developed severe osteoarthritis and their knees remain stable.
Study Says Lower-Cost Hospitals Don’t Have Lower Quality Care For Certain Illnesses
A study Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine found little difference in outcomes between hospitals with longer patient stays and shorter ones, which could make it “possible to lower costs in the U.S. system without hurting patients,” Reuters reports…
Targeted Prevention Measures Stopped Spread Of H1N1 Flu At Alabama Boys Camp, Doctor Says
Providing preventive Tamiflu and educating and emphasizing the need for repeated hand sanitizer use and disinfectant spray helped stop the spread of H1N1 influenza at a boys’ summer camp in northern Alabama, according the co-director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. David Kimberlin, M.D…
McDonnell Says Democratic Agenda, Including Health Care Effort, Is Too Expensive
In his response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said the nation cannot afford the Democratic agenda, including health care, The Associated Press/Wall Street Journal reports. “McDonnell said Democratic policies are resulting in an unsustainable level of debt…
Pelosi Says House Could Pass Senate Bill Under Two-Track Approach
“Laying out a possible path to approving healthcare legislation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said Wednesday that the House should pass the Senate’s version and then use a process known as ‘budget reconciliation’ to make the changes some lawmakers are demanding,” The Los Angeles Times reports…
As Dems Look To Regroup, Pelosi Says House Will Not Pass Senate Reform Bill Without Changes
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said Democrats in the House do not have enough votes to pass the Senate’s health care reform bill (HR 3590) in its current form, effectively removing that option from the table as party leadership weighs how to proceed with the legislation, Politico reports…
Experts On Vaccine Advisory Panels Had Conflicts, CDC Report Says
Sixty-four percent of the advisers hired by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2007 to serve on panels evaluating cervical cancer and flu vaccines had potential conflicts of interest that were unresolved or were not identified by the agency, according to a new report by HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson, the New York Times reports…
Reid Says ‘Broad Agreement’ On Public Option, Senators Await Details
Coverage of the Senate’s “broad agreement” to create a national health insurance plan continues, with Democratic leaders remaining mum on details while insisting the compromise leaves a “public” option in the bill. (See KHN’s Tuesday night breaking news round-up)…
US H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Supply On Track To Hit 10 Million Increase Says CDC Director
H1N1 pandemic swine flu vaccine supplies are “on track to hit the 10 million increase” according to the Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a telephone conference on Tuesday, CDC Director Tom Frieden told the press that: “As of today there are 31.8 million doses of flu vaccine available.” He said the US was now on track to hit the anticipated and hoped for 10 million increase for the current week.
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