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Medicare News
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
National Bureau of Economic Research: 9/6/12 I use the Medicare Part D prescription drug insurance market to examine the dynamics of firm interaction with consumers on an insurance exchange. Enrollment data show that consumers face switching frictions leading to inertia in plan choice, and a regression discontinuity design indicates initial defaults have persistent effects. In the […]
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Medicare News
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
National Bureau of Economic Research: 9/6/12 This paper examines the impact of exposure to higher unemployment rates in the pre-retirement years on subsequent mortality. Although past research has found that recessions reduce contemporaneous mortality, these short-term effects may reverse over time, particularly for older workers. If workers experience an economic downturn in their late 50s, they […]
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Diabetes News
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
American Medical Association: September 19, 2012 The risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus is heterogeneous among obese individuals. Factors that discriminate prediabetes or diabetes risk within this population have not been well characterized. A dysfunctional adiposity phenotype, characterized by excess visceral fat and insulin resistance, may contribute to diabetes development in those with obesity. Objective To […]
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Diabetes News
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
American Association of Diabetes Educators; Published by SAGE Publications: 9/17/12 Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the issues and perceptions of persons newly diagnosed (within last 3 months) with type 2 diabetes. Methods In this qualitative study, 16 adults newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes were recruited, who completed a demographic, lifestyle, and diabetes management […]
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Diabetes News
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
British Journal of Cancer Press Release: Friday 14 September 2012 Women with type II diabetes are nearly 30 per cent more likely to getbreast cancer, according to results of a comprehensive review published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Friday). The study, by researchers at the International Prevention Research Institute (i-PRI), Lyon, analysed the results of 40 separate […]
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Diabetes News
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
American Medical Association: September 12, 2012 Recent clinical trials have reported that substantially more weight loss and greater likelihood of diabetes remission occur following bariatric surgery compared with medical therapy,1 leading to calls for earlier consideration of surgery in the treatment of this obesity-related metabolic disease. Although these studies demonstrate the lack of efficacy of conventional practices, […]
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Diabetes News
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
American College of Cardiology Foundation: September 2012 The purpose of this study was to assess whether changes of major atrial fibrillation (AF) risk factors and/or intercurrent cardiovascular events could explain the relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and incident AF. Background Previous studies found an increased risk of incident AF among individuals with T2D, but few, […]
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Stroke News
Sunday, September 16th, 2012
Neurology.org: September 11, 2012 To identify associated factors and influence on long-term outcome of heavy alcohol intake in a large prospective cohort of consecutive patients with a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Methods: Between November 2004 and March 2009, we prospectively recruited 562 consecutive adults with a spontaneous ICH. We excluded patients without information on drinking habit (n […]
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Stroke News
Sunday, September 16th, 2012
Neurology.org: September 11, 2012 To determine whether low low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) but not high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglyceride concentrations are associated with worse outcome in a large cohort of ischemic stroke patients treated with IV thrombolysis. Methods: Observational multicenter post hoc analysis of prospectively collected data in stroke thrombolysis registries. Because of collinearity between total […]
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Stroke News
Sunday, September 16th, 2012
Incidence, Time Course, and Predictors—A Systematic, Prospective Analysis Stroke.ahajournals.org: September 6, 2012 Patients with acute cerebrovascular events are susceptible to serious cardiac arrhythmias, but data on the time course and the determinants of their onset are scarce. Methods—The prospective Stroke-Arrhythmia-Monitoring-Database (SAMBA) assessed cardiac arrhythmias with need for urgent evaluation and treatment in 501 acute neurovascular patients […]
