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CMS-eRX: Faxed Prescriptions Don't Qualify for Medicare Bonuses

BOSTON -- Prescriptions must be sent directly from a medical practice's computer to the pharmacy's computer in order to qualify for the 2% bonus promised by Medicare for e-prescribing.

Data Misreported in Studies of CT Lung Cancer Screening

NEW YORK -- Key data were incorrectly reported in two recent publications by the International Early Lung Cancer Action Project (I-ELCAP), according to the investigators, possibly undermining their positive conclusions.

Pregnancy Risks Differ for Interracial Couples

STANFORD, Calif. -- The risk for some pregnancy complications may be greater when one partner is white and the other Asian, researchers found.

Chinese Melamine Contamination Triggers U.S. Recall of Instant Coffee and Tea Products

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA said today that seven instant coffee and tea products sold in the United States are being recalled by King Car Food Industrial because of possible contamination with melamine.

The $79 Healthy Heart Scan

Herniated Disc Surgery Found Cost-Effective

HANOVER, N.H. -- For patients with a herniated disc, surgery proved a cost-effective alternative to nonsurgical treatment over the course of two years, an observational study found.

MRI Accurate in Screening for Pressure on the Brain

CAMBRIDGE, England -- An MRI scan of the optic nerve sheath may provide an accurate, noninvasive way to screen for raised intracranial pressure, researchers found.

Normal Enzyme Levels May Hide Advanced Liver Fibrosis

MILAN, Italy -- Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease but normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels are still at risk of severe hepatic disease, researchers found.

New Jersey Doctor-Delegate Sees Big Trouble in Universal Coverage

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Ben Chouake, M.D., of Cliffside Park, N.J., an internist and emergency medicine specialist, is the son of holocaust survivors. He is a delegate for John McCain at the Republican National Convention here.

ESC: Peto Analysis Called Short on Proof of Simvastatin/ Ezetimibe Cancer Safety

SEATTLE -- Simvastatin/ezetimibe (Vytorin) may increase the risk of cancer after all, concluded a leading American biostatistician who dismissed as prematurely reassuring an analysis by Richard Peto, Ph.D., F.R.S., that found the link with excess malignancy to be overblown.

ESC: In CABG versus Stent Trial, the Edge Goes to Bypass

MUNICH -- The latest round in the surgeons versus interventional cardiologists appears to have gone to the surgeons. So it would seem from today's roundtable discussion at the European Society of Cardiology meeting here.

Hillary Clinton Touts Obama's Goal of Healthcare for All

DENVER -- Despite tortuous battles during the presidential primaries over the nuances of healthcare reform, Sen. Hillary Clinton was ringing in her support for Sen. Barack Obama's goals at the Democratic National Convention here.

Doctors and Barbers

Smoking May Increase Bleeding Risk After Type of Tonsillectomy

TACOMA, Wash. -- Post-tonsillectomy smoking nearly doubles the risk of hemorrhage, but it appears limited to patients who have uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, investigators here reported.

Ginseng Safe for Short-Term Pediatric Use

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Ginseng appears safe for treating children with cold and flu symptoms, researchers here found.

FDA Warns of Toxic Tomalley in Maine Lobsters

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA warned today against eating the soft, green substance found in the body cavity of Maine lobsters, called tomalley, which is considered a delicacy by some. But the meat of the claw and tail were not part of the caution.

Digital Devices and EHRs -- Perfect Together

The biggest savings of all will come if the rest of your clinical equipment -- the thermometers, sphygmomanometers, ECG machines, even the scales -- can talk directly to your EHR.

What's in a name?

Cardiac Arrest Survivors Can Expect Good Long-term Quality of Life

MARBURG, Germany -- Resuscitated cardiac arrest patients treated in an ICU who leave the hospital without severe neurological disabilities may expect a reasonable quality of life over the next five years, a study found.

Researcher Retreats on Sexual Enhancement Claim for Watermelon

COLLEGE STATION, Tex. -- Chalk up the widely publicized report that watermelons can enhance erections, much like a certain PDE-5 inhibitor, to a stretched version of the truth by a university PR officer seeking a good story for the Fourth of July.

Newly Revealed ACL Injury Ends 2008 Season for Tiger Woods

ORLANDO -- Tiger Woods, the world's best golfer, announced today that reconstructive surgery for an anterior cruciate ligament rupture in his left knee will force him off the course for at least the rest of the year.

Herpes Virus Linked to Ketosis-Prone Diabetes

PARIS -- A herpes virus is associated with an atypical form of type 2 diabetes found in people of African origin, researchers said here.

NBC's Tim Russert Dead at Age 58

WASHINGTON -- Tim Russert, 58, host of NBC's "Meet the Press" and the network's Washington bureau chief, collapsed and died at his office today.

Denufosol Improves Airway Function in Cystic Fibrosis

DURHAM, N.C. -- The investigational cystic fibrosis drug denufosol significantly improved large airway function in a randomized placebo-controlled phase III trial, drugmaker Inspire Pharmaceuticals announced today.

ASCO: Platinum-Taxane Regimen No Benefit for Thymoma or Thymic Carcinoma

CHICAGO -- For treatment-naive advanced thymoma or thymic carcinoma, carboplatin (Paraplatin) and paclitaxel (Taxol) failed to achieve response rates approaching those reported in published trials of athracycline-based regimens.

ASCO: Bevacizumab (Avastin) May Reduce Progression in Advanced Breast Cancer

CHICAGO -- In recurrent or metastatic breast cancer, bevacizumab (Avastin) significantly improved progression-free survival when added to docetaxel (Taxotere), a multicenter European study showed.

ASCO: In Endometrial Cancer, Less GI Toxicity with Brachytherapy than External-Beam

CHICAGO --Vaginal brachytherapy is as effective in preventing a recurrence of endometrial cancer after surgery in women with high-intermediate risk disease as external-beam pelvic radiotherapy but with less gastrointestinal toxicity, Dutch researchers reported here.

False-Positive TB Skin Tests Prevalent in U.S. Army

BETHESDA, Md. -- Clusters of positive tests for latent tuberculosis infection in the U.S. Army appear to reflect a high number of false-positive readings from a more than century-old skin test, researchers found.

Oral Prednisolone and Naproxen (Aleve) Equal for Gout Pain

NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands, May 29 -- For the acute pain of monoarticular gout over four days, it's a tossup between oral prednisolone and naproxen (Aleve), a randomized trial found.

Head Positional Maneuvers Endorsed for Benign Vertigo

PHOENIX, Ariz., -- Almost like wet dogs shaking their heads, patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo are resolving dizziness by a series of directed movements to remove loose calcium crystals from semicircular canals in the ear.

Neurochemical May Underlie Lack of Motivation in Psychosis

CAMBRIDGE, England -- The lack of motivation characteristic of schizophrenia and other psychoses may not be a result of long-term treatment or institutionalization, researchers here suggested.

Seasonal Flu Starts in Asia and Migrates Throughout World

CAMBRIDGE, England -- Seasonal influenza starts in east and southeast Asia and follows a highly predictable path to infect the rest of the world, researchers here said.

One in Every 20 Healthcare Workers Is MRSA Carrier

GENEVA -- One in every 20 healthcare workers carries methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the vast majority without symptoms, researchers here said.

Aripiprazole (Abilify) Potentially Useful for Treating Alcohol Dependence

FARMINGTON, Conn. -- The atypical antipsychotic aripiprazole (Abilify) modified the behavioral and physiological effects of alcohol in a small preliminary study.

ACC: Senate Probe Finds Evidence that Drug Firms Worked to Delay ENHANCE Results

CHICAGO -- E-mails made public today described outrage more than a year ago by the ENHANCE trial's principal investigator because he perceived that a drugmaker was withholding bad results about ezetimibe/simvastatin (Vytorin) for non-scientific reasons.

Parents Pass On Hypertension Risk to Their Children

BALTIMORE -- Men whose parents have hypertension are at an increased risk for developing high blood pressure themselves, a longitudinal cohort study showed.

MRSA Implicated in Majority of Post-Facelift Infections

NEW YORK -- Although surgical-site infections after face-lift procedures are uncommon, those that occur are usually caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, making them difficult to treat.

AAAAI: New Antihistamine Nasal Spray Works and Tastes Better

PHILADELPHIA -- Olopatadine in nasal spray form may provide an option to azelastine (Astelin) for seasonal allergic rhinitis, a researcher said here.

McCain Cites 'Strong Evidence' of Link Between Vaccines and Autism

WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate for president, has given credibility to "strong evidence" of a link between autism and thimerosal in childhood vaccines. He cited "divided scientific opinion" on the matter.

Flovent Edges Oral Prednisone for Eosinophilic Esophagitis

INDIANAPOLIS -- Swallowed fluticasone spray (Flovent) may be a better choice for allergic eosinophilic esophagitis in children, researchers here said.

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