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- U.S. cancer death rates down 20% since 1991
The American Cancer Society reported that the overall death rate for cancer was 20% lower in 2009 than at its highest point, in 1991. The improvement represents the prevention of 1.2 million cancer deaths since 1991. Decreases in mortality for lung, breast and prostate cancer were big factors in the decline. The findings appear in the CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. WebMD
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- Long-term diabetes, insulin use increase cancer risk
Type 2 diabetes patients who had the disease for 15 years or more showed a higher risk of certain cancers than those with diabetes for less than 15 years, according to a study in Diabetes Care. The estimated cancer prevalence was also 1.3 times higher in insulin-treated patients compared with nonusers, researchers noted. Medscape (free registration)
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- Study: Polypill linked to lower risk of heart disease
A polypill that includes aspirin, a statin and three blood pressure lowering drugs could lower the lifetime risk of heart disease by 21% in men and 15% in women, a study in Latin America found. The polypill "would be cost-effective and could also be cost-saving," study leader Leonelo Bautista said. The study was published in the journal Health Affairs. The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.)
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- Study: Many heart patients not prescribed aspirin for prevention
HHS researchers said only 47% of cardiovascular patients were prescribed aspirin or other antiplatelet drugs for secondary prevention during outpatient physician visits in 2007-2008. The study in the New England Journal of Medicine found primary care physicians prescribed antiplatelets only 35% of the time, and researchers suggested using electronic health records to create reminders as a way to improve prescribing rates. MedPage Today (free registration)
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- Physicians see flu patients using online, telephone service
Primary care physicians associated with Beth Israel Medical Group in New York City use the online and telephone service Teladoc to see flu patients who otherwise might end up in the emergency department. Elizabeth Enschede, a physician with the medical group, said seeing patients at home helps contain the flu outbreak. WCBS-TV (New York)
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- HHS dives into exchange marketing with website overhaul
HHS has relaunched its website in an effort to engage millions of uninsured Americans the agency hopes will buy health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. HHS' Jason Young said the new site was the start of a "full-throttle" effort to spread the word about exchanges. USA Today
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Let two AAFP experts guide you through the maze of minutiae that make up the 2013 Medicare physician fee schedule during a free hourlong webinar offered Jan. 23 at 1 p.m. CST by TransforMED's Delta-Exchange network. Keep your business profitable and sidestep regulatory pitfalls by learning about new rules and provisions related to, among other things, transitional care management, annual wellness visits and federal bonus/penalty programs such as the Physician Quality Reporting System. You'll have time for questions, and the entire webinar will be archived for physicians unable to participate in the live event. Learn more.
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