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CMS To Rate Nursing Home Quality New Five-Star System To Be Added To Nursing Home Compare Site

Jun 30th 2008Drug InformationCaregivers

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it will soon launch a ground-breaking ranking system of America’s nursing homes, giving each a “star” rating. CMS is requesting comments on the system designed to provide patients and their families an easy to understand assessment of nursing home quality, making meaningful distinctions between high performing and low performing homes.

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One Year After Heart Attack, Chest Pain Remains For Many

Jun 30th 2008Drug InformationPain / Anesthetics

About 20% of heart attack patients experience angina (chest pain) one year after the major cardiac event, according to researchers who have published a new study in the June 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. In both inpatient and outpatient settings, a primary goal of care after myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as heart attack, is to the episodic chest pain known as angina.

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Significant Improvement In Asthma And Osteoarthritis After Bariatric Surgery - Most No Longer Require Steroids Within 18 Months

Jun 30th 2008Drug InformationObesity / Weight Loss / Fitness

Most patients with asthma and osteoarthritis were able to stop taking steroids within 18 months of bariatric surgery, according to a new study presented here at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

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