Spending on drugs leads health expenditure growthNew figures released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information indicate Canada's healthcare spending will hit $171.9 billion this year, an increase of 6.4% over 2007. Staging system individualizes best kidney CA therapyRisk of recurrence can be used to spare some from harsh treatments, target others at risk More specific physio helps ease patients’ non-specific back pain Approach classifies pain into ‘patterns’ Surgery can be a real pain in the neck Insulin still under-prescribed by family doctors for type 2 diabetes Forty per cent of patients in study not reaching blood glucose targets Poor access to care may explain lower transplant survival for blacks in U.S. Black kidney patients fare as well as whites in Canadian study Diabetes patients in Alberta rural areas missing out on reductions in mortality Clinical in Brief - Nov 11/08 Surgeons missing patients’ distress Combo offers no heart attack relief for diabetics First Previous 456 457 458 459 460 Next Last
