http://www.medicadepot.com/en-gbThe number of teenagers who are getting recommended vaccines jumped as much as 15% from 2008 to 2009, but room for improvement remains, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than half of 20,399 surveyed teens had at least one dose of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertus...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=299http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2992010-09-01The Senate has unanimously passed legislation that would give physicians and consumers additional options for disposing of unused prescription drugs. By providing safe and lawful ways for patients and physicians to get rid of unused medicines, illicit drug use could be curtailed and potential dea...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=298http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2982010-08-24Two in three young adults have at least one risk factor for coronary heart disease. But fewer than half of the people in this age group get their cholesterol levels tested, according to a study in the July/August Annals of Family Medicine. Lead author Elena Kuklina, MD, PhD, recommends that physi...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=297http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2972010-08-16Treatment plans need to incorporate patients' social and economic circumstances, including access to medical care or health insurance, rather than just follow standard guidelines for care, a new study says. Inattention to such factors could lead to errors in providing patient care, according to S...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=296http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2962010-08-12 The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission has chosen an expert with significant federal experience as executive director and will hold its first public meeting on Sept. 23-24. MACPAC named Lu Zawistowich, ScD, as its executive director during organizational meetings held July 19-20 in ...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=295http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2952010-08-09Communication giant Verizon says it has created a new service that will help health care organizations combat the biggest hurdle when it comes to information exchange -- incompatible information technology platforms. Verizon is launching a health information exchange it says will allow health car...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=294http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2942010-08-06Physician organizations such as the American Medical Association and state medical societies should take the lead in defining health care quality and helping physicians implement improvement initiatives, according to an AMA report issued in July. The report, "Advancing Ambulatory Quality Improvem...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=293http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2932010-08-05 Thousands of physicians say they have been forced to adopt a number of damaging cost-cutting measures as a result of Medicare discontinuing its use of consultation codes, a policy adopted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that took effect on Jan. 1. Consultation codes are used most...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=292http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2922010-08-02Physicians should screen all children for cholesterol regardless of whether they have a family history of premature cardiovascular disease, a new Pediatrics study says. Universal screening would allow early diagnosis and the appropriate treatment of children with significant dyslipidemia, researc...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=291http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2912010-07-30American hospitals have made extensive improvements in delivering faster heart attack care in the last five years, and the death rate for heart attack patients is falling. Those are the findings in a study in the July 20 Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Researchers found that 88% of...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=290http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2902010-07-29The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is considering whether to broaden the group of women it recommends to get routine screening for osteoporosis, and it wants physician input. The proposed recommendations suggest that younger women who have fracture risks equal to or greater than 65-year-old ...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=289http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2892010-07-26The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a proposed Medicare physician fee schedule rule that it says will expand preventive services for Medicare beneficiaries, improve payments for primary care services and promote access to health care. The proposed rule, announced June 25, woul...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=288http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2882010-07-23Young women should first see a gynecologist between age 13 and 15, and the visit should focus primarily on education and guidance, according to an updated Committee Opinion by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The initial visit should not include a pelvic exam or a speculum...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=287http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2872010-07-19With newly released data showing that prescription drug misuse now rivals illicit drug use as a cause of emergency department visits, the Food and Drug Administration in June released a long-awaited proposal aimed at curbing recreational use of opioid analgesics. Physicians and advocates for pain...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=286http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2862010-07-13Young children who were not immunized against the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) will need two doses of the 2010-11 seasonal flu vaccine to assure they are protected, according to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The seasonal vaccine will include a pandemic 2009 H1N1 virus, as well as an...http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=285http://www.medicadepot.com/news-podr.html?id=2852010-07-10