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• Retail clinics earn points for common conditions 

  Retail clinics appear to offer cost-effective, high-quality care, at least for three common conditions: urinary tract infections, otitis media, and...

  10/01/09 by Alicia Ault · More from publication

• Massachusetts ranked first in E-prescribing for 2008 

  Note: Rankings are based on the number of prescriptions routed electronically in 2008 as a percentage of total prescriptions eligible for...

  10/01/09 · More from publication

• Pain relievers 

  "Well, Mr. Mackle, I rather doubt if there's any gravitational anomaly at that scale."

  10/01/09 · More from publication

• Lung Cancer Symptom Survey will include new factors 

  SAN FRANCISCO--A Web-based survey of 660 patients with lung cancer will lead to four items being added to a widely used quality of life measure,...

  10/01/09 by Robert Finn · More from publication

• Caregivers look to physicians for diabetes education 

  Family members and friends who take care of adults needing help managing diabetes are most likely to seek information from a physician, followed...

  10/01/09 by Sherry Boschert · More from publication

• DTC genetic tests seen as problematic 

  WASHINGTON--Few physicians feel prepared to interpret findings from direct-to-consumer genetic tests and incorporate the results into clinical...

  10/01/09 by Jeff Evans · More from publication

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