Home visits revive doctor house calls across the nation
An 88-year-old widow in New York receives care at home through Weill Cornell Medical Center’s House Calls program. The article notes a national rise in Medicare funded home visits since the 1990s, driven by aging populations, ongoing management needs, and cost considerations, with programs led by physicians and medical students.
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New York
Lillian Faden
Weill Cornell Medical Center
Lisa Honkanen
Constance Row
American Academy of Homecare Physicians
Row
Weill Cornell
Veronica LoFaso
St. Vincent Hospital
F. Russell Kellogg
St. Vincent's
Peter Boling
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond
Boling
Study tests artificial blood without patient consent
Paramedics test an experimental blood substitute PolyHeme on severely injured patients without consent under a federal emergency research exemption. The study spans about 20 hospitals, aiming to replace blood temporarily in trauma cases, with community opt-out provisions and debates over ethics and safety.
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Chicago
Denver
Northfield Laboratories
Evanston
Ill
United States
Ernest Moore
Denver Health Medical Center
Food and Drug Administration
University of Pennsylvania
Jason Karlawish
Baxter
Vera Sharav
Alliance For Human Research Protection
University of Texas Medical School
Houston
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood
Iil
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Moore
Berwyn
Loyola
Patricia Mars
Mars
Richard Gamelli
Gamelli
CBS halts Medicare ad amid GAO review inquiry
CBS stopped airing the Bush administration's publicly funded Medicare ad pending a GAO investigation into its content. Democrats say the 30 second spot resembles a campaign message as HHS funds amount to 9.5 million dollars through March and National Media Inc. supports the campaign.
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CBS
Bush
General Accounting Office
Gress
GAO
Dana McClintock
Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson
Thompson
HHS
National Media Inc
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