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    Study Suggests Elder Abuse Associated With Increased Rates Of Hospitalization

    JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights A study by XinQi Dong, M.D., M.P.H., of Rush University Medical Center, and Melissa A. Simon, M.D., M.P.H., of Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, suggests elder abuse is associated with increased rates of hospitalization. (Online First) Of...
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    Hospitalization Of US Underage Drinkers Common

    Hospitalization for underage drinking is common in the United States, and it comes with a price tag -- the estimated total cost for these hospitalizations is about $755 million per year, a Mayo Clinic study has found. Researchers also found geographic and demographic differences in the incidence...
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    Mortality Risk In Patients With Chest Pains Increased By Prior Hospitalization For Me

    New research from Scotland has shown that the rate of death in men and women hospitalised for chest pain unrelated to heart disease is higher in those with a history of psychiatric illness than without... More...
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    Rise In Prostate Biopsy Complications And High Post-Procedure Hospitalization Rate

    In a study of complication rates following prostate biopsy among Medicare beneficiaries, Johns Hopkins researchers have found a significant rise in serious complications requiring hospitalization. The researchers found that this common outpatient procedure, used to diagnose prostate cancer, was...
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    Major Increase In Hospitalization Rates For Children With Psychiatric Disorders

    Short-stay inpatient hospitalizations for children and adolescents with a psychiatric diagnosis increased significantly over a 12-year period (1996 to 2007) and decreased for the elderly, according to a report in the early online edition in Archives of General Psychiatry by Joseph C. Blader...
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    When Mental Health Meds Are Out Of Reach, Hospitalization More Likely

    Too often, mental health patients have problems accessing or paying for their prescription drugs under Medicaid. The results - longer hospital stays and more emergency room visits - are hard on patients and costly for the entire health care system, a new study finds. Lead author Joyce West...
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    Analysis Of Longer-Term Clinical Study Suggests Psychiatric Hospitalization Rates Dec

    Schizophrenia is a chronic and disabling brain disorder that affects 1 percent of the U.S. population and results in substantial medical and societal costs, in particular from use of health-care resources. It also can have devastating health-related and social effects on people with the disease...
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    Hospitalization for exhaustion?

    I don't understand how all these celebrities keep popping in and out of the hospital for exhaustion... Do they just walk into the ER and say "I'm exhausted." or what!? How is anyone hospitalized for exhaustion?
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