Ex-Bush aide: Reform will strain system
WASHINGTON, May 24 (UPI) -- The cost of the Affordable Care Act will put additional strains on the U.S healthcare system, a former Department of Health and Human Services official said. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Increased Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients On Antidepressants
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, have found that critically ill patients were more likely to die if they were taking the most commonly prescribed antidepressants when they were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). The researchers conducted a retrospective study using the electronic medical records of 10,568 patients to look at in-hospital mortality and mortality a year after being admitted to the ICU... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
