The New Health Dialogue (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... or hospital based facility -- in the United States, fewer than a tenth are treated at home. ( Rita Rubin of USA Today notes that three treatments per week is the standard not necessarily because it is "optimal but because that's the way it has been done for nearly four decades.") But Medicare's education campaign will help patients make more informed decisions about where...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
American Red CrossThe American Red Cross has seen a slight drop in blood donations since July, but the nation's supply seems to be otherwise unaffected by the H1N1 pandemic. By Rita Rubin, USA TODAYExcept for scattered cancellations of high school blood drives because of high absenteeism, the H1N1 pandemic doesn't seem to have had much of an impact on the nation's blood supply.No case...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... guide:Photos:Q&A:Handwashing 101:Schools:Oink oink:Twitter, '76 flu, Your Health, biz impact By Rita Rubin, USA TODAYAlthough still used in doctors' offices and emergency departments, "rapid influenza diagnostic tests" actually do a fairly poor job of sniffing out H1N1, a growing body of evidence shows.Scientists reported last week in The Journalof the that one-third of California...
