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Hospital Rating May Not Show Death Rate
Dec 12, 2006
By LINDSEY TANNER

CHICAGO (AP) - New research offers this warning to consumers shopping for top-notch hospitals: Many that are highly rated by government regulators only have marginally lower patient death rates.

The researchers evaluated 3,657 hospitals nationwide that are listed on a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Web site. The Hospital Compare site shows how hospitals stack up on recommended treatments and is designed to help consumers comparison shop for health care.

The study examined three conditions that often lead to hospitalization - heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia - and found that death rates for patients with those diseases were only slightly lower at top-rated hospitals in 2004 than at the lowest-rated hospitals.

The results suggest that better ways of measuring performance are needed to help consumers make meaningful choices, the researchers said. "Only then will performance measurement live up to expectations for improving health care quality."

The study appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.

The University of Pennsylvania researchers, Dr. Rachel Werner and Eric Bradlow, looked at recommended treatments for hospitalized heart attack patients: aspirin and beta blocker drugs within 24 hours of arrival and prescribed at discharge and ACE inhibitor drugs given during the stay. The percentage of heart attack patients who died was close to 7 percent at both groups of hospitals, with high-rated ones losing 0.5 percent fewer patients over the one-year period.

Two heart failure treatments were evaluated: assessment of the heart's blood-pumping function and use of ACE inhibitors. The death rate was close to 3 percent for both, with the difference between best and worst hospitals just 0.1 percent.

Three pneumonia treatments were evaluated: appropriate timing for starting antibiotics, vaccinating against pneumonia, and measuring blood-oxygen levels. The death rate was 0.5 percent higher at low-rated hospitals, but both groups lost about 4 percent of pneumonia patients.

Werner, who also works as a physician at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, said at first blush, the findings appear to suggest that roughly 9,000 more lives with those three conditions might be saved annually if patients treated at the lowest-rated hospitals got care at top hospitals instead.

However, she said the true numbers are likely much smaller since many patients lack access to the best hospitals because of distance, insurance issues and hospital overcrowding.

A JAMA editorial says the results "raise questions about the appropriateness of using Hospital Compare performance measures as the basis either for pay-for-performance systems or for consumers to identify better-quality hospitals."

But Michael Rapp, director of CMS's quality measurement and health assessment group, said the researchers likely would have found bigger differences between hospitals if they'd examined all 22 quality measures used on Hospital Compare. Finding only slight differences when using a few measures is not surprising, Rapp said.

Still, Rapp said he agrees that more quality measures are needed to evaluate hospitals.

"CMS is actively working to expand quality measures used on Hospital Compare," Rapp said.

Jerod Loeb, executive vice president for research at the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, which regulates hospitals, noted that most hospitals studied performed well on most measures. Death rates are just one of many important benchmarks that should be of concern to hospitals and consumers, he said.

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LASIK May Ruin Your Sight As You Age

A new study has raised concerns regarding the long-term effects of laser eye surgery. New research indicates that laser surgery for short-sightedness can cause haze, glare and blurred vision as people reach their senior years.

Laser surgery for short-sightedness flattens the central cornea, which provides better eyesight, but can seriously affect the movement of corneal cells.

Normally, these cells start on the outsides of the eye and migrate toward the center. When they meet, they create pigment, which scatters light and can cause haze and blur. This occurs just below the pupil, in an area called the Hudson-Stahli Line.

The laser surgery causes these cells to move at a different rate down the flattened cornea. They meet in front of the pupil, intensifying the haze.

At present, the problem cannot be fixed.

New Zealand Herald November 26, 2006

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Why Are Stomach Upsets So Prevalent?
© By Lena Sanchez

The news has been full of Ecoli scares as of late! Why is that? Something missing in the body? Most likely!

Sometimes it may mean only a small bout with diarrhea and then it's gone. Other times it can be severe stomach cramping along with vomiting that says you've been hit hard but you will live. Other times it may mean fever, flu like symptoms and serious consequences to the point of death in small children and aged.

One of the most common sources of Ecoli is eating undercooked meat. Ecoli outbreaks often occur during the summertime when many are enjoying barbecues, picnics and foods served at public carnivals and festivals, but they happen at all times of the year and from other sources, as we are hearing here in December.

News reports are also reporting that antibiotic Treatment by the medical world for Ecoli is Risky not to forget that it decimates the intestinal system which is already suffering from the toxins.

What is missing in this equation? A body prepared to slough off germs and bacteria that comes its way. How to do that? How to treat?

Treatments that I have found that really work without antibiotics are;
1 - Minerals balance to keep the heart and other organs functioning as they should. If the vomiting and diarrhea are really severe you may need to drop liquid minerals on pieces of fruit or vegetables until the body can hold food down. Read the ABC's of Minerals to find out why!

2 - Add Probiotics to the intestinal track to help take care of the Ecoli naturally. This addition will overcome and kill the offending bacteria? Ecoli cannot take hold of your system when a balanced intestinal ecosystem exists. Better yet, have your intestinal tract so tuned up that Ecoli can't get access to it. See why your_ecosystem protects and keeps you well!

3 - Take a tablespoon of Ionic Sliver Water morning and evening for two or three days, this is also known to kill the offending bacteria, even those that hide in the system that come out later and cause problems. With both these additions you can enjoy the summer. Read what amazing things Silver can do!

Those three products should be kept in your medicine war chest (not in the bathroom cabinet) as they are the closest thing to helping the most illnesses and keep the immune system tuned up to ward off illnesses.

DiCaprio Wants Environmental Answers
Dec 13, 2006

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leonardo DiCaprio knows global warming is a problem, and he wants answers. That's why the award-winning actor posted a question on the "Yahoo! Answers" Web site, prompting visitors to share their solutions.

"We can all be environmentalists," DiCaprio, 32, said in a statement to The Associated Press. "Creating communities online that are interested in discussing and embracing smart, simple and serious solutions reminds us we can all take action in our own homes and where we work."

The United States "can set an example for the rest of the world by protecting our cities and protecting ourselves," he said.

The environmental organization Global Green USA invited DiCaprio, who serves on its board of directors, to post the question online.

"It's meant to provoke thought about what people can do in their own lives and what leaders can do to take us in a different course," said Matt Petersen, president and chief executive of Global Green USA. "We're fortunate to have (DiCaprio) on our board because he can help shine the light on the challenge, shine the light on the experts and shine the light on the solutions."

DiCaprio currently stars in "The Departed" and "Blood Diamond."

Yahoo! Answers is a Web site that allows visitors to post questions or respond to those posed by other site users.

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