Accountable Care Organization Cost Savings Calculation
Healthcare is shifting to a value-based system that evaluates outcomes and cost, promising to provide a sustainable healthcare cost reform.
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Migraine-Associated Stroke Not Associated With Atherosclerosis
Intracranial atherosclerosis was lower in patients with migraine than in those without migraine.
Response to Cervical Injections for Pediatric Headache May be due to Placebo Effect
Ropivacaine may not be superior to injected saline for the treatment of headache in children.
Ptosis Repair Effective for Relief From Tension-Type Headache
Common cosmetic surgical procedures for reducing droopy eyelids were shown to improve quality of life in people with frequent tension-type headaches.
Threats Posed by Congressional Acts to National Health Initiatives
Passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act and of the AHCA leaves large holes in the funding of the proposed national approach to infectious disease control.
Ketamine for Pain Management, Treatment of Depression
Ketamine may alleviate depression, pain, and adverse effects associated with opioid treatment, and may thus represent an attractive adjunct therapy for pain management.
Pubertal Hormones: Influence on Migraine in Girls
Mechanisms involved in balancing reproductive hormones in girls may influence the patterns of migraine headache onset.
Hypothalamic Activation Greater in Chronic vs Episodic Migraine
Examination of hypothalamic activity shows distinctly different patterns between episodic and chronic forms of migraine.
Medical Liability Reform in a Rapidly Changing Healthcare Environment
Medical liability is one of the most troubling issues in medicine today, resulting in a heavy burden of patient mortality and injury.
Preclinical Pain as a Marker for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Pain is far more common and widespread in ALS than previously suspected, and initial pain symptoms may predate the clinical onset of the disease’s hallmark motor dysfunction by as much as 2 years.
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