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QualityMetric Offers Way To Measure The Impact Of Sleep Problems On Individuals And Groups
There are few things as vital to health and well-being as a good night"s sleep. Yet millions of us -- nearly 50 million according to the National Sleep Foundation -- suffer from chronic sleep problems or disorders. Every year, more and more scientific studies are showing correlations between poor or insufficient sleep and disease. Now there is a simple, easy way to quantify and measure sleep problems with patient populations.

GPs Have Difficulty Separating Those With And Without Depression In Primary Care
A meta-analysis of more than 50,000 patients has shown that general practitioners (GPs) continue to have difficulty separating those with and without depression, with substantial numbers missed and misidentified. GPs looking for depression make more misidentifications (false positives of depression) than the number of depressions they correctly spot following an initial consultation but accuracy could improved by re-assessment of people suspected of having depression. These are the conclusions of an Article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet, written by Dr Alex Mitchell, Dr Amol Vaze, and Dr Sanajay Rao of Leicester Partnership Trust and University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
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Statins Don't Lower Risk Of Pneumonia In Elderly
Taking popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, such as Lipitor® (atorvastatin), does not lower the risk of pneumonia. That"s the new finding from a study of more than 3,000 Group Health patients published online on June 16 in advance of the British Medical Journal"s June 20 print issue.
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Obama Team Ready To Start Health Reform Rally

The White House launches a media blitz this week to coincide with the shrinking timeline for getting a health reform package passed in the Senate, Roll Call reports. "Some of the events may have been planned before Obama"s health care effort ran into difficulties, such as the decision by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to delay today"s planned markup - possibly until next month - and a suggestion by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Sunday that the votes to pass the legislation do not yet exist." Aides to President Obama remain in close contact with key committee leaders Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Chris Dodd, D-Conn., on the legislation and the time table. "White House aides say they are not frustrated - at least not yet - with Baucus" failure to hold a markup today as planned. They note that the reasons for the delay - including efforts by the chairman to include Republicans and ensure the bill does not increase the deficit - comport with Obama"s desires and that Baucus should not be blamed for attempting to follow the president"s request. They continue to hope Baucus will move the legislation out of his committee this week and that floor consideration in the Senate and House can be completed next month, as originally planned" (Koffler and Drucker, 6/23). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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