Top stories in health and medicine, August 26, 2013

From MedPage Today: Depression: Can a Coach Help? Adding old-fashioned technology — the telephone — to a Web-based intervention for depression improved adherence to the intervention, but there was no symptom benefit. Affording Care: A Medical Student’s Story. The Affordable Care Act as approved by Congress required all insurance plans to to limit personal out-of-pocket expenses to $6,350 for individual plans and $12,700 for family plans. Outcomes Mixed for Brain Surgery in Epilepsy. Long-term follow-up in children undergoing hemispherectomy for refractory epilepsy showed that most were seizure-free and able to walk independently, but deficits in many areas of daily function were common. Clot-Busting Drugs Used More Often in Stroke. Stroke patients eligible for thrombolytic therapy have significantly better odds of receiving the therapy than they did a few years ago, according to a review of more than a million stroke cases. Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Family Physicians Tags: News Medications Neurology Psychiatry Source Type: blogs