1. A recent study published in the American Heart Journal found that almost 70,000 Americans die every year because they do not receive recommended, evidence-based therapies for heart failure.
2. Most hospital surgeons meet established practice guidelines when applying appropriate surgical care in Medicare beneficiaries with breast, colon, gastric, rectal or thyroid cancer, according to a study in the Archives of Surgery.
3. According to a recent Health Affairs study, more than 300 new cardiac surgery programs opened between 1993 and 2004 even though the demand for bypass surgery declined.
4. Low-dose CT scans could reduce mortality in lung cancer patients by up to 20 percent, according to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
5. Self-referrals may be a part of the growth in diagnostic imaging, according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
6. Roughly 12 percent of angioplasties performed in an elective, non-emergency setting may be inappropriate and not beneficial, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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