Loyola University Health System has established a new Program in Health Services Research to study how doctors and nurses can provide better health care at lower costs to more people.
Health services research is a burgeoning field that examines such topics as access to health care, costs, outcomes, patient safety and patient education.

Bariatric surgery is a procedure designed to help patients lose weight, but an unexpected side effect is that it can also help rid patients of diabetes.
“Diabetic patients who undergo bariatric surgery are often cured of diabetes following the procedure,” said Christopher Still, D.O., director of the Geisinger Center for Nutrition and Weight Management. “This is [...]

The American Medical Association (AMA) announced on Monday its support for passage of the amended Senate health system reform bill (H.R. 3590). Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by the Senate will bring our nation close to the finish line on health system reform.

High levels of the hormone leptin, which may help prevent over-eating, is linked to a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s according to a new study published recently.
The research, which appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at brain scans from 198 older people after measuring their leptin levels. It found a quarter of [...]

In a commentary published in the December 2, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Charles H. Hennekens, M.D., the first Sir Richard Doll Research Professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science at Florida Atlantic University, said, “To detect the most likely small to moderate benefits or harm of [...]