Archive: 03/03/2014
Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage saved $1.5 billion a year in first 4 years
A new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Illinois at Chicago finds that Medicare Part D prescription coverage significantly reduced hospital admissions and program expenditures ...
Mar 3, 2014
Researchers release first risk-assessment predictions for West Nile virus
(Medical Xpress)—Since its introduction to the U.S. in 1999, West Nile virus has spread rapidly across North America, threatening wildlife populations and posing a serious health risk to humans. In 2012, there were more ...
Mar 3, 2014
The state of mental health treatment in the United States
Mental health is a hot topic these days—and one that intersects with many other contemporary issues, including gun control and federal health-care reform. In November, the Obama administration implemented the final pieces ...
Mar 3, 2014
Fish study aims to uncover novel drugs for human aggression
An international project involving research groups from across Europe and the USA, and including the University of Leicester, is seeking to investigate the causes of aggression – and ways of controlling this behaviour.
Mar 3, 2014