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A study by a University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher revealed that unauthorized immigrants have lower health care expenditures compared to legal residents, naturalized citizens and U.S. natives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-immigrants-account-percent-medical.html Health Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:50:02 EST news290675789 A new study suggests that U.S. businesses pay almost $6,000 per year extra for each employee who smokes compared to the cost to employ a person who has never smoked cigarettes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-companies-extra-year-employee.html Health Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:30:01 EST news289502003 Federal funding for health care coverage of children with diabetes varies significantly from state to state across the United States, according to new research from the University of Michigan. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-federal-safety-net-health-coverage.html Pediatrics Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:34:24 EST news286562057 Heart disease and approximately half of all strokes are the results of advanced atherosclerosis with damaged endothelium, the inner lining of blood vessels. In 2009, the direct and indirect annual cost of heart disease and stroke was approximately $312.6 billion. Projections are for the total cost of heart disease to increase from $523 to $1.126 billion from 2013 to 2030. And by 2030, it is expected that there will be more than 148 million of the US population would have heart disease. Development of new technologies for assessing and treating endothelium damage will help reduce that financial burden as reduce the human health burden resulting from atherosclerosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-therapies-endothelial-atherosclerotic-plaques.html Cardiology Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:01:28 EST news285789678 Out-of-pocket costs resulting from breast cancer care in the year following diagnosis are likely manageable for most women, but some women are at a higher risk of experiencing the financial burden that comes from those costs in Canadian breast cancer patients, according to a study published January 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-out-of-pocket-breast-cancer-canadian-women.html Cancer Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:00:05 EST news278264976 (HealthDay)—The financial burden of caring for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) in the United Kingdom is twice that of caring for patients without CLBP, according to a study published in the Jan. 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-pain-uk-substantial.html Health Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:50:01 EST news276442371 (AP)—President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul threatens to roll back some services for the country's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants if clinics and hospitals are overwhelmed with newly insured patients and can't afford to care for as many poor families. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-health-options-illegal-immigrants.html Health Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:41:19 EST news274678872 Researchers have found that using telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that do not have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, on staff. The research, published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, is intended to help hospital administrators evaluate telestroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-telestroke-effective-hospitals.html Cardiology Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:43:47 EST news273851018 Babies born prematurely to low-income parents have a disproportionately high risk for developing dangerous brain bleeds that require multiple surgeries and extensive follow-up, according to a small Johns Hopkins Children's Center study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-preemies-low-income-families-high-dangerous.html Pediatrics Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:29:02 EST news269177337 The financial effects of alcoholism on the family members of addicts can be massive, but little is known about whether treatment for alcoholism reduces that financial burden. A study of 48 German families published online today in the journal Addiction reveals that after twelve months of treatment, family costs directly related to a family member's alcoholism decreased from an average of €676.44 (£529.91, US$832.26) per month to an average of €145.40 (£113.90, $178.89) per month. Put another way, average costs attributable to alcoholism decreased from 20.2% to 4.3% of the total pre-tax family income. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-treatment-alcoholism-financial-burden-addiction.html Addiction Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:00:02 EST news267705058 Scientists from Western University in London, Canada and the Children's Health Research Institute, an Institute within the Lawson Health Research Institute, have identified the critical role of a receptor called c-Kit in the development and function of insulin-producing beta cells, making it an exciting therapeutic target for the management of diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-kit-insulin-production.html Diabetes Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:57:42 EST news261759446 The World Health Organization announced on Friday it was set to approve a new target to reduce premature deaths from chronic illnesses such as heart disease by a quarter by 2025. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-early-chronic-illness-deaths.html Health Fri, 25 May 2012 10:25:23 EST news257160317 Ruth H. Clark of Pompano Beach, Fla., is a 95-year-old aerobic wonder, working out seven days a week. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-good-health-wealth-age.html Health Tue, 08 May 2012 15:22:27 EST news255709340 A dozen people camped out in front of the US Supreme Court overnight into Saturday to make sure they would get a first glimpse of a historic hearing into the president's health reform law next week. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-high-court-health.html Health Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:15:51 EST news251835336 The largest study ever on the effect of genetic variability on the toxicity of chemotherapy in breast cancer shows that it is possible to predict which patients are most likely to suffer serious side effects, a researcher will tell the 8th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-8) today (Friday). Dr. Christof Vulsteke, from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, will explain how his team's research is an important step towards achieving a personalised chemotherapy regime for each patient. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-individual-genetic-variation-chemotherapy-side.html Cancer Fri, 23 Mar 2012 03:51:35 EST news251693480 The number of U.S. medical student seniors at medical schools choosing internal medicine residencies leveled in 2012 after two years of significant increases. According to the 2012 National Resident Matching Program, 2,941 U.S. medical school seniors matched internal medicine, nearly unchanged from 2011 when 2,940 matched internal medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-internal-medicine-residency-virtually-unchanged.html Other Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:42:08 EST news251142112 The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, according to a new RAND Corporation study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-financial-burden-prescription-drugs.html Health Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:41:15 EST news247941667 South Korea's anti-trust agency has fined drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline three billion won ($2.6 million) for conspiring with a Seoul rival over the sale of drugs, an official said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-drug-firm-gsk-fined-million.html Medications Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:33:14 EST news238649580 The World Health Organization's chief on Monday urged governments to unite against "big tobacco", as she accused the industry of dirty tricks, bullying and immorality in its quest to keep people smoking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-chief-accuses-big-tobacco-dirty.html Health Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:26:54 EST news237439608 A new study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine reveals that the WTC attacks affected the health of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) resulting in more post-9/11 retirements than expected. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-wtc-subsequent-firefighter.html Health Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:14:38 EST news232370062 Pay plays a relatively small role in a nurse's decision to stay at or leave a job in a nursing home, according to new research from Rice University, the University of Pittsburgh and Baylor College of Medicine. In a comprehensive study of certified nursing assistants, researchers found that attitudinal factors such as job satisfaction and emotional well-being are better predictors of turnover in long-term care facilities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-money-long-term-nurses.html Health Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:27:37 EST news227960846 Currently, one in five elderly patients discharged from a hospital is readmitted within a month. Seeking to address the human and substantial financial burden of revolving door hospital readmissions, the Affordable Care Act proposes a number of initiatives to improve care and health outcomes and reduce costs for the growing population of chronically ill people in the U.S. While transitional care is a central theme in these provisions, there is little information available to guide those responsible for implementing these important opportunities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-revolving-door-hospital-re-admissions.html Health Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:28:19 EST news226146487 The high cost of health care is deterring parents from taking their children to the doctor or buying prescription medication, regardless of how much money they make or whether they have health insurance, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 2, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-healthy.html Health Mon, 02 May 2011 04:11:51 EST news223528114