http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The traditional Medicare program allocates only 1 percent of total spending to overhead compared with 6 percent when the privatized portion of Medicare, known as Medicare Advantage, is included, according to a study in the June 2013 issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-straight-medicare-overhead.html Health Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:11:27 EST news280584679 In a new Lloyd's emerging risk report, a team of experts from the University of Kent has shown how principles from behavioural science can be used to manage new and emerging risks more effectively. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-behaviour-important-industry.html Health Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:03:44 EST news274691008 The now familiar term "Asperger's disorder" is being dropped. And abnormally bad and frequent temper tantrums will be given a scientific-sounding diagnosis called DMDD. But "dyslexia" and other learning disorders remain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-asperger-diagnosis-manual.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sun, 02 Dec 2012 02:30:33 EST news273637598 (AP)—Health insurance companies will have to pay to play in new health insurance markets coming under President Barack Obama's health care law. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-feds-fee-health.html Health Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:48:30 EST news273523704 The health care system in the United States faces numerous challenges: how to bring innovation from the laboratory to the bedside, how to ensure more equitable use of medical services and, in a time of increasing financial strain, how to pay for that care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-journal-supplement-strategies-health-delivery.html Other Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:08:56 EST news242568519