Chronic pain may cost U.S. $635 billion a year
(HealthDay)—Americans spend as much as $635 billion each year on the direct and indirect costs associated with chronic pain, according to a new study.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 14, 2012 |
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Scientists show protein linked to hunger also implicated in alcoholism
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have found new links between a protein that controls our urge to eat and brain cells involved in the development of alcoholism. The discovery points to new possibilities for designing ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 14, 2012 |
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Costs of neck and back conditions increasing in U.S.
(HealthDay)—For individuals with back and neck conditions, costs have increased in the last decade, with the main increase due to rising medical specialist costs, according to a study published in the Sept. ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Premiums for family health plans hit $15,745
(AP)—There's a new health care survey, and at first it sounds like good news about insurance costs.
Health
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Healing cuts for Medicare
Medicare payment reforms mandated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for postacute care have great potential to lower costs without harming patients, a new study reports.
Health
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Health-care costs hit the elderly hard, diminish financial wellbeing
The protection of the savings of the elderly—one of the primary goals of Medicare—is under threat from a combination of spiraling healthcare costs and increased longevity. As the government attempts to reduce Medicare ...
Health
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Medicare kidney spending reaches crucial moment
Amid a presidential campaign and facing the "fiscal cliff," Americans hear a lot about federal spending, particularly for Medicare. But few probably know of either the history or the present watershed moment ...
Health
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Millions of Americans have uncontrolled high blood pressure: CDC
(HealthDay)—One-third of Americans have high blood pressure and only half of them have it under control, dramatically increasing their risk for possibly fatal heart attacks and strokes, a new government ...
Health
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Non-invasive diagnostic imaging costs to Medicare Part B down significantly since 2006
According to a study in the Sept. issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, overall non-invasive diagnostic imaging (NDI) costs to Medicare Part B dropped 21 percent from 2006 to 2010. The study reveals that m ...
Health
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Grass pollen allergy research tackles hay fever
Queenslanders can expect to endure a longer hay fever season than the rest of Australia thanks to flowering subtropical grasses.
Immunology
Sep 03, 2012 |
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Legislated to health?
Obesity rates in North America are a growing concern for legislators. Expanded waistlines mean rising health-care costs for maladies such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. One University of Alberta researcher says ...
Health
Aug 30, 2012 |
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Nurse leader resistance perceived as a barrier to high-quality, evidence-based patient care
(Medical Xpress)—A new national survey of more than 1,000 registered nurses suggests that serious barriers - including resistance from nursing leaders - prevent nurses from implementing evidence-based practices that improve ...
Health
Aug 29, 2012 |
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For diabetics, a steady job is good for your health
If you're diabetic or prone to diabetes, having a steady job appears to be good for your health, and not just because of the insurance coverage.
Diabetes
Aug 29, 2012 |
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A new approach for controlling the skyrocketing cost of health care
A potentially powerful new approach for limiting health care costs—which account for almost $1 out of every $5 spent in the U.S. each year—is the topic of the feature story in this week's edition of Chemical & Enginering Ne ...
Health
Aug 29, 2012 |
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Penn Medicine physician offers model for teaching future physicians value-based care
(Medical Xpress)—Despite the national consensus on the need to improve the value of health care while reducing unnecessary spending, teaching hospitals often struggle to design curricula to train future physicians to deliver ...
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