Study: Tobacco control lowers CA health care costs
(AP)—A new study says California's tobacco prevention program saved $134 billion in health care costs over the last two decades.
Addiction
Feb 13, 2013 |
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ACR supports patients' access to treatments act of 2013
(HealthDay)—The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has joined the Coalition for Accessible Treatments, in support of the Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2013, which will reduce the out-of-pocket ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Urban school-based asthma treatment cost-effective
(HealthDay)—A program to administer asthma medication each day to urban children with asthma reduces symptoms and is cost-effective, according to research published online Feb. 11 in Pediatrics.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Can computers save health care? Research shows lower costs, better outcomes
New research from Indiana University has found that machine learning - the same computer science discipline that helped create voice recognition systems, self-driving cars, and credit card fraud detection ...
Health
Feb 11, 2013 |
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New study highlights Chagas disease as a growing health and socio-economic challenge
Today, The Lancet Infectious Diseases published a new report that examines the global economic burden of Chagas disease. In the first study of its kind, researchers measured the health and economic impact of Chagas diseas ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 07, 2013 |
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Study highlights important role that patients play in determining outcomes
When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs.
Health
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Predictors of higher diabetes health care costs identified
(HealthDay)—The average five-year cost of caring for patients with diabetes is higher for those with abnormal kidney function, suboptimal glycemic control, and presence of proteinuria, according to research ...
Diabetes
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Knowing cost of imaging tests doesn't cut utilization
(HealthDay)—Physicians do not order fewer imaging tests if they are aware of the costs, according to a study published online Jan. 2 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Health
Feb 01, 2013 |
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Skin, soft tissue infections succumb to blue light
Blue light can selectively eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections of the skin and soft tissues, while preserving the outermost layer of skin, according to a proof-of-principle study led by Michael R. Hamblin of the Ma ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 28, 2013 |
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Out-of-pocket costs for breast cancer probably manageable for most Canadian women
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 ...
Cancer
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Introducing 'more patient reality' into NHS spending decisions
A study by health economists at the University of York has, for the first time, produced an estimate of the impact on other NHS patients of new and more costly drugs and other treatments.
Health
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Vaccinating children against rotavirus may indirectly protect adults too, study finds
Pediatric rotavirus vaccination also indirectly protects unvaccinated adults from the highly contagious cause of severe diarrhea and vomiting, suggests a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Europe's tobacconists march against EU smoking crackdown
Thousands of tobacconists from across Europe marched on European Union headquarters on Tuesday to protest against a planned EU crackdown on smoking that includes grueseome health warnings placarded on packets.
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Jan 22, 2013 |
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Simple policy change could solve US physician shortages in 25 states, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—According to a new University of Virginia study, half of the 50 states could end their primary care physician shortages, and save billions annually in health care costs, by a simple policy change: equalizing ...
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Jan 22, 2013 |
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Complex spinal surgeries with two attending physicians, instead of one, benefit patients
Two heads are better than one, as the saying goes – and a new study by a duo at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) demonstrates how having two attending surgeons in the operating room during ...
Surgery
Jan 18, 2013 |
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