News tagged with economic times


New health insurance survey: 84 million people were uninsured for a time or underinsured in 2012

Eighty-four million people―nearly half of all working-age U.S. adults―went without health insurance for a time last year or had out-of-pocket costs that were so high relative to their income they were considered underinsured, ...

Health created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Co-located GP clinics can ease the load in ERs

(Medical Xpress)—The addition of a GP clinic at hospitals should reduce waiting times in emergency departments, according to new research.

Health created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US abortions see biggest drop in a decade

U.S. abortions fell 5 percent during the Great Recession in the biggest one-year decrease in at least a decade, according to government figures released Wednesday.

Health created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers say adolescent smoking prevention programs still critical

While many might see the case for programs to prevent adolescent cigarette smoking as already made, a pair of Wayne State University researchers believes that due to increasingly challenging economic times, policymakers need ...

Addiction created Aug 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

U.s. underestimates long-term costs of obesity, experts say

(HealthDay) -- The costs of the obesity epidemic to the United States and the economic value of curbing it are not captured fully by current methods, according to a new report.

Health created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US plastic surgeries rise for second straight year

The number of Americans getting nips and tucks rose in 2011 for the second straight year despite difficult economic times, a major US plastic surgeons' groups said on Thursday.

Other created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gates injects $750M in troubled Global Fund

(AP) -- Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial losses have cost it donor support.

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Anti-depressant use soars in England, linked to recession

The use of anti-depressant drugs in England has soared by 28 percent in the past three years, coinciding with the country's fall into recession and the global economic crisis, new figures showed Friday.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Permanently dismal economy could prompt men to seek more sex partners

Grim economic times could cause men to seek more sexual partners, giving them more chances to reproduce, according to research by Omri Gillath, a social psychology professor at the University of Kansas.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0