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Public funding spurs couples to seek fertility treatment

(HealthDay)—Public funding of assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, broadens the range of couples who seek treatment for infertility by attracting a more diverse ...

Health created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Proposed 'Medicare Essential' plan estimated to save $180 billion over 10 years

Combining Medicare's hospital, physician, and prescription drug coverage with commonly purchased private supplemental coverage into one health plan could produce national savings of $180 billion over a decade while improving ...

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US Supreme Court leaves stem cell research alone (Update)

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to enter the emotionally-charged debate over stem cell research, refusing to hear an appeal centered on the issue of federal government funding.

Other created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

New analysis of presidential candidates' health care plans estimates uninsured by 2022

The number of uninsured individuals is estimated to increase in every state and to 72 million nationwide—with children and low- and middle-income Americans particularly hard hit—under Governor Mitt Romney's plan to repeal ...

Health created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can disclosure hurt the translation of research?

All major clinical trials now include disclosures detailing who funded the study to ensure transparency. However, is it possible that this transparency is actually hurting research? One might assume that the methodological ...

Other created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

US performs worst on potentially preventable death rates compared to France, Germany, and the UK

The United States lags three other industrialized nations—France, Germany, and the United Kingdom—in its potentially preventable death rate, and in the pace of improvement in preventing deaths that could have been avoided ...

Health created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Patient-led advocacy has changed how US government funds medical research

Patient-led advocacy has created a shift in the way the U.S. government has prioritized funding for medical research, and significantly changed the way policymakers think about who benefits the most from these dollars, a ...

Health created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Has the 'Golden Age' of global health funding come to an end?

Despite dire predictions in the wake of the economic crisis, donations to health projects in developing countries appear to be holding steady, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation ...

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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, ...

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Australia pension fund reviewing tobacco stake

The Australian government's pension fund for public servants said Thursday it was reviewing its investment in tobacco shares following the passage of plain packaging laws in a bid to curb smoking.

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Research finds high cost and randomness in grant funding decisions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Which scientific health and medical research projects receive government funding in any given year relies to some extent on 'chance' according to recent research by a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) ...

Medical research created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Commonwealth Fund Commission national health care scorecard: US scores 64 out of 100

The U.S. health care system scored 64 out of 100 on key measures of performance, according to the third national scorecard report from the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, released today. ...

Health created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Griffith University tackles deadly Hendra virus

Australian medical researchers are on the brink of an effective human treatment for the deadly Hendra virus, and potentially the closely related Nipah virus, which has killed more than two hundred people in South East Asia.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Half of Americans with individual health plans could gain better coverage under the ACA: report

More than half of Americans with individual market health insurance coverage in 2010 were enrolled in so-called "tin" plans, which provide less coverage than the lowest "bronze"-level plans in the Affordable Care Act, and ...

Health created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Positive outcome no more likely in industry-funded trials

(HealthDay) -- Industry-sponsored clinical trials of rheumatoid arthritis drugs are no more likely to report positive outcomes than trials funded by other means, and in many cases use better methodology, according ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jul 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Funding

Funding or financing is to provide capital (funds), which means money for a project, a person, a business or any other private or public institutions.

Those funds can be allocated for either short term or long term purposes. The health fund is a new way of funding private healthcare centers.

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