News tagged with health care costs
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DC Female Condom program highly effective in preventing HIV infections
A new economic analysis, conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and featured in the current issue of Springer's journal AIDS and Behavior, showed that the DC Female Condom program, a public-private partne ...
HIV & AIDS
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Heart healthy lessons plus better food offerings lower heart disease risk factors in sixth-graders
Sixth-graders taking part in a 10-week program that included interactive lessons to get heart smart coupled with healthier food and beverage options in the cafeteria and vending machines had marked reductions across all cardiovascular ...
Cardiology
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Study finds interventions to prevent Type 2 diabetes give good return on investment
Programs to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults would result in fewer people developing diabetes and lower health care costs over time, researchers conclude in a new study funded by the National Institutes ...
Diabetes
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Poll: Health overhaul unpopular, but not as feared
(AP) -- Nearly two years after President Barack Obama signed landmark legislation to cover the uninsured, a new poll finds his health care overhaul is neither better liked nor better understood.
Health
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Strong scientific evidence that eating berries benefits the brain
Strong scientific evidence exists that eating blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and other berry fruits has beneficial effects on the brain and may help prevent age-related memory loss and other changes, scientists report. ...
Health
Mar 07, 2012 |
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One in four U.S. HIV patients don't stay in care, study shows
(Medical Xpress) -- Only about 75 percent of HIV/AIDS patients in the United States remain in care consistently, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania published online ...
HIV & AIDS
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Whole-body CT scans in trauma can prove but not exclude injuries
For assessing severe trauma, single-pass whole-body computed tomography (CT) can prove but not definitively exclude the presence of injuries and should be performed later than 30 minutes after admission to an emergency department ...
Health
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Osteoporosis experts urge bone density testing more frequently for women at risk
Although a recent study suggests that women with normal results on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans at ages 67 and older may wait up to 15 years for a second test, a Viewpoint article published today in the Journal of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Hearing loss linked to 3-fold risk of falling
Hearing loss has been linked with a variety of medical, social and cognitive ills, including dementia. However, a new study led by a Johns Hopkins researcher suggests that hearing loss may also be a risk factor for another ...
Health
Feb 27, 2012 |
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States called on to restore anti-smoking funds
(AP) -- Steve Panetta smoked for 34 years, the last 10 at a three-pack-a-day clip. He watched his father die from lung cancer and his stepfather struggle with emphysema. He tried quitting six times before ...
Health
Feb 26, 2012 |
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New study shows high cost of defensive medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers estimate that U.S. orthopaedic surgeons create approximately $2 billion per year in unnecessary health care costs associated with orthopaedic care due to the practice of defensive ...
Health
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Study finds in utero surgery preferable to surgery
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that show that, for children with spina bifida, surgery ...
Other
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Financial burden of prescription drugs is dropping: Costs remain a challenge for many
The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, ...
Health
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Combined approach to global health can save lives at lower cost
(Medical Xpress) -- The great paradox of global health efforts is that regions of the world most plagued by poverty, poor infrastructure and rampant disease are often the most difficult to support. Now, scientists ...
Health
Feb 06, 2012 |
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The future of health care
The United States spends more per capita on health care than any other developed nation, and has the highest growth rate in health care costs, as well. In 2009, these costs reached $2.5 trillion, making up ...
Health
Jan 31, 2012 |
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