Madrid health center directors quit en masse
(AP)—More than 300 directors of some 140 health centers in Madrid resigned from their posts Tuesday to protest plans to partly privatize the region's public health service.
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Jan 08, 2013 |
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Researchers find minimal state cost from Medicaid expansion in California
(Medical Xpress)—As the California Legislature prepares to consider bills relating to implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and expanding Medicaid, the state has the opportunity to significantly increase health insurance ...
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Jan 08, 2013 |
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Recession drove down doctor visits, study says
(HealthDay)—During the recession from 2007 to 2009, fewer Americans visited doctors or filled prescriptions, according to a new report.
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Jan 07, 2013 |
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Large Spanish protest against health privatization
(AP)—Thousands of Spanish medical workers marched through downtown Madrid on Monday to protest against budget cuts and plans to partly privatize their cherished national health service.
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Jan 07, 2013 |
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Outsourced radiologists perform better reading for fewer hospitals
(Medical Xpress)—Experience working for a particular hospital matters when it comes to the performance of radiologists who work for outsourcing teleradiology companies, according to a team of researchers, whose finding ...
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Jan 04, 2013 |
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Mental-health parity can cut costs
(Medical Xpress)—Implementation of the Mental Health Parity Act could save tens, possibly hundreds of billions of dollars and prevent needless suffering. The federal government has promised further guidance about how the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 24, 2012 |
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Health Survey for England reveals a nation in pain
Today's Health Survey for England reveals more than 14 million sufferers of chronic pain - pain which has lasted for more than three months. The study found that pain is more common among some groups than others, pain incurs ...
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Dec 21, 2012 |
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Spanish registry IDs predictors of low back pain improvement
(HealthDay)—For patients with acute or chronic low back pain (LBP), predictors have been identified for clinically relevant improvements in LBP, pain down the leg (LP), and disability at three months, according ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 20, 2012 |
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More than half a million California adults think seriously about committing suicide, study reveals
(Medical Xpress)—More than half a million adults in California seriously thought about committing suicide during the previous year, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 20, 2012 |
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US shooting revives debate over mental health care
The deadly US shooting rampage last week has revived debate about access to mental health care—a tough issue as state funds dry up and laws make it difficult to treat people against their will.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 20, 2012 |
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Is the mental health system failing troubled kids?
(HealthDay)— In the aftermath of the mass shooting that claimed the lives of 20 children in Newtown, Conn., last Friday, voices around the nation are asking, "How could this have happened?"
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 18, 2012 |
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Intensive therapy no better than traditional care at speeding up recovery from whiplash
More costly, intensive treatment works no better than usual care at speeding up recovery from whiplash injuries, according to new research published Online First in The Lancet.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 17, 2012 |
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Thousands in Spain protest health privatization
(AP)—Several thousand Spanish public health workers and other people marched from four main hospitals in Madrid to converge on a main square in the capital Sunday, protesting the regional government's plans ...
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Dec 17, 2012 |
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Partnership launched to prioritize research for 'neurodisabled' children
A ground breaking new project has been launched to find out what research is important to children and young people with neurodisability, their families, and the healthcare professionals who work with them. This is a unique ...
Medical research
Dec 13, 2012 |
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Current health costs pushing docs to make urgent choices
(HealthDay)—The current growth in health care's share of the gross domestic product (GDP) and need to implement learning health systems is forcing physicians to make important choices, according to a perspective ...
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Dec 13, 2012 |
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