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Discounts on purchases of healthy foods can improve diets, study finds
Lowering the costs of healthy foods in supermarkets increases the amount of fruits, vegetables and whole grain foods that people eat, while also appearing to reduce consumption of nutritionally less-desirable foods, according ...
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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Millions got free preventive care due to health law, HHS says
(HealthDay)—About 71 million Americans with private health insurance plans received at least one free preventive health service—such as a mammogram or flu shot—in 2011 and 2012 because of the Affordable ...
Health
Mar 18, 2013 |
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Final rule in notice of benefit, payment parameters issued
(HealthDay)—The final rule of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014, which expands on existing standards, has been released.
Health
Mar 16, 2013 |
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AMA files brief contesting insurer's payment practices
(HealthDay)—A landmark case examining the question of whether physicians can bring a class arbitration against a health insurer who has underpaid them is currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, in a brief ...
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Mar 13, 2013 |
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States select benchmark plans for essential health benefit required by Affordable Care Act
Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia have selected the health insurance plan in their state that will serve as the "essential health benefit" package sold by all insurers participating in the new health insurance ...
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Mar 13, 2013 |
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After years of growth, fewer transplants done through 'kidney chains'
An additional 1,000 patients could undergo kidney transplants in the United States annually if hospitals performed more transplants using paired kidney exchanges, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.
Surgery
Mar 12, 2013 |
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Stroke risk in elderly treated with antipsychotics is newly linked to specific drug actions
Antipsychotic administration in the elderly is associated with an increased risk for cerebrovascular accident, more commonly known as stroke; a new study published in Biological Psychiatry provides additional insight into t ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 11, 2013 |
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Feds take lead on health insurance exchanges
(HealthDay)—More than half the states in the nation have decided against creating on their own one of the most complex yet vital parts of the massive 2010 health reform law, which was championed by President ...
Health
Mar 08, 2013 |
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Map to avoid detours on road to HIV treatment success: Focus on transitions in care may improve outcomes
(Medical Xpress)—Addressing on the challenges that accompany transitions between health care settings could be a key strategy for improving clinical outcomes for people living with HIV, according to researchers from the ...
HIV & AIDS
Mar 07, 2013 |
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Women's health must be priority for state health exchange marketplaces, new report says
Women's issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at ...
Health
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Neighborhood poverty and health insurance figure in late-stage diagnosis of breast cancer
Home may be where the heart is, but where you live could affect your health.
Cancer
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Ethnic, socioeconomic factors impact scoliosis tx, outcome
(HealthDay)—For hospitalized patients with idiopathic scoliosis, ethnic and socioeconomic variables influence treatment and outcomes, according to a study published in the February issue of The Spine Jo ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 02, 2013 |
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One in five Americans knows a victim of gun violence, poll says
(HealthDay)—One in five Americans knows a victim of gun violence and four in 10 are worried about becoming the victim of gun violence, according to a new poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Health
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Doctor shortage to hit Chicago's poorer neighborhoods harder, study finds
Some of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods are expected to see the greatest demand for additional primary care doctors in 2014, as the Affordable Care Act boosts the number of newly insured patients seeking medical services, ...
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Feb 28, 2013 |
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Mental health-substance use services in hospitals up after parity law, finds new report
The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 ("Parity Act") increased access to mental health and substance use services in hospitals, yet consumers continued to pay more out-of-pocket ...
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Feb 27, 2013 |
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