Health
Consumers largely underestimating calorie content of fast food
People eating at fast food restaurants largely underestimate the calorie content of meals, especially large ones, according to a paper published today in BMJ.
May 23, 2013
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News tagged with patient protection
Health
Renewed efforts from AAFP to repeal OTC provision in ACA
(HealthDay)—Members of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and other medical associations are urging further consideration of Section 9003 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires ...
Apr 30, 2013
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Surgery
Single best practice to prevent DVT reduces hospital costs by more than $1.5 million annually
A major challenge facing today's health care community is to find ways to lower costs without compromising clinical quality. Taking that challenge to task, researchers at Medstar Health and Georgetown University School of ...
Apr 10, 2013
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Medications
Drug maker Novartis loses India patent battle (Update)
India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected drug maker Novartis AG's attempt to patent an updated version of a cancer drug in a landmark decision that health activists say ensures poor patients around the world will get continued ...
Apr 1, 2013
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Health
Expert says sport and food connection too strong to ignore
Spectator sports and food—often high-calorie or low-nutrition—have long gone hand-in-hand, yet FDA regulations geared toward calorie transparency at restaurant chains ignore this relationship. Popular fast-food restaurants ...
Feb 5, 2013
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Health
Enhanced pay for family docs due Jan. 1 will be retroactive
(HealthDay)—Family physicians who see Medicaid patients and are entitled to enhanced payment will get their pay, although it is likely to be delayed.
Jan 16, 2013
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Health
U.S. gives states more time to set up health insurance exchanges
(HealthDay)—The Obama administration is giving states additional time to set up so-called health insurance exchanges, a key element of the 2010 health reform law designed to bring coverage to an estimated 30 million Americans ...
Jan 15, 2013
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Health
Top five issues for docs and patients identified for 2013
(HealthDay)—The top five issues that will impact physicians and patients in 2013 have been identified, according to a report published Dec. 10 by The Physicians Foundation.
Jan 14, 2013
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Health
Many states say 'no' to health insurance exchanges
(HealthDay)—Half of the states in the nation have rebuffed a key provision of the Obama administration's health reform law: the creation of state-based health insurance exchanges, according to data compiled by the Henry ...
Dec 18, 2012
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Health
Feds seek end of religious birth control lawsuit
The federal government has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta and other religious institutions seeking to overturn a provision in the federal health care law that requires ...
Dec 11, 2012
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