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Researchers discuss broad impact of HIV-testing guideline changes

University at Albany and Weill Cornell Medical College researchers discuss proposed changes in HIV-Testing guidelines by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in a perspective article in the March 7 issue of the ...

HIV & AIDS created Feb 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Setting the record straight on Medicare's overhead costs

The traditional Medicare program allocates only 1 percent of total spending to overhead compared with 6 percent when the privatized portion of Medicare, known as Medicare Advantage, is included, according to a study in the ...

Health created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Poorer patients with lung cancer less likely to receive treatment than wealtheir patients

Poorer lung cancer patients in the developed world are significantly less likely to receive treatment than richer patients, researchers from Newcastle University have found. This inequality in treatment may contribute to ...

Cancer created Feb 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Record number of children covered by health insurance in 2011

A record number of U.S. children were covered by health insurance in 2011, mostly due to substantial increases in the enrollment rates of public insurance, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University ...

Health created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disparities exist in kidney transplant timing

African-Americans and individuals without private health insurance are less likely than others to receive a kidney transplant before requiring dialysis, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Jo ...

Other created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some families to be priced out of health overhaul

(AP)—Some families could get priced out of health insurance due to what's being called a glitch in President Barack Obama's overhaul law.

Health created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

T1DM insulin intensification patterns, outcomes studied

(HealthDay)—About half of youths with type 1 diabetes shift to a more intensive insulin regimen over time, which is associated with better glycemic control, according to research published in the January ...

Diabetes created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Louisiana shelves cut to Medicaid hospice program

(AP)—Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration has scrapped plans to shutter the state's Medicaid hospice program in February, meaning the state will continue to provide end-of-life care to people on their death beds ...

Health created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Health created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High court rejects Medicare challenge

(AP)—The Supreme Court has turned away a challenge from former House Majority Leader Dick Armey and other Social Security recipients who say they have the right to reject Medicare in favor of continuing health coverage ...

Health created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Health created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study calls for broader public access to obesity surgery

People with private health insurance are nine times more likely than those without to have bariatric weight-loss surgery, a new study has found.

Overweight and Obesity created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Drug coverage to vary under health law

(AP)—A new study says basic prescription drug coverage could vary dramatically from state to state under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Medications created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Children with autism arrive at emergency room for psychiatric crisis nine times more than peers

In the first study to compare mental health-related emergency department (ED) visits between children with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASD), researchers found that ED visits are nine times more likely to be for ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher proportion of California children uninsured than in US, analysis shows

Compared to the nation, a higher proportion of children in California are uninsured, one in every 10 children or more than 1.1 million in 2011. More of California's children have public health insurance and fewer through ...

Health created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0