Want to fix America's health care? First, focus on food
The national debate on health care is moving into a new, hopefully bipartisan phase.
Sep 18, 2017
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The national debate on health care is moving into a new, hopefully bipartisan phase.
Sep 18, 2017
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Research shows that 50 percent of health care expenditures are attributable to 5 percent of the population—individuals commonly referred to as "super-utilizers" of care. They are often the sickest patients, many of whom ...
May 14, 2019
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Women face a multitude of barriers to receiving quality care for endometriosis, a chronic, often painful disease that affects approximately 10% of reproductive-age women, an estimated 200 million women and teens worldwide.
Feb 25, 2019
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A study published today in the International Journal of Health Services finds that immigrants use far less health care than non-immigrants, and may actually subsidize the care of U.S. citizens. The findings by researchers ...
Aug 8, 2018
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Variations in health care spending by Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) are similar throughout the state despite previous research, which found significant spending differences between the private and ...
Dec 21, 2011
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The life-threatening MERS coronavirus that has emerged in the Middle East could spread faster and wider during two international mass gatherings involving millions of people in the next few months, according to researchers ...
Jul 19, 2013
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Researchers from Monash University have conducted a study into the frequency and testing patterns for vitamin D deficiency which raises questions about best practice and the financial impact on health spending in Australia.
Aug 11, 2015
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A medically tailored meal delivery service provided to homebound and critically or chronically ill individuals in Massachusetts achieved a 16 percent net reduction in health care costs, according to a new study published ...
Apr 4, 2018
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In an analysis of three different types of radiation therapy used to treat localized prostate cancer, compared with conformal radiation therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) was associated with fewer diagnoses ...
Apr 17, 2012
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Although the recently FDA approved cholesterol-lowering drugs, PCSK9 inhibitors, could substantially reduce heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular deaths, they would not be cost-effective for use in patients with heterozygous ...
Aug 16, 2016
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