HIV & AIDS
Researchers increase HIV treatment success rates by almost 18 percent
Researchers have been successful in increasing HIV treatment success rates by almost 18 percent.
Mar 3, 2017
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News tagged with health care expenditures
Cardiology
Needless shocks from heart devices can trigger extra health costs, researchers say
A team led by a Stanford University School of Medicine researcher has discovered that shocks from implantable cardioverter defibrillators often trigger a cascade of health tests and interventions, even when the shocks they ...
Feb 14, 2017
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Health
Palliative care improves quality of life, lessens symptoms
People living with serious illness who receive palliative care have better quality of life and fewer symptoms than those who don't receive palliative care, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh ...
Nov 22, 2016
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Health
Digital health devices are great, but their prices are widening the health gap
Chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases account for more than 85 percent of all deaths in the United States. Obesity and asthma in particular are among the leading causes ...
Oct 18, 2016
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Cardiology
Recently approved cholesterol medication not cost-effective; could substantially increase US health costs
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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Health
If one in ten US smokers quits, $63 billion saved
(HealthDay)—Kicking the smoking habit boosts more than just your health—it also saves money.
May 10, 2016
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Health
Chemical exposure linked to 1.4 billion euros in women's health care costs
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals may contribute to reproductive health problems experienced by hundreds of thousands of women, costing European Union an estimated €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) a year in health care expenditures ...
Mar 22, 2016
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Health
Government funds nearly two-thirds of US health care, study reports
Tax-funded expenditures accounted for 64.3 percent of U.S. health spending - about $1.9 trillion - in 2013, according to new data published today [Thursday, Jan. 21] in the American Journal of Public Health. The Affordable ...
Jan 21, 2016
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Cardiology
Exercise, diet improves ability to exercise for patients with common type of heart failure
Among obese older patients with a common type of heart failure, calorie restriction or aerobic exercise training improved their ability to exercise without experiencing shortness of breath, although neither intervention had ...
Jan 5, 2016
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Overweight & Obesity
Severe obesity costs Medicaid $8 billion annually and rising
Nearly 11 percent or $8 billion of the cost to treat severe obesity was paid for by Medicaid in 2013, ranging from a low of $5 million in Wyoming to $1.3 billion in California. Research led by Y. Claire Wang, ScD, associate ...
Nov 2, 2015
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