News tagged with care system
Half of Americans will be diabetic or pre-diabetic by 2020
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study by US health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group Inc. predicts that by 2020 over half of Americans will have either pre-diabetic conditions or type 2 diabetes if current trends ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Can newly discovered biology 'law' save lives?
What if doctors in the intensive care unit could predict if and when a patient was about to go into cardiac arrest? They could then be ready when it happened.
Nov 02, 2011 |
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US ranks last among 7 countries on health system performance
Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared to six other industrialized countries—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—on ...
Jun 23, 2010 |
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New book compares health care in New York, Paris and London
Why do other countries spend less on health care and yet achieve near-universal coverage and often better outcomes than the United States? This question has come up repeatedly during the health reform debate, and yet the ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Few health reform options would have covered more people at lower cost than new law, study finds
The recently enacted federal health care reform law provides health insurance coverage to the largest number of Americans while keeping federal costs as low as reasonably possible, according to a new analysis from the RAND ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Americans' life expectancy continues to fall behind other countries'
The United States continues to lag behind other nations when it comes to gains in life expectancy, and commonly cited causes for our poor performance—obesity, smoking, traffic fatalities, and homicide—are not to ...
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Last-ditch method at fighting intestinal superbug
(AP) -- A superbug named C-diff is on the rise, a germ that so ravages some people's intestines that repeated tries of the strongest, most expensive antibiotic can't conquer their disabling diarrhea.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 13, 2010 |
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New study findings reveal US high school science standards in genetics are 'inadequate'
A new study by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), the country's leading genetics scientific society, found that more than 85 percent of states have genetics standards that are inadequate for preparing America's ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Team outlines 21st century roadmap to make America the healthiest nation in the world
A Commission of national health care experts convened by the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC) has unveiled a roadmap and integrated approach that will put "health" back into our nation's health care ...
May 05, 2010 |
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Redefining normal blood pressure
As many as 100 million Americans may currently be misclassified as having abnormal blood pressure, according to Dr. Brent Taylor from the Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Surprising finding from smoke inhalation study
An award-winning Loyola University Health System study includes some unexpected findings about the immune systems of smoke-inhalation patients.
Apr 01, 2011 |
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'Emerging contaminants of concern' detected throughout Narragansett Bay watershed
A group of hazardous chemical compounds that are common in industrial processes and personal care products but which are not typically monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency have been detected throughout the Narragansett ...
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Majority of Americans say research and development are key to building US economy
The new edition of America Speaks, a compilation of public opinion polls commissioned by Research!America, demonstrates increasing public support for research and innovation to improve health, create jobs and boost the economy. ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Software security patent to help improve health IT privacy
A computer security invention patented* a decade ago at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is now poised to help safeguard patient privacy in hospitals.
Jul 08, 2010 |
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US top court rejects quick health care law ruling
The US Supreme Court rejected Virginia's request Monday to immediately rule on whether President Barack Obama's sweeping health care reform is constitutional.
Apr 25, 2011 |
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