News tagged with health reform
Study: Only a Third of Americans Aware of Exercise Recommendations (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Only a third of Americans could identify national recommendations for minimum daily physical activity of 30 minutes, despite more than a decade of publicity campaigns, according to research led by a Duke ...
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Fight obesity? Add sales tax to soda tab
Presenting a united front in the war on obesity, diabetes and other nutrition-related disorders, seven of America’s leading public health and economics experts are urging passage of taxes on sugar-sweetened ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Universal coverage may narrow racial, ethnic and socioeconomic gaps in health care
Health care disparities in the U.S. have long been noted, with particular attention paid to the gaps separating racial and economic groups. And while some research has looked at how insurance—and lack of insurance—contributes ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Young adults struggle with online political participation
Young adults who are web savvy, but lack knowledge about federal government, may struggle to use the web for political participation, according to a team of researchers.
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Jun 15, 2011 |
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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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4.7 million Californians to gain coverage under health reform, new study estimates
Up to two-thirds of California's 7 million uninsured residents will become eligible for health insurance coverage when health care reform is implemented in 2014, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Calorie labeling has no effect on teenagers' or parents' food purchases
A new study led by an NYU School of Medicine investigator and published in the February 15, 2011, Advance Online Publication, International Journal of Obesity, challenges the idea that calorie labeling has an effect on the ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Elder law expert: Health care reform act a mixed bag for seniors
Although the effects of the controversial health care reform act will be somewhat muted for many older Americans, it will inevitably have enough of an impact that seniors will discover that there is plenty to like and dislike ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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US judge deals new blow to Obama health reform
A second US federal judge Monday declared President Barack Obama's health care law unconstitutional, sparking a fierce new showdown with Republicans who vow to repeal the historic reform act.
Jan 31, 2011 |
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US says 129 million people have health woes
As many as 129 million people in the United States, or almost half of those under 65, have a pre-existing condition that could bar them from health insurance, a government report said Tuesday.
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Health care reform can help align preventive care recommendations with Medicare coverage
Health care reform should be able to mend a disconnect that has existed between the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a task force charged by the government to review clinical preventive ...
Jan 17, 2011 |
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US scientists sound alarm over animal research
Scientists who use monkeys, mice and dogs for research on human diseases fear that the US government is restructuring the massive National Institutes of Health in a way that could slash their funding.
Jan 06, 2011 |
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US Justice Dept to appeal health care reform ruling
The Obama administration said Tuesday it would appeal against a federal judge's ruling that a key provision of the landmark health care reform law was unconstitutional.
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Many cancers detected late in US: study
Almost half of cervical and colorectal cancers in the United States are diagnosed in the late stages of the disease when treatment is unlikely to help, a US government survey said Wednesday.
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Spread of electronic medical records raises privacy concerns
As efforts to implement electronic medical records escalate, so do the debate about patient privacy and the potential for commercial exploitation of the technology.
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Healthcare reform
Healthcare reform is a general rubric used for discussing major health policy creation or changes—for the most part, governmental policy that affects healthcare delivery in a given place. Healthcare reform typically attempts to:
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