News tagged with kaiser family foundation
Study: Stark differences in media use between minority and white youth
Minority youth aged 8 to 18 consume an average of 13 hours of media content a day -- about 4-1/2 hours more than their white counterparts, according to a Northwestern University report, the first national study to focus exclusively ...
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Jun 08, 2011 |
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Fuzzy math in health law formula
(AP) -- Older adults of the same age and income with similar medical histories would pay sharply different amounts for private health insurance due to what appears to be an unintended consequence of the new health care law.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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HPV test beats Pap for cervical cancer screening
Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors.
May 18, 2011 |
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New site lets employers put health care out to bid
(AP) -- Self-insured businesses looking to cut out the middleman when it comes to health care have a new way to solicit bids directly from doctors or hospitals.
Mar 27, 2011 |
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Guided care reduces the use of health services by chronically ill older adults
A new report shows that older people who receive Guided Care, a new form of primary care, use fewer expensive health services compared to older people who receive regular primary care. Research published in the March 2011 ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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New healthcare portal offers increased patient safety, empowerment
Today IBM announced the next evolution of the patient portal, significantly expanding the types of information, alerts, recommendations and interactive coaching healthcare providers can offer to their patients ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Sex, drugs more common in hyper-texting teens
(AP) -- Teens who text 120 times a day or more - and there seems to be a lot of them - are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs than kids who don't send as many messages, according to provocative new research.
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Are texting and Facebook worse for teens than TV?
(AP) -- Let's face it: Teenagers spend hours texting, socializing on Facebook and playing video games. And it's driving their parents nuts.
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Some families win under new health care provisions
(AP) -- The nation's new health care law adds consumer protections that kick in Thursday, forcing insurers to meet new requirements. Coverage for children with pre-existing conditions is guaranteed. Lifetime ...
Sep 23, 2010 |
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44 pct of gay, bisexual men with HIV don't know it
(AP) -- One in five sexually active gay and bisexual men has the AIDS virus, and nearly half of those don't know they are infected, a federal study of 21 U.S. cities shows.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 23, 2010 |
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World AIDS conference opens to demo, call for funds
The 18th International AIDS Conference opened here on Sunday to UN pleas and activists' clamour for countries not to backtrack in the 29-year war on acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 18, 2010 |
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