News tagged with medical costs
Even low alcohol consumption has a negative impact on overall health
Low alcohol consumption is bad for your health in general. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation studied the relationship between alcohol consumption and he ...
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Illness, medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of bankruptcies
Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all bankruptcies in 2007, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal of Medicine that will be published online Thursday. The data w ...
Jun 04, 2009 |
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What you pay for Medicare won't cover your costs
(AP) -- You paid your Medicare taxes all those years and think you deserve your money's worth: full benefits after you retire.
Dec 30, 2010 |
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Families caught in the middle
When the high cost of health care forces families to forgo paying for basic household expenses, such as rent, utilities or food, children's health suffers, according to research to be presented Sunday, May 2 at the Pediatric ...
May 02, 2010 |
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To eat or not to eat? Mental budgets help control consumption
If you feel like you're in a losing battle with a triple-chocolate cake, a "mental budget" can help, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Americans need lifestyle change to fight the fat: experts
Americans need to change the way they live if they want to beat the obesity epidemic that is robbing the United States of millions of dollars every year and threatening a generation with shorter lives, experts said Monday.
Jul 28, 2009 |
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GOP sees possible upside in health care summit
(AP) -- Congressional Republicans see a chance for political gain in President Barack Obama's televised health care summit next week, even though the president will be running the show.
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Forget your medicine? This device won't let you
Just what the doctor ordered: Annoying little gizmos that help remind you when you fail to take your medicines. The stuff of science fiction? Maybe not.
Mar 26, 2010 |
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More costly private model of foster care could save $6.3 billion in long term
In these times of trillion-dollar budgets and deficits, $6.3 billion may not seem like much money, but that's what the United States potentially could save on each group of adolescents who enter foster care every year.
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Costly cancer drugs are worth it, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- The cost for chemotherapy medications to treat colorectal cancer for six months has jumped 2,600 percent from 1993 to 2005. But such rising costs are worth the price, asserts a new report from Cornell, when ...
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Methods for abandoning old drugs in favor of new must be improved
Decisions about which drugs to abandon to fund new treatments recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) are inconsistent and may be contributing to the postcode lottery - one of the key ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 26, 2010 |
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China smoking deaths could triple by 2030, report warns
China is failing to deliver on pledges to help its 300 million smokers kick the habit, according to health experts who warned of a sharp rise in tobacco-linked deaths if strong steps are not taken.
Jan 07, 2011 |
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Massachusetts reform hasn't stopped medical bankruptcies: study
The percentage of personal bankruptcies linked to medical bills or illness changed little, and the absolute number actually increased in Massachusetts after the implementation of its landmark 2006 law requiring people to ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Programs kept Wisconsin families from poverty, report finds
Temporary increases in safety net programs and tax credits for working families helped keep many in Wisconsin from poverty during the recession and its aftermath, a new report by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Number of Americans with disability growing; arthritis cited as most common cause
Nearly 48 million Americans have a disability, an increase of three million from 1999, and arthritis tops the list of most common causes of disability, according to an article published today in the Centers for Disease Control ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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