News tagged with rationing health care
Limited resources, unlimited needs: Americans should ration health care, says MSU ethicist
As health care costs soar past $2.5 trillion and more than 47 million people remain uninsured, Americans must be willing to give up certain medical options to ensure health care reform is successful, argues a Michigan State ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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In sub-Saharan Africa, a shorter walk to water saves lives, study finds
In the fight against child mortality in the developing world, simple things make a big difference. A new study by Stanford researchers published by the journal Environmental Science and Technology shows that ...
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Chemists mimic nature to design better medical tests
Over their 3.8 billion years of evolution, living organisms have developed countless strategies for monitoring their surroundings. Chemists at UC Santa Barbara and University of Rome Tor Vergata have adapted ...
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Feb 14, 2012 |
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Too many blood transfusions? New standards urged
(AP) -- Check into the hospital and you may get a blood transfusion you didn't really need.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Rational, emotional reasons guide genetic-testing choices
Consumers decide whether to use mail-in genetic tests based on both rational and emotional reasons, a finding that adds to a growing body of health-care behavior research on information seeking and avoidance, according to ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Convenience leads to corpulence
Two of the biggest influences on children — parents and schools — may unintentionally contribute to childhood obesity. That's the observation of Susan Terwilliger, clinical associate professor in the Decker ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Most recent mammography recommendations confuse public
When the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention, released its recommendations on mammography screenings for US women on November 16, 2009, there was immediate ...
Apr 06, 2011 |
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New clues for asthma treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- New information that could help in the fight against asthma has been obtained by an international collaboration of scientists utilizing the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon ...
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Targeted ovarian cancer therapy not cost-effective: study
An analysis conducted by Ohio State University cancer researchers has found that adding the targeted therapy bevacizumab to the treatment of patients with advanced ovarian cancer is not cost effective.
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Past medical testing on humans revealed
(AP) -- Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, ...
Feb 27, 2011 |
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Researchers develop low-cost medical ventilators for global disasters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Matthew Callaghan, MD, had an epiphany about medical device design during a pandemic planning meeting, when his hospital was drafting a worst-case scenario protocol to decide which types of ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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