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4/30/12 - Obesity-linked diabetes hard to treat in children

4/30/12 Obesity-linked diabetes hard to treat in children

‎Examiner.com

With one-third of children overweight or obese, type 2 diabetes is starting to catch up with type 1 diabetes as the leading cause of diabetes in children.

4/10/12 - Home health care costs rose less than long-term care, survey shows

4/10/12 Home health care costs rose less than long-term care, survey shows

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

By Guy Boulton of the Journal Sentinel The cost of home health care has risen only slightly compared with other types of long-term care in recent years, ...

3/23/12 - Treating Gum Disease May Help Diabetics Avoid Complications

3/23/12 Treating Gum Disease May Help Diabetics Avoid Complications

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U.S. News & World Report

"My research team and I had looked at other data sets and we knew that health care costs could be reduced, but we wanted to look at the hospitalizations and ...

3/22/12 - Chronic Disease Prevention Policies Need Better Costing Estimates

3/22/12 Chronic Disease Prevention Policies Need Better Costing Estimates

‎Medical News Today

In order to capture the potential economic value to prevent obesity related diseases like diabetes and heart disease, policymakers have to increase the ...

3/12/12 - Report: Alzheimer's Care Costs More Than $200 Billion Annually ...

3/12/12 Report: Alzheimer's Care Costs More Than $200 Billion Annually ...

‎Senior Housing News

It will cost more than $202 billion to care for America's estimated 5.4 million ... But those costs do not include treating the many other chronic ...

3/8/12 - Public Reports on Diabetes Care Helped Drive Clinic Improvements ...

3/8/12 Public Reports on Diabetes Care Helped Drive Clinic Improvements ...

‎University of Wisconsin-Madison

Diabetes affects more than eight percent of the population. Evidence-based research shows diabetes is best managed when patients are monitored regularly for ...

3/8/12 - Regulators consider waiving prescription for diabetes, cholesterol ...

3/8/12 Regulators consider waiving prescription for diabetes, cholesterol ...

‎Washington Post

FDA regulators told reporters that easing access to obtain certain medications could help address undertreated epidemics like diabetes.

3/5/12 - Who are the chronically costly? Health care's 1%

3/5/12 Who are the chronically costly? Health care's 1%

‎American Medical News

In contrast, the least costly half of all patients are associated with only 3% of total health spending, according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and ...

2/24/12 - Dieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease Patients ‎

2/24/12 Dieting Can Prove Dangerous for Kidney Disease Patients ‎

U.S. News & World Report

(HealthDay News) -- Overweight or obese people with chronic kidney disease may suffer further kidney damage if they use certain weight-loss methods, ...

2/22/12 - Mortality Risk Quantified for Diabetes Plus Kidney Disease

2/22/12 Mortality Risk Quantified for Diabetes Plus Kidney Disease

‎MedPage Today

This meta-analysis found that the presence of chronic kidney disease strongly predicted mortality risk in patients with type 2 diabetes.

2/21/12 - Early Strides Made in Personalized Refractory Asthma Care

2/21/12 Early Strides Made in Personalized Refractory Asthma Care

‎Family Practice News Digital Network

Six novel phenotypes have been defined that can be used to personalize therapy for difficult-to-treat, refractory asthma. "There's no doubt in my mind now, ...

2/8/12 - Low enrollment but high costs for Pre-Existing Condition Insurance ...

2/8/12 Low enrollment but high costs for Pre-Existing Condition Insurance ...

‎Forbes

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported in January that as of ... While enrollment remains much lower than projected, the average cost of ...

2/2/12 - Chronic illness reaching crisis proportions

2/2/12 Chronic illness reaching crisis proportions

‎Healthcare Finance News 

... “Living Well with Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Health Action,” the IOM ... with chronic illness and experiencing disparities in health outcomes.

 

1/25/12 - CDC: Diabetes amputations falling dramatically

1/25/12 CDC: Diabetes amputations falling dramatically

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Fox News

Other diabetes studies have shown declines in lost toes, feet and legs, but not as dramatic. "What jumped out to me was the scale of the improvement," said ...

1/24/12 - Infection control training mandated at assisted living centers

1/24/12 Infection control training mandated at assisted living centers

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News & Observer

The rate of people 18 and older in North Carolina with diabetes more than ... Given overall high percentages of people with diabetes, the sheer numbers of ...

1/20/12 - New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests

1/20/12 New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests

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New York Times

... to one child in 100, according to some estimates. The psychiatrists' association is wrestling with one of the most agonizing questions in mental health ...

1/20/12 - Key Chronic Diseases Decline in US

1/20/12 Key Chronic Diseases Decline in US

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Gallup.com

However, as with obesity, the prevalence of high blood pressure is still slightly ... Similarly, the percentage of young adults who were obese in 2011 ...

1/13/12 Health care coalition works to avoid unnecessary hospital visits ‎

1/13/12 Health care coalition works to avoid unnecessary hospital visits

Shore News Today

A coalition of health care providers from across Atlantic and Cape May counties ... hospital readmissions through the Atlantic-Cape Community Coalition. ...

1/11/12 - CIGNA, New York physician group launch accountable care initiative

1/11/12 CIGNA, New York physician group launch accountable care initiative

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Business Insurance

NEW YORK—CIGNA Corp. is launching a collaborative medical home initiative ... one that's patient-centered and emphasizes prevention and primary care,” CIGNA ...

1/10/12 - Diabetic Teenagers More Likely To Drop Out Of High School And Face ...

1/10/12 Diabetic Teenagers More Likely To Drop Out Of High School And Face ...

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Medical News Today

A study in the January issue of Health Affairs has found that students in high school with diabetes are at a higher risk of not completing their secondary ...