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1/22/14 - Health Disparities Among African-American and Hispanic Men Cost ...

1/22/14 Health Disparities Among African-American and Hispanic Men Cost ... Newswise African-American men incurred $341.8 billion in excess medical costs due tohealth inequalities between 2006 and 2009, and Hispanic men ...

1/21/14 - Strategies May Build Buy-in for Switch to Medical Homes

1/21/14 Strategies May Build Buy-in for Switch to Medical Homes Medscape Given the momentum toward better, more efficient, less costly models of care, more practices are likely to switch to the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) ...

1/21/14 - Patients' Costs Skyrocket; Specialists' Incomes Soar

1/21/14 Patients' Costs Skyrocket; Specialists' Incomes Soar

New York Times

 

Patient costs have risen as doctors have become more entrepreneurial, protecting their turf through lobbying by medical societies and ...

1/21/14 - Consumers Expecting Free 'Preventive' Care Sometimes Surprised ...

1/21/14 Consumers Expecting Free 'Preventive' Care Sometimes Surprised ...

Kaiser Health News

The new health-care law encourages people to get the preventive services they ... Under the health law, preventive services are covered without patientcost ...

1/20/14 - Second-hand smoke linked to kids' hospital visits

1/20/14 Second-hand smoke linked to kids' hospital visits

CBS News

Asthmatic children who are exposed to cigarette smoke are more likely to make repeat trips to the hospital for breathing problems. But researchers say asking ...

1/20/14 - Tobacco use remains leading cause of preventable disease...

1/20/14 Tobacco use remains leading cause of preventable disease...

Watauga Democrat

Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of disease, disability and death in ... Willard's research indicated that cardiac disease, alone, leads to about ...

1/20/14 - Miami Children's Hospital Part Of A Trend: Revealing Some Price ...

1/20/14 Miami Children's Hospital Part Of A Trend: Revealing Some Price ... Kaiser Health News That, in turn, should give consumers a reliable reference to estimate their out-of-pocketcosts, which will vary depending on their health plan type, benefits and ...

1/17/14 - Screen pregnant women for gestational diabetes, panel argues

1/17/14 Screen pregnant women for gestational diabetes, panel argues Fox News Reinforcing an already common practice, a government-backed panel says women should be screened for gestational diabetes after 24 weeks of pregnancy ...

1/17/14 - Smoking causes diabetes, colon cancer, new report says

1/17/14 Smoking causes diabetes, colon cancer, new report says

USA TODAY

A new report from the surgeon general finds that smoking causes even more physical and financial damage than previously estimated, killing 480,000 ...

1/17/14 - Conditions Underlying Pulmonary Hypertension Risky in ICU

1/17/14 Conditions Underlying Pulmonary Hypertension Risky in ICU

Medscape

Pulmonary hypertension can be pulmonary arterial hypertension, often referred to as group 1 pulmonary hypertension, or can be related to left heart disease, ...

1/16/14 - Kids' Ear Infections Cost U.S. Health System Nearly $3B Annually ...

1/16/14 Kids' Ear Infections Cost U.S. Health System Nearly $3B Annually ...

Philly.com

Children's ear infectionscost the U.S. health care system nearly $3 billion a year, a new study says.

1/16/14 - Cost of Giving Birth Varies 10-Fold, Study Finds

1/16/14 Cost of Giving Birth Varies 10-Fold, Study Finds

ABC News

Patients with plenty of insurance are impacted by cost variations too, Hsai said. As insurers shift a larger percentage of health care costs onto consumers, new ...

1/15/14 - Budget bill would let schools opt out of nutrition standards

1/15/14 Budget bill would let schools opt out of nutrition standards Herald Times Reporter The waivers would be granted by states to any local school system that demonstrates it could not meet the federal nutrition standards without incurring additional ...

1/15/14 - Results Mixed for Patient-Centered Medical Homes

1/15/14 Results Mixed for Patient-Centered Medical Homes

MedPage Today

An analysis of patient-centered medical home (PCMH) studies showed sparse levels of improvement in overutilization and patient satisfaction, ...

1/15/14 - Medical debt will persist despite health law

1/15/14 Medical debt will persist despite health law

USA TODAY

The new health care law requires consumers' portions of health care expenses — known as cost sharing — to be capped at $6,350 for individuals and $12,700 ...

1/14/14 - Study Demonstrates Need to Change Scoring System for Heart ...

1/14/14 Study Demonstrates Need to Change Scoring System forHeart ...

UCSD Medical Center

Great CAC density of calcified plaque in the coronary arteries was inversely and significantly associated with risk of coronary heart disease and cardiovascular ...

1/14/14 - A new wrinkle in senior care: Older workers finding jobs as aides for ...

1/14/14 A new wrinkle in senior care: Older workers finding jobs as aides for ... Detroit Free Press Among the overall population of direct-care workers, 29% are projected to be 55 or ...“There's often people who have chronic disease themselves who have to ...

1/14/14 - Older Pool of Health Care Enrollees Stirs Fears on Costs

1/14/14 Older Pool of Health Care Enrollees Stirs Fears on Costs

New York Times

Only 24 percent of those choosing a health insurance plan are 18 to 34, a group that is usually healthier and needs fewer costly medical ...

1/13/14 - Tweaking MRI to Track Creatine May Spot Heart Problems Earlier ...

1/13/14 Tweaking MRI to Track Creatine May Spot Heart Problems Earlier ...

Penn: Office of University Communications

A new MRI method to map creatine at higher resolutions in the heart may help clinicians and scientists find abnormalities and disorders earlier than traditional ...

1/13/14 - Need relief from asthma? Communicating with your allergist is key

1/13/14 Need relief from asthma? Communicating with your allergist is key

Medical Xpress

... management may decrease health care disparities and improve outcomes." ... Although symptoms can become better with time, asthma is achronic illness.