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2/28/14 - List Depression as Official Heart Disease Risk Factor, AHA Panel Says

2/28/14 List Depression as Official Heart Disease Risk Factor, AHA Panel Says

Medscape

Depression should join the ranks of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and smoking as an official heart disease risk factor, according to an expert panel convened ...

2/28/14 - Chronically ill facing high drugs costs under US health law

2/28/14 Chronically ill facing high drugs costs under US health law

Reuters

Actuarial studies of plans sold through health insurance .... Her ad claims Lamb's annual health insurance costs went up more than $6,000 as a ...

2/28/14 - Boys' health costs higher than girls – until age 14

2/28/14 Boys' health costs higher than girls – until age 14

MarketWatch

In an analysis of over 5.4 billion health insurance claims from 2009 to 2012, the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit research group, found ...

2/27/14 - Vaccine Costs Affect Pediatrician Stocking Decisions

2/27/14 Vaccine Costs Affect Pediatrician Stocking Decisions

Medscape

 

Total costs of vaccines for a child up to age 18 years have gone from ~$50 in the ... almost as dissatisfied with the Children's Health Insurance Program (56%).

2/27/14 - FDA proposes first new food labels in decades

2/27/14 FDA proposes first new food labels in decades

WCNC

The nutrition labels on the backs of packaged foods are getting a proposed makeover Thursday that will make calorie counts more noticeable, serving sizes more realistic and added sugars more obvious.

2/27/14 - The Obamacare Tax That Nobody Expects

2/27/14 The Obamacare Tax That Nobody Expects

Forbes

It was the scheme all along, that health officials would raise noise around the tax ... kick in, that help offset the expense of out of pocket costs and deductibles.

2/26/14 - Transfusions Risky During Certain Heart Procedures, Study Finds

2/26/14 Transfusions Risky During Certain Heart Procedures, Study Finds

Philly.com

In addition, the steps that donated blood go through to make it safe for transfusion may cause inflammation, which could harm patients with heart problems, ...

2/26/14 - How Much Does Health Insurance Cost "Off Exchange": eHealth ...

2/26/14 How Much Does Health Insurance Cost "Off Exchange": eHealth ...

Wall Street Journal

How Much Does Health Insurance Cost "Off Exchange": eHealth Details Costs & Coverage of a Sample of Health Plans Not Available on Government ...

2/26/14 - Popular US health reform plan may not cut costs, boost quality: study

2/26/14 Popular US health reform plan may not cut costs, boost quality: study

Reuters

"The medical home has gained popularity as a new model of primary care, with the expectation that the approach will produce better and lower-cost health care," ...

2/25/14 - Diabetes Boosts Stroke Risk for Women, But Not Men: Study

2/25/14 Diabetes Boosts Stroke Risk for Women, But Not Men: Study

Philly.com

(HealthDay News) -- A new study adds to the evidence that diabetes may boost the risk of a stroke in women but not in men.

2/25/14 - Medicare cost shifting: The next big worry for seniors

2/25/14 Medicare cost shifting: The next big worry for seniors

MSN Money

Healthcare costs already eat up a sizable part of Social Security benefits for many seniors, so if Medicare out-of-pocket costs jump while COLA formulas hold ...

2/25/14 - Obama administration: Health law's new rules will increase costs for ...

2/25/14 Obama administration: Health law's new rules will increase costs for ...

Washington Post

Nearly two-thirds of small businesses that currently offer health insurance to their workers will pay more for coverage as a result of new rules in ...

2/24/14 - CKD Patients Commonly Suffer Adverse Safety Events

2/24/14 CKD Patients Commonly Suffer Adverse Safety Events

Renal and Urology News

Self-reported hypoglycemia was the most common class I event recorded, with a higher adjusted rate conditional on use of diabetesmedication within the last ...

2/24/14 - Youth with HIV at Increased Risk for Heart Disease

2/24/14 Youth with HIV at Increased Risk for Heart Disease

Monthly Prescribing Reference

According to a National Institutes of Health network study, close to half of adolescents born with HIV may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, ...

2/24/14 - How the ACA May Affect Health Costs

2/24/14 How the ACA May Affect Health Costs

Wall Street Journal

The 2010 Affordable Care Act includes more than a dozen provisions aimed at bringing down costs in government health programs and private ...

2/21/14 - Average Obese Woman Gets Just 1 Hour of Exercise a Year: Study

2/21/14 Average Obese Woman Gets Just 1 Hour of Exercise a Year: Study

HealthDay News

A new study suggests that obese women get just one hour of vigorous exercise a year, while obese men don't do much better at fewer than four hours.

 

2/21/14 - Specialty Drugs Cost More Under Some Exchange Plans, Study Finds

2/21/14 Specialty Drugs Cost More Under Some Exchange Plans, Study Finds

California Healthline

U.S. residents who use specialty drugs could face higher costs for the treatments underhealth coverage purchased through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges ...

2/20/14 - The Strange Effects Of The Health Insurance “Annual Fee” Tax

2/20/14 The Strange Effects Of The Health Insurance “Annual Fee” Tax Forbes The ACA's individual tax penalty for not having health insurance is widely known. ... higher premiums, or possibly higher average out-of-pocket costs or reduced ...

2/20/14 - Obamacare Consumers Avoiding Cheapest Health Plans

2/20/14 Obamacare Consumers Avoiding Cheapest Health Plans Bloomberg Fliers promoting the Get Covered Illinois health insurance marketplace sit in a box at... The lower the plan level, the higher the out-of-pocket costs.

2/20/14 - Health Plans Must Cover Suicide Related Costs, But Many Refuse

2/20/14 Health Plans Must Cover Suicide Related Costs, But Many Refuse

Physicians News Digest

But some health plans make a harrowing experience worse by refusing to cover medical costs for injuries that are related to suicide—even though experts say ...