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3/20/14 - Rutgers study find link between teen girls, depression and obesity

3/20/14 Rutgers study find link between teen girls, depression and obesity

The Star-Ledger

Conversely, obese teenager girls are prone to develop depression as they reach adulthood, according to the study, which was published yesterday in the ...

3/20/14 - Trend of Hospital Concentration Likely Increases Costs, Study Finds

3/20/14 Trend of Hospital Concentration Likely Increases Costs, Study Finds

The Nonprofit Quarterly

Trend of Hospital Concentration Likely Increases Costs, Study Finds ... The description of the study as “ongoing” is important, as the healthcare delivery ...

3/20/14 - Reform Update: State exchanges plan extensions for consumers ...

3/20/14 Reform Update: State exchanges plan extensions for consumers ...

ModernHealthcare.com

Several state-based health insurance exchanges that have experienced ... The averagecost of a bronze health exchange plan is approximately $1,116 a year, ...

 

 

3/19/14 - Outcomes in Chronic Disease with Continuity of Care

3/19/14 Outcomes in Chronic Disease with Continuity of Care

Monthly Prescribing Reference

For Medicare beneficiaries with congestive heart failure (CHF),chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and type 2 diabetes ...

3/19/14 - Report: Alzheimer's far more likely than breast cancer in women ...

3/19/14 Report: Alzheimer's far more likely than breast cancer in women ...

CNN

 

Women age 60 and older have a 1 in 6 chance of getting Alzheimer's disease in their lifetime, and are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's compared ...

3/19/14 - Some Young People Won't Get Tax Help for Obamacare Insurance

3/19/14 Some Young People Won't Get Tax Help for Obamacare Insurance

Kaiser Health News

Subsidies in the health law were designed to lower insurance costs for people who make around $11,000 to $46,000 a year. But for young people earning ...

3/18/14 - Gestational Diabetes Ups Atherosclerosis Risk

3/18/14 Gestational Diabetes Ups Atherosclerosis Risk

Renal and Urology News

Among women who have not developed diabetes or metabolic syndrome, a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) may be a marker for ...

3/18/14 - Women Face Delays in Heart Attack Care: Study

3/18/14 Women Face Delays in Heart Attack Care: Study

WebMD

"It has been shown in multiple trials that there are gender differences in the treatment of heart disease between men and women entering a ...

3/18/14 - ACL Injury Screening Not Cost-Effective

3/18/14 ACL Injury Screening Not Cost-Effective

Medscape

This does not include nonmonetary costs like scholarships lost because of the injury andcosts to the health and well-being of athletes who can never return to ...

3/17/14 - Better continuity of care for elderly patients cuts costs and ...

3/17/14 Better continuity of care for elderly patients cuts costs and ...

Science Codex

Improving the coordination of care for elderly patients with chronic diseases trims costs, reduces use of health services and cuts complications, according to a ...

3/17/14 - Study Identifies Most Common, Costly Reasons for Mental Health ...

3/17/14 Study Identifies Most Common, Costly Reasons for Mental Health ...

HealthCanal.com

The study is the first to examine frequency and costs associated with specific inpatient mental health diagnoses for children, and is a step towards creating ...

3/17/14 - Cost of Health Connector website problems still uncertain as a ...

3/17/14 Cost of Health Connector website problems still uncertain as a ...

MassLive.com

BOSTON - The cost to Massachusetts of the failure of its healthinsurance exchange website remains uncertain, as the timeline for completing the project ...

3/14/14 - Emotional Stress Linked to Women's Heart Problems

3/14/14 Emotional Stress Linked to Women's Heart Problems

PsychCentral.com

Emotional Stress Linked to Women's Heart Problems Researchers have found that emotional stressors — such as those provoking anger — may cause changes ...

3/14/14 - Penicillin 'Allergy' History May Be Inaccurate and Costly

3/14/14 Penicillin 'Allergy' History May Be Inaccurate and Costly

Medscape

"This medical history detail impacts not only critical health care decisions, but it ... Overreporting of penicillin allergy may increase medical costs for patients as ...

3/14/14 - Costs of CMS' emergency preparedness plan worry providers

3/14/14 Costs of CMS' emergency preparedness plan worry providers

ModernHealthcare.com

The federal government's plans to bring healthcare providers participating in Medicare and Medicaid under a uniform standard for emergency preparedness ...

3/13/14 - Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most US Households

3/13/14 Cost of Health Care a Burden for Most US Households

Health Behavior News Service

 

Since 2001, health care costs have become more burdensome for almost all Americans, at every income level and in every geographic area, finds a new study ...

3/13/14 - Vermont has new plan to slow health care costs

3/13/14 Vermont has new plan to slow health care costs

Centre Daily Times

More than 2,500 health care providers that serve Vermonters could be working together to help control costs by focusing on keeping ...

3/13/14 - Can Mobile Technology Cut Health Costs?

3/13/14 Can Mobile Technology Cut Health Costs?

National Journal

Researchers at the Brookings Institution studied China and the United States—two countries that face similar challenges in reducing health care costs due to ...

3/12/14 - Group Prenatal Care Boosts Pregnancy Outcomes

3/12/14 Group Prenatal Care Boosts Pregnancy Outcomes

National Journal

As part of the program, which began five years ago, Centering Pregnancy ... 2013, there were not only no preterm births among Centering Pregnancy patients, but ... home of the world's largest economy and some of its most advanced medical ...

3/12/14 - Making diabetes screening more available at the dentist's office

3/12/14 Making diabetes screening more available at the dentist's office

Niagara Frontier Publications

You may have diabetes and not even know it. According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25.8 million people have diabetes. Of these, 7 million ...