PricewaterhouseCooper's forecasts health care in 2010
...ation movement as moreindividuals purchase private insurance and opt out of government health systems.In addition, the HealthCast 2010 survey showed that Americans believe definedcontribution systems, which have become popular with corporate pension programs,are a likely possibility for employer-sponsored heal...Statement by APA President Allan Tasman, M.D., on the Surgeon Generals Report on Mental Health
... mental illness to seek help, and said that health insurance should pay for that treatment on the same basis as it covers other medical illnesses. This 1999 Surgeon Generals report can do for mental illness what the Surgeon Generals 1964 report did for smoking and health. The APA believes it will bring ...Biomarkers: testing for alcohol consumption among women
...l Research. "Another use for biomarkers involves insurance companies," observed Martin Javors, professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. "Also, physicians may want to be sure that people who are going to get liver transplants are not drinking." Javors speculated...Private and public insurance deny few services
...ficantly reduced the costs compared with indemnity insurance and HMOs. In a study from the University of California, Davis, researchers examined the process of utilization management and found that after 9,639 reviews, less than 10 percent of treatment services were denied, or were approved at a level lower th...Nurses, alert janitors boost seniors' mental health
...mental health problems; they may have insufficient insurance or even a simple lack of transport to the doctor's office. No single solution tackles all the reasons," he adds, "but this new program, based on quickly recognizing mental problems and improving access to care shows large populations can be helped af...European Commission sponsors earthquake risk conference at IIASA
... experts from 25 countries in the risk management, insurance or natural disaster fields will address questions such as, "What are the global or regional consequences of future earthquakes?" "Can a major earthquake trigger global financial collapse?" "What are the social issues of loss-sharing?" Case studi...Q & A with Dr. J Craig Venter, July 20th
...ting genes, discrimination by employers and health insurance providers based on genetic information, and the future of gene therapy. Here is an opportunity to participate in the discussion. Q & A With Dr. J. Craig Venter President and Chief Scientific Officer of Celera Genomics A Media Lunch Briefing Cosponso...African Americans fare less well than whites after stroke prevention surgery
...ituation may be linked to socioeconomic and health insurance status." For the study, Hopkins investigators reviewed the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission database to identify all elective CEA procedures performed in all non-federal acute care hospitals in Maryland from 1990 to 1995. They then ex...Passport, please: A global strategy to curb invasive species
...oney says. He suggests adopting a type of bond, or insurance system, where those who do the importing contribute to a fund set aside to fight harmful invasive species. The GISP strategy also recommends considering the actual cost of invasives and incorporating that cost into a financial code of conduct for the...Coping with natural disasters along the Pacific Rim
...ss is a question often raised by public officials, insurance executives and other business leaders, she notes. ...r speakers will discuss the role of homeowners and insurance companies in managing earthquake risk, as well as community efforts to assess the risk of hazards be...Common genetic differences affect vulnerability to childhood leukemia, new study shows
...cid for DNA synthesis -probably a trait evolved as insurance against major DNA damage in times of folic acid undernourishment, which is common during pregnancy. "Now we have shown that the low-functioning allele protects against the MLL leukemia subtype. It is likely that by assuring adequate folic acid for D......astal barrier islands by offering subsidized flood insurance policies, beach-building funds, road construction money, bridge construction costs, and financing for additional infrastructure. The resulting need for nourishment programs is costly. For example, the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 authorize...Hunger linked to poor health in low-income U.S. children
...rty and associated risks such as not having health insurance or a regular source of medical care. "At every income level, children whose families do not get enough food to eat have poorer health," says Alaimo. Low income also is associated with poorer health, the study indicated. Both low-income preschoolers ...Doctors failure to reevaluate asthma severity hurts wheezing sufferers
... some of the largest U.S. companies and had health insurance coverage through managed care. For more information on asthma, visit http://www.hopkins-lungs.org and http://www.hopkins-allergy.org/. Other researchers involved in the study include Gregory Diette, Jerry Krishnan, Elizabeth Skinner, Donald Steinwac...Alzheimer's genetic susceptibility could bring fear and misunderstanding, religious scholars say
...would still be legally available to long-term care insurance companies and could easily be used as the basis fo...ally speaking in terms of such things as obtaining insurance and various kinds of health care (will a person with high susceptibility be seen as a good candidate...Asthmatic blacks get less high-quality asthma care
... some of the largest U.S. companies and had health insurance coverage through managed care. In contrast to the consistent differences in care by race, the researchers discovered that asthma care did not favor either gender exclusively. Women tended to report better care except for two areas. Women did not use ......S. workers covered by state and federal employment insurance programs set the average higher ($35,296 in 2000). In contrast, the AAAS reports, academic life scientists are earning median salaries of $80,000 in 2001, while non-academics report salaries with a midpoint 20 percent higher than their academic count...Race influences outcome of liver transplants, according to Hopkins study
...or compliance with postoperative care, and lack of insurance benefits. Preliminary data on 500 liver transplant patients treated at Hopkins suggest that socioeconomic factors are not at fault, and Thuluvath is analyzing more than 30,000 liver transplant cases in the United Network of Organ Sharing to determin...Megavitamins may help treat many genetic diseases, could tune up everyone's metabolism
...dollars. Everybody in the world should take one as insurance and try to eat a good diet." Flooding the body with an excess of some enzyme cofactors may perk up the aging body, too, since aging is accompanied by oxidative damage to many proteins and enzymes. Last month, Ames and his colleagues reported in Proce...