Higher Prices Won't Stop Teenage Smokers
... Cornell researchers say that a 20-cent a pack tax increase would reduce the number of new teen-age smokers i... points. Some researchers have estimated this tax increase would reduce the number by as much as half. The study was carried out by Don Kenkel and Alan Math...Acceptability Of Alternative Health Care Growing In U.S.
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... t-PApatients, the researchers estimate an initial increase in hospital costs of $1.7million, but an eventual savings of $4.8 million in nursing home care costs and$1.3 million in rehabilitation costs. The overall impact is a net decrease ofmore than $4 million in health care costs for every 1,000 patients t...PITT Researchers Demonstrate Human Brain's Natural Mechanism For Guarding Against Errors
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...at was examined here. Vital exhaustion may increase the risk of blood clot formation in the heart arteries through impaired fibrinolysis. Impaired fibrinolysis may provide a biological link explaining the association between feelings of exhaustion and future heart attacks, Kop and his co-workers prop...Effective Obesity Treatment Likely To Require Targeting Of Multiple Weight Control Systems
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