Differences in cancer screening rates reported
...t even when comparing like income levels or health insurance status across racial and ethnic groups. Lower screening rates reduce the odds of early detection for hundreds of thousands of Californians and survival rates for those who contract cancer. The report was based on data from the 2001 California Health ...Hospital care quality differs markedly by state: annual HealthGrades study
... healthcare providers, employers, health plans and insurance companies. HealthGrades also provides consumers access to information about health care providers and practitioners through its Web site. At http://www.healthgrades.com , consumers access profiles of more than 620,000 physicians, 5,000 hospitals, 16...Uninsured face higher death risk from aorta problems
... list of health threats that people without health insurance face and this one is especially deadly. A new stu...higan Cardiovascular Center finds that a patient's insurance status makes a huge difference in how well they fare if they have a potentially lethal aortic aneury...OHSU researcher co-authors National State-By-State Report Card on women and smoking; Oregon flunks
...ate as a whole needs more cessation programs, more insurance coverage, more bans on work-site smoking, more smoke-free homes and more health care providers talking to their patients about how best to quit smoking, Berlin said....Sept/Oct Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...nd at the bottom of this tip sheet.* With health insurance premiums on the rise and insurance turnover at an all-time high, there is increasing concern about the possible adverse clinical and fi...Study: Racial, ethnic disparities seen in all types of pain
...ts, even after differences in language, gender and insurance status were taken into account. Another co-author... in various health care settings, and in different insurance and legal contexts, should be gathered. And more studies are needed to understand how stereotypes an...St. Jude leukemia therapy overcomes differences in treatment outcome between black, white children
...called risk-directed therapy--regardless of health insurance status or ability to pay. The study included 68 black children and 338 white children with newly diagnosed ALL. The patients were enrolled in clinical trials and received the same induction treatment until the leukemia was in remission. For the next ...Couch potato lifestyle takes a big bite out of health
...some regular physical activity is like free health insurance it helps prevent costly doctors bills. Inactivity is linked to the four big killers of our grandparents - heart disease, cancer, stroke and falls." To improve your physical and mental well-being, researchers offer these tips for becoming more physi...Hispanics face high rates of unstable health care coverage, low rates of preventive care
...ed Hispanic men in that age group. "Lack of health insurance and gaps in coverage can have serious health conse...ther new findings include: High rates of lack of insurance and unstable coverage are especially likely to affect Hispanic children in low-income families: near...Who enrolls in clinical oncology trials?
...ds. The study examined age, gender, race, type of insurance and practice type of treating institution (academi...nting for the patients' age, gender, race, type of insurance and the type of treating institution via a multivariate analysis, we can see that the practice type ...Newer rheumatoid arthritis drugs: Harmful on the liver?
...ed at data obtained from two large American health insurance companies that included 41,885 DMARD users. The DMARDs dispensed included leflunomide, the newer biologic DMARDs, methotrexate and other traditional DMARDs. Their study shows that the risk of serious hepatic events was significantly increased only wi...Medical professionals embrace patient-focused care revolution
... seen our patients lose faith in their physicians, insurance companies, and the health-care industry as a whole," said Richard S. Irwin, MD, FCCP, President of the American College of Chest Physicians. "We are in the midst of a health-care revolution, and it is time for all who provide health care to practice...ACP hosting summit to address the future of internal medicine and patient care
...strategies to reduce medical student debt, improve insurance reimbursements, reduce practice hassles, pursue medical liability tort reform, and bring together all organizations that have a stake in the future of internal medicine....UCLA study examines health of California seniors
...e: While 15 percent of older people statewide lack insurance coverage for prescription drugs, more than one-third go without in rural Northern and Sierra counties. Supplemental health insurance: While 78 percent of non-Latino whites report having private supplemental health insurance, only 37 percent of limite...Income important in tracking health status
...ncer registry and other tracking systems include insurance status and income level as indicators of poverty. ...red men. In addition, programs that support health insurance for the poor, such as Medicaid, are threatened by state budget deficits. Anderson says there are sev...Childhood obesity and behavior problems linked
... physical health. And, Lumeng observes, the health insurance and health care system needs to find a way to integrate both kinds of care. In both analyses, the researchers were able to see the clear links between the two conditions even after correcting for such contributing variables as a child's gender, race,...Among elderly, depression more prevalent in Hispanics and blacks
...ducation, income or wealth; lack of private health insurance coverage or employment was associated with a grea...uency of depression. Reliance on government health insurance somewhat increased the odds of depression, the authors said. "Our finding that lack of health insur...ACPM recommends reproductive health care benefits for adolescents
...edicine (ACPM) recommended today that state health insurance programs pay for comprehensive reproductive health...xually transmitted diseases. SCHIP provides health insurance coverage to millions of uninsured children and adolescents from families with incomes above state-se...News tips for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003
...care practices among all ethnic groups was lack of insurance coverage." While their results may suggest progre...future research should focus on barriers to health insurance and doctors' adherence to care recommendations for diabetics. 8:30 a.m. Abstract #3440 (poste...Financial problems linked to depression symptoms in breast cancer patients
...d," Golden-Kreutz said. "They may be worried about insurance issues and missing work." As expected, the study also found that women who had higher levels of general stress and who reported more stress related to their cancer diagnosis, also were more likely to show symptoms of depression. In addition, the resu...