Emory Doctors Discuss "Killing Heat" In This Week's NEJM
...bt-forgiveness programs can be implemented to help pay the bills of the truly needy." In addition, the authors site a proactive program that was begun in Memphis after the 1980 heat wave: In early summer, officials track the numbers of persons seen in emergency departments to try to detect any...Stents Work Well, But Are Costly: Will Hospitals Continue To Use Them?
...ers a stent. And managed care companiesusually may pay much less than that, Peterson said. That means that, ratherthan making a slight margin off a regular angioplasty, hospitals are losingthousands of dollars every time a stent is used. To date, cardiologists have not made decisions on whether to use ...Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine By U-M Researcher Is 93% Effective
.... It is very gratifying to see our yearsof effort pay off this way," said Dr. Maassab, who has been collaborating withNIAID on the vaccine since 1973. Maassab, now age 70, began his work on a liveflu vaccine at U-M in 1966. "This is a tremendous accomplishment," said Noreen M. Clark, dean of t...Ultrasound Detects Pathology In Patients With Whiplash
...roblem. Health-care plans are often morewilling to pay for an ultrasound, than for an MRI, which is very costly incomparison. Additionally, Kirsch said that there are also potentially significantdynamic changes that can be seen, measured and evaluated using ultrasound suchas duplex real-time ultr...Women Say Overwhelming Yes To Ultrasound In New Study
...ultrasounds---so much so, that many are willing to pay out of pocket for it if their insurance company wo...wrong. 42 percent of all patients were willing to pay at least $200 for a routine ultrasound exam---and willingness to pay showed no correlation to income...Stress: It's Not Just All In Your Head; Scientists Map The Wear And Tear Of Daily Life
...ed"allostatic load," which is the price our bodies pay for theability to adapt to stress. "From the standpoint of health,"says McEwen, "what is even more important than how we feel about thestressful events in our lives is how our bodies react in terms of the stresshormones they produce." Stressful lif...Poor Heart Disease Patients Pay More For Medications, Get Less Preventative Care
...ical Center are beginning to learn why: many can't pay forlife saving medications and don't receive preventative care. Cardiologist Chen Tung and his Duke colleagues prepared their findingsfor presentation Tuesday at the 47th scientific sessions of the American Collegeof Cardiology. The study is...PITT Researchers Demonstrate Human Brain's Natural Mechanism For Guarding Against Errors
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... in ambulatory and home health care." In addition, pay for health workers is not increasing as rapidly as in the past, a further signal of slackening demand. Job composition is in part responsible for this effect: employment shifts within the health sector have been toward lower-paying sub-sectors and jo...National Office Of Drug Safety Is Needed, Experts Say In JAMA
...itoring program," the three conclude. "Thefunds to pay for this expanded safety program should come from user feescollected from pharmaceutical companies." They contend that just one penny per prescription would yieldapproximately $24 million for an enhanced drug safety monitoring program.Additio...Dermatologists Recommend Raising Age for Insurance Coverage for Acne Drugs to Age 40 -- or Beyond
...ing thousands ofAmericans who suffer adult acne to pay for treatment themselves or do without,according t... "We found that many insurance companies refuse to pay for tretinoin forpatients older than 25," said Feldman, associate professor of dermatology andpathol...Teen Marijuana Use Is Fueled By Change In Attitudes
...drug use. The authors believe that young people DO pay attention to information about therisks and consequences of drug use, especially when it is presented in arealistic and credible fashion. "The implication," Bachman concludes, "is that prevention efforts should includerealistic information about the ...Forum Urges Medicare Reform To Emphasize Health Promotion
...sability, we could reduce the need for Medicare to pay for more expensive medical procedures for beneficiaries who become sick." Dr. Stone, who presently serves as Executive Director of the International Longevity Center, added that it is also important to consider secondary prevention for Medica..."Green Chemistry" Cleans Up Environment And Renders Synthetic Drugs
... leads the research. "You actually have to pay to get rid of the waste," Hudlicky said. "Butifyou convert the waste into something with a high value attached to it ...then you're actually making money on the waste product itself." Gonzalez said some drugs extracted from plants can only be......ement program for their members with diabetes will pay offquickly," Stone said. "And, by expanding rather than limiting care for peoplewith diabetes, we can help the health care industry reduce the financial burdenof diabetes on the economy." A subsidiary of American Healthcorp, Inc.(Nasdaq/NM:A...... technology.They now must consider who is going to pay for whatever treatment is prescribedand make decisions in consultation with HMO personnel. "One good is that cost containment has been achieved," Dirsmith toldattendees today (Aug. 24) at the American Sociological Association meeting inSan Fr...UCSF Osher Center For Integrative Medicine Symposium
...term allostatic load,which is the price our bodies pay for the ability to adapt to stress and change.He also documented eight physical indicators of the body that can be measured togive a tangible indication of an individual?s personal stress load. A morning wellness lecture will start the day featurin...This Week's Forecast May Be A Heart Attack
...S, Nov. 9 -- People with heart disease may want to pay closer attention toweather reports, especially if below-normal temperatures or extreme atmosphericpressures are in the forecast. A study presented today at the American HeartAssociation's 71st Scientific Sessions suggests that changes in temperature...Famous Faces Activate More Parts Of The Brain
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