Excess body weight linked to formation of uric acid kidney stones, UT Southwestern researchers find
...iabetics with kidney stones. "This is yet another price to pay for being overweight or obese," said Dr. Khashayar Sakhaee, program director of the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at UT Southwestern. An estimated 10 percent of people in the United States will have a kidney stone some time in their ...Niche and higher margin esters to counter price erosion and commoditization
... supplier segment is exerting downward pressure on price in the fatty esters market. Possibilities of price fluctuations can be considerably reduced through greater product innovation and focus on specialized...Be picky when served large portions
... a larger serving containing 50 percent more. The price for the meal, which included a pesto-stuffed tomato and a roll and butter, remained the same. Customers who ordered the meal were also asked to rate their satisfaction and the appropriateness of the portion size. In addition, their food intake was ...UCLA research explores biology of fear
...ly avoid fearful circumstances and pay an enormous price in social isolation, poor job performance and advancement, and time wasted on worries and fears. Both acquiring and overcoming, or extinguishing, conditional fear are forms of active learning. A unique pairing of an initially neutral conditional stim...Would it be worth it to pay for donated kidneys?
...of a government-regulated system, in which a fixed price would be paid to the donor, and the kidneys would be allocated by a pre-defined system. Factors included in the calculations were patient survival, cost of dialysis, organ survival after transplantation, cost of transplant surgery, maintenance costs ...Canadian doctors don't know costs of prescribed treatments
...derstanding the significant difference between the price of some drugs, physicians may be more easily swayed by the pharmaceutical industry to prescribe more expensive drugs, even when those drugs often offer no clinical advantage. In light of the fact that pharmaceuticals are the fastest growing cost in h...Increasing co-payments may reduce use of essential and non-essential medications
...t adverse health consequences because of the large price effects, especially among diabetic patients."(JAMA. 2004; 291:2344-2350. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com )...Long history of missed opportunities plague Medicare prescription drug benefit
...ate assistance for many beneficiaries." Despite a price tag for taxpayers ranging from $409 to $550 billion over 10 years, beneficiaries will still have to pay $4,020 for the first $5,100 in annual drug expenses. The new Medicare program will also be administered by private pharmacy benefit management com...Lower drug prices could eliminate coverage gap in Medicare prescription drug plan
...n the United States and is similar to the level of price discount necessary to eliminate the so called "dou... The researchers compared the average wholesale price of 30 drugs from the United States that are also sold in other countries. They calculated the cost o...Denver physician patents minimally invasive technology for hair transplantation surgery
...Harris SAFE System is so efficient, eventually the price of hair transplantation should become more affordable," explained Dr. Harris. "While the Harris SAFE System is labor intensive for the physician, it does not require a large surgical team or lots of expensive medical equipment. Early trials sho...Doctors miss chances to provide diet, exercise counseling to patients at risk of heart disease
... of death in this country. It also carries a hefty price tag, racking up health-care expenditures estimated at $209 billion in 2003. Research over the years has shown that key risk factors associated with heart disease - including hypertension, diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol - can be modified throu...Stanford to test effects of drug widely used for pediatric hypertension
...patients. And after the drug's patent expired, its price dropped so low that no company will invest further resources studying it. "We should know as much about the science of how drugs work in children as is known in adults," said Greg Hammer, MD, professor of anesthesia and pediatrics and associate direc...Not all beers are created equal
...ndbooks, the Washington State Liquor Control Board price lists, and the Seibel Institute of Technology Survey of Retail Market Beers and Market Beer Review. "We found that there have been significant shifts in the types of beers consumed by Americans between 1988 and 2001," said Kerr. "Market shares of e...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Nov. 2, 2004
...hat will cause patients to be more concerned about price when deciding to seek care. They also say that the "plausible but unproven link" between physician supply and the volume of medical care could mean that more doctors will generate more medical services and therefore higher health expenditures. For al......al Correction: The Quest for Supervision II. While price is always a concern for consumers, MacRae says that sometimes a higher price covers costs that contribute to patient safety. For instance, a doctor like MacRae turns away signif...Some hospitals face financial upheaval under new NHS payment system
...ally a way of paying health care providers a fixed price for each individual case treated. Under the new system, providers are paid for the actual activity that they undertake, instead of being commissioned through block contracts. Previously, payments have been based on finished consultant episodes of car...Female condoms overlooked in fight against spread of HIV/AIDS
...y approved for one-time use only and at an average price of 56 cents each, they are proving too expensive for women in developing nations to purchase--especially for women who have intercourse frequently, Kaler said. In addition, supplies of the condoms are not steady, making them inaccessible as well as u...New stroke prevention therapy as effective as invasive surgery
... angioplasty and stenting is high, but the overall price of the procedure is similar to surgery once the cost of an operating room and a longer hospital stay are factored in. "With surgery you need three to four days, sometimes even a week of recovery in the hospital," Dr. Piccoli said. "But with ...Grab 'n' go breakfast better serves middle school children
...ter provide for those entitled to free and reduced price meals, according to Penn State researchers. "Most...y. However, for those entitled to free or reduced price breakfast, skipping breakfast may be preferable to being singled out by walking to the cafeteria for...... the program. For some Rx Outreach medicines, the price can be as much as $400 for a 90-day supply....