Economist: Cuba's state-run baseball doesn't go to bat for players
...ens enjoy superlative professional play at bargain prices in ballparks largely free of commercial gimmicks and hype. But an economist now weighs in with research showing that Cuba's government-run baseball system exploits its players, while offering its fans less-even competition between teams than in the...Alcohol: Global burden on health similar to tobacco and high blood pressure
...uthors estimate that a 10% rise in British alcohol prices would produce a drop in cirrhosis mortality of 7% in men and 8.3% in women and a fall of 28.8% in men and 37.4% in women in deaths from explicitly alcohol-involved causes (alcohol dependence, poisoning etc.) Besides price, drinking and alcohol-relate...State policies decrease youth smoking, drinking and sex
...survey results with respect to the various states' prices for beer, wine and spirits; tobacco taxes; and the presence or absence of state laws on access to tobacco vending machines and of family planning clinics. They found that teens were 1.9 percent less likely to smoke and drink when cigarette and alcoho...Whole-body CT screening costs overshadow benefits
...st to be $900 in 2001 dollars, based on advertised prices at the time. By using software to create an analytic model, the team calculated the monetary costs versus any increase in life expectancy that resulted from CT screening in a hypothetical, self-referred cohort of 500,000 asymptomatic 50-year-old mal...People on food stamps can't afford heart-healthy meals
...enus were translated into shopping lists, and food prices were collected at two large local grocery stores where focus group members shopped. Average daily and monthly food costs were then calculated. "Many sets of cost-effective menus have been developed in the past for members of low-income communities,"...Seniors reduce or discontinue medications when faced with gap in drug coverage, UCLA study shows
...e study participants called pharmacies for lowered prices (46%), asked doctors for samples (34%) or switched to lower cost medications (15%). Researchers were surprised that so many seniors with coverage year-round were also decreasing their medication use because of cost. In fact, one in three seniors wh...Use of cameras to monitor nursing-home care is subject of controversy
...lets now sell Web-camera systems to the elderly at prices from $629 to $1,584, depending on the specifications of each camera, plus a $20 monthly fee to access the server and $10 a month for a data-only line to upload images. "Certainly some families have the financial means to provide this ...Lower drug prices could eliminate coverage gap in Medicare prescription drug plan
...rescription drug benefit if it paid pharmaceutical prices comparable to those paid by citizens of Canada, th...sonable international benchmark for pharmaceutical prices in the United States and is similar to the level of price discount necessary to eliminate the so cal...Hospital gowns' benefits outweigh costs in intensive care unit
...gowns, the team incorporated factors including the prices of gowns, providing isolation carts outside patients' rooms for gowns and other infection-control supplies, testing for infection, and the time doctors and nurses spent putting on and taking off gowns. As a part of their efforts to estimate potential...Red palm oil as a means of combating vitamin A deficiency
...uct, prior issue of information and the setting of prices appropriate for the local market. Consequently, palm oil can, as has other health-promoting food produce (particularly vitamin-A-rich fruit and vegetables), and combined with other strategies, be incorporated in national vitamin A programmes in Burki...Canadian doctors don't know costs of prescribed treatments
...tly opt for restrictive formularies (meaning drugs prices are not included in the listings) and limiting funding for cost education for doctors. Another barrier to educating doctors of the costs of health care, Allan noted, is that the pharmaceutical industry would be reluctant to support the addition o...UK industry is the loser from parallel trade in pharmaceuticals
...res a number of potential influences such as lower prices leading to increased demand," Dr Szymanski points ...its," he says. If the Government believes that the prices paid for pharmaceuticals in UK represents a fair return for the patent holder (because of the huge R...Study looks at cost of high blood pressure therapy
...on, and because of the epidemicof obesity. Higher prices for the drugs caused 29 percent of the increase, and population growth is responsible for 17 percent. "More people were being treated for high blood pressure in 2002 than in 1990," Stafford said. But about a third of the cost increase in the past de...The future of drug development
...for the manufacture and distribution of drugs, but prices would inevitably drop. There are many obstacles and challenges to the development of the new drug R&D market, but Hubbard and Love believe that the economics can be worked out and will "change the world," by greatly expanding access to new medicines...At AAAS: Biocomplexity panel on human-nature interactions
...iders,at the parcel level, demand for real estate, prices and otherfactors. The roughly $1.1 million, 40-month project began in2001....HIV treatment as a human right - learning from Thailand's experience
...t, because pharmaceutical patents can lead to high prices and limit access to medicines, patients are injured by them and can challenge their legality. This ruling had great international implications for health and human rights, confirming that patients-whose health and lives can depend on being able to af...Study suggests US stop smoking effort paying off
...acco access and availability, and increase tobacco prices through new excise taxes. To evaluate the impact of ASSIST on the states' smoking behavior, Frances A. Stillman, Ed.D., of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and her colleagues compared changes in adult smoking prevalence, per c...Outbreak of foodborne botulism traced from food sold at Texas salvage store
Although salvage stores offer discounted prices on household goods, salvage food shoppers may be g...environmental conditions. Salvage stores offer low prices on foods compared to supermarkets, and often sell in bulk. While the food may be unspoiled initially...... of DTCA costs to the consumer through higher drug prices are issues central to the debate. The authors point out that the current mechanisms for regulating DTCA in Canada are lacking, and therefore they need to be either strengthened or re-examined in public and political forums. An accompanying editorial ...Recent study suggests that tooth loss/gum disease may be associated with heart disease
...lty retailers in North America at suggested retail prices ranging from $69 to $99. More information can be found by logging on to www.oralb.com ....