September/October Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
During the recent economic downturn, Medicaid programs in all 50 states implemented cost-saving strategies including benefit reductions, cost-sharing and tightened administrative rules. ...These cost-saving strategies have significant adverse impact on health care access and utilization among Medicaid beneficiaries concludes this study of 2,783 adults in the Oregon Health Plan. Importantly, the...Institute of Medicine advisory: Drug safety news conference September 26
... ...11 a.m. in in the Lecture Room o...Newsbriefs from the journal CHEST, September 2006
... A new study shows that obese, non-allergic women are at a greater asthma risk than their male-counterparts. Researchers from the University of Ottawa administered a survey to over 85,000 Canadians that included questions about self-reported asthma, allergy history, height, and weight. After controlling for covariates, results showed that obese women had an 85 percent increase in the risk of...Study finds healthcare usage significantly altered after September 11 attacks
ATLANTA -- A report in the September issue of the journal Biosecurity and Bioterrorism provides the most comprehensive picture to date of healthcare usage in the New York City region in the months after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The study reveals that while healthcare usage markedly declined in the three weeks immediately after the events, healthcare claims then rose above expecte...Press update: The World Congress of Cardiology 2006, Barcelona Spain, September 2-6
... ) and here (<A HREF="http://www.escardio.org/vpo/Press+Area/Press+Releases/2006+World...September 27th telebriefing on premature health
...... ... ...More than 500,000 premature infants are born each year in the United States, approximately one every 60 seconds. Underdeveloped lungs and weak immune systems leave these fragile patients susceptible...Response of New York City public school children to September 11
CHICAGO Six months after the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, a high proportion of New York City school children had one or more probable anxiety/depressive disorders, according to an article in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....... The psychological consequences of a terror attack may be particularly great for children who...Press registration reminder ESC Congress 2005, 3-7 September 2005
The next ESC Congress is swiftly approaching and will be held from 3-7 September in Stockholm, Sweden. Press are encouraged to register well in advance via the ESC Online Services....... ...... The ESC Congress is the largest medical meeting in Europe and one of the leading news-generators in cardiology, attracting over 25,000 attendees each year including several hundred international press fro...