Health insurance fails to protect Americans from financial risk
...re forms that clearly detail the services products cover and the out-of-pocket expenses for which consumers are liable. 3. CONDUCT OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE THAT HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS ARE REASONABLE. States should require insurers to file requests for premium increases and hold public hearings on the re...Teens get needed access to care with state health insurance
... eligible for Medicaid. The program was created to cover the gap between families who qualify for Medicaid and families who have private insurance. Child Health Plus served as a model for other states programs when state childrens health insurance was created nationally in 1997. The national program is sch...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 4, 2007
...eering News (C&EN), ACS weekly newsmagazine. The cover story, written by C&EN senior correspondent Ann M. Thayer, surveys the new and dynamic infrastructure of nanotechnology. Since 2001, U.S. government agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) have funded more than 60 facil...Fragile X, Down syndromes linked to faulty brain communication
...romosome, such as hemophilia, the normal cells can cover for their useless peers. Not so for an elite corps of brain neurons. Here, where cooperation and communication are key, a few deadbeats in the mix can be disastrous. The researchers' discovery of the muddled communication networks in the brain hing...Satellite images aid implementation of agricultural reforms
...es, states farmers must establish an environmental cover for a buffer width, stipulated by the country itself (e.g. 5 metres), around waterways on all parcels adjacent to waterways to restrict diffuse pollution in waters and soils. Pastures, permanent crops, woods, hedges and paths are considered enviro...Standard long-acting insulin as good as newer medications
...er-lasting or "basal" control. (The review did not cover shorter-acting insulins used to control the blood glucose spike that comes from eating.) Doctors consider the older medication, NPH, to be the current gold standard for basal insulin. Newer drugs, insulin analogues such as insulin glargine (trade n...... journal Angewandte Chemie: just rub the journal's cover and enjoy a lily-of-the-valley scent. Lily-of-the-valley scent components can also be found within the pages of the journal: an interdisciplinary team headed by Reinhold Tacke (Inorganic Chemistry, University of Wrzburg), Philip Kraft (Scent Research...Obesity increases workers' compensation costs
...require that employers carry insurance policies to cover their employees should they be injured on the job. The plans can pay for employee medical costs, compensation for loss of current or future wages, or compensation for pain and suffering. "We all know obesity is bad for the individual, but it isnt s...SCHIP has been successful overall, should be expanded says new health care opinion leaders survey
...favor (strongly favor or favor) allowing states to cover children up to 300% of poverty. 91% were in favor...ter covering children, states should be allowed to cover childless adults under 100% of poverty. 80% were in favor of extending SCHIP coverage to parents of...Elsevier extends ScienceDirect ArticleChoice to academic institutes worldwide
...lains: Many small university and college libraries cover multiple subject areas and have difficulty acquiring all the information they need at a price they can afford. We feel that ScienceDirect ArticleChoice will offer them the flexible access and pricing options that they need. The unique flexibility ...No data to support leaving small colon polyps in place
...able. Medicare and most insurance companies do not cover the test for colon cancer screening. Many practical issues associated with CT colonography still need to be addressed including standardization of test performance, patient preparation and interpretation of test results before CT colonography can b...Outdated policies are impediment for Americans with disabilities
...king about what and who Medicare and Medicaid will cover and to eliminate waiting periods for qualified individuals to receive Medicare coverage. The federal government should find ways to ease restrictions that prevent people from getting effective assistive services and technologies to help them live as...Costs of treating arthritis on the rise nationwide, study finds
...f that cost onto patients, who rely on Medicare to cover a large fraction of their inpatient care, but pay for a relatively larger share of their drug treatments from their own pockets." From 1997 to 2003, the number of Americans with arthritis or other rheumatic conditions rose 25 percent, due to the ag...'Wrapping' Gleevec fights drug-resistant cancer
...TON, May 1, 2007 -- A new study highlighted on the cover of this week's issue of Cancer Research finds that the anti-cancer drug Gleevec is far more effective against a drug-resistant strain of cancer when the drug wraps the target with a molecular bandage that seals out water from a critical area. The res...Elsevier announces launch of Brain Stimulation
...Stimulation ( http://www.brainstimjrnl.com/ ) will cover all aspects of this rapidly evolving field, from the most basic molecular research, to innovative technology and surgical techniques, to practical clinical studies. The editorial focus will encompass all technologies and methods using any type of st...Elsevier partners with Rice Science
...ets most important economic activities. Rice farms cover 11% of the worlds arable area, so the development of sustainable technologies can have a large positive impact on the global environment. Gilles Jonker, Elsevier Publisher of Agricultural Sciences comments This exciting partnership enhances our wel...ACP enthusiastically supports introduction of Bipartisan Health CARE Act
...e Health CARE Act would give states new options to cover the working poor: an income-based option to provide Medicaid coverage, and a new option to guarantee coverage to eligible children under the S-CHIP program without being subject to federal funding caps. States that expand Medicaid coverage to all ind...Atypical pathogen treatment vital in hospitalized CAP patients
...ients who are treated with an empiric regimen that cover for atypical pathogens," said Dr. Arnold. Guidelines from the U.S., Canada, Germany, Japan and parts of Latin America recommend using a regimen that covers atypical pathogens in all hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Accordi...Commonly used drug offers promise for premature babies
...e April issue of Nature Medicine, which included a cover photograph taken by the Rochester team showing the brain cells involved in the brain damage seen in some premature infants. The research is based on extensive brain studies of infants who died prematurely as well as on findings with newborn rabbits...Bali bomb lessons helped shape Australia's mental health response to terrorism and trauma
...fective local front line mental health services to cover both day-to-day needs and cope with major incidents. For example, the Royal Darwin Hospital now has a round-the-clock mental health presence in the emergency department and other departments can call on out-of-hours' support as needed. Many of th...