Mayo Clinic leaders offer health reform vision, prescriptions
...e, and the percentage of employers offering health coverage dropped from 69 percent to 60 percent in the last ...ial responsibility for patients ends when Medicare coverage begins, insurance companies do not have financial incentives to best help patients over a lifetime -...More black, Hispanic parents dissatisfied with health care for special needs children
...h dissatisfaction with care, and lack of insurance coverage was associated with twice the odds of dissatisfaction with care. However, public insurance was the only factor that seemed to protect against reported difficulty in using health care services. Compared with parents of CSHCN with private insurance, pa...National ICD Registry becomes official database for Medicare
...are and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand Medicare coverage of ICDs increased the number of eligible Medicare ...ng in the ICD registry will be able to extend this coverage to patients diagnosed with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM) greater than > 3 months a...HIV-1 prevalence decreasing in southern India
...sex work by males. "Strategies that focus on high coverage and quality of peer interventions of high-risk pop...n place in the south, but must be extended to high coverage in each southern district. Equally important, sex-worker interventions must be replicated in the nor...Envisat making first direct measurements of ocean surface velocities
...n developed following detailed comparisons of ASAR coverage across the world's oceans with in-situ data from buoys and platforms, as well as numerical ocean and atmospheric models, to arrive at a database of co-located spectra. The cross-comparison revealed a number of problems and ambiguities in terms of swe...RSVP 3/28 telecon: Is equal coverage for mental health possible?
...provided insurance parity since 2001, meaning that coverage for mental health and substance abuse services is comparable to coverage for other health problems. The main argument against parity has been a concern that more generous co...Newspaper coverage of neurologic conditions incorrect 20 percent of the time, study shows
...ent attitudes toward various conditions, newspaper coverage of neurologic conditions, and general health care ...r stigmatizing language was used in U.S. newspaper coverage of neurologic diseases. Also performed was fact checking of sources and stories for medical errors. ...Landmark trial shows carotid stenting beneficial for patients with disease but no symptoms
...artery stenting. We hope these results will expand coverage to asymptomatic patients who are risky candidates for surgery," said William Gray, M.D., principal investigator on the study and associate professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and director of endovascular services at t...Technologies diagnose coronary disease in one heartbeat
...without gating and table movement, using the wider coverage of the CT scanner. For comparison, the commonly used 64-slice CT scanner takes approximately 10 seconds to complete a diagnostic scan of the heart. A team of researchers at Ehime University School of Medicine in Japan tested the efficacy of the 256-...Women and children are the first hurt by welfare reform
...nce of welfare reform. The reduction of insurance coverage is likely to decrease the quantity and quality of ...s show that the percentage of women without health coverage was always higher in the never married group, but that gap increased after TANF was implemented. At...Report finds limited number of psychiatrists statewide
...ple find that their health insurance provides poor coverage to see a mental health professional. Often, this means they turn to their primary care physicians who may not have the time or resources to adequately treat them," said Dr. Marvin Swartz, a psychiatrist at Duke University Medical Center. North Caroli...Could a simple test save Medicare hundreds of millions?
...ns each year. One year ago, Medicare expanded its coverage of ICDs to include many more heart patients; an es...s who meet the MADIT-2 trial criteria for Medicare coverage of an ICD. They looked at three scenarios: all such patients get an ICD, only those with positive or...Heart devices, procedures evaluated across patient populations
...069 physicians who specialize in providing medical coverage at sporting events. A total of 468 respondents reported 21 episodes of SCD in athletes. Of the 15 athletes over the age of 30 who experienced SCD, 78 percent received defibrillation at the scene, and all survived to hospital discharge. Only one of...State children's health insurance program affects access to dental care and use of dental services
...ldren without insurance, those who obtained public coverage as a result of SCHIP implementation were 21.2% less likely to report unmet dental needs and 49.5% more likely to have visited a dentist within the preceding 6 months. These implementation effects were large enough to result in a measurable effect on...Study: Local TV news covers health a lot, but not always well
...rmation. But the first-ever national study of that coverage finds many problems with it, and sees room for imp...report results from an in-depth analysis of health coverage on local TV newscasts from across the country. In all, health and medical stories comprised 11 perc...Fighting the battle against disease - Leeds researchers take on the world
...rogramme will test ways to improve the quality and coverage of healthcare for the poor and vulnerable, which could include anything from community based TB care in remote areas or insecticide-treated plastic for displaced people, to interactive theatre exploring the causes of stigma and discrimination associa...The critical role of the meniscus in osteoarthritis of the knee
...scal tears with cartilage loss. Reductions in the coverage and height of the meniscus, provoked by partial dislocation of the meniscus, also increased the risk of cartilage loss. This study does not distinguish the type of meniscal tear that may propel cartilage loss or implicate meniscus damage as a ...Evidence lacking for 'inflatable-pants' heart failure therapy
...acturer asked the federal government to expand its coverage of ECP and begin reimbursing cardiologists who use...ecommendations for health care by providers or for coverage decision by health insurance companies. Vasomedical Inc., which makes ECP technology, disagrees with...USF College of Public Health one of 12 institutions named to Kellogg Foundation initiative
...sist even when socio-economic status and insurance coverage are taken into account, due to a complex combination of factors. "This initiative is core to our commitment to be engaged in eliminating health disparities in our region and help the Kellogg Foundation build a model for the nation," said Donna Pet...Study shows media coverage on flu influences parents to vaccinate their children
Media coverage about influenza and the importance of flu shots in..., was surprised to find how strong an effect media coverage really did have on parents, an impression shared by John Howser, media director, VUMC News and publi...