New asthma inhaler propellant effective, but costlier
...ontaining a generic version of CFC. But because of rising global concerns about CFC's ozone-depleting effects, "medically essential" inhalers are finally joining a list of banned products that started in 1978. The researchers say their analyses show that inhalers with CFC and the new brands that contain h...Health insurance fails to protect Americans from financial risk
...k coverage don't address the underlying problem of rising costs. Instead, these plans shift costs onto consumers, leaving them vulnerable to financial and access problems when they need insurance the most," asserted Pryor. The Illusion of Coverage outlines policy options to help address the medical debt ...Racial disparities seen in male breast cancer survival
...ers in men, but its incidence has been increasing, rising by about 60% between 1990 and 2000. In 2006, an estimated 1,700 new cases were diagnosed in the United States, and about 400 men died of the disease. The study analyzed data from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer registry...New reagent delivers a chemical breakthrough at FSU
...in and out of the classroom. "Greg is one of our rising stars, both in teaching and research in the area of synthetic organic chemistry," Schlenoff said. "His discovery of this important new chemical reagent will bring significant attention to our department and to the cutting-edge research that is being ...Report reveals human face of Pennsylvania's Medicaid program
... program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. With rising health care costs increasing Medicaids role in Pennsylvanias health care landscape, this report makes the intricacies of the Medicaid program more accessible to stakeholders and policymakers by providing relevant data, graphs and charts, and cutting ...Research finds music training 'tunes' human auditory system
... delivered in a level tone means "to squint," in a rising tone means "to bewilder," and in a dipping (falli...nd, only uses pitch to reflect intonation (as when rising pitch is used in questions). As the subjects watched the movie, the researchers used electrophys...Texas A&M study proves pollution from China And India affecting world's weather
... than we had believed, which of course, results in rising sea level rates," he adds. The pollution from the storm tracks could also signify wild weather changes, he believes. "You might have more storms, and these storms might be more severe than usual," he says. "Or it could lead to the opposite sev...Positive results more likely from industry-funded breast cancer trials
... Our study shines a flashlight on the issue of the rising role and potential impact of the pharmaceutical industry on breast cancer research and highlights important questions that need to be addressed through further research, said Dr. Jeffrey Peppercorn, assistant professor of medicine in UNC School of Me...Depression increases health risks in heart failure patients
... and it is the only cardiovascular disease that is rising in incidence, according to the researchers. About half of heart failure patients will die within five years of diagnosis. "While many studies have linked depression to worse outcomes for patients with heart disease, there has been uncertainty about...African scientists will train at Emory University in latest drug discovery techniques
...a Drug Discovery Training Program will address the rising dangers of diseases that unduly affect developing countries. By training African scientists in drug discovery, the partnership is designed to give South Africans not only a voice but also a choice in how best to combat their disease epidemics. "As...Computer scientist reveals the math and science behind blockbuster movies
...ly stitch together slices of a falling water drop, rising smoke wisp or flickering flame to weave realism into CG images. Fedkiw received screen credits for his work on Poseidon, on Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines for the liquid terminator and the nuclear explosions and on Star Wars: Episode III--Reven...Predicting the risk of rheumatoid arthritis for early arthritis patients
..., the frequency of such progression increased with rising scores. The percentage of patients in whom RA developed was also assessed according to several cutoff values of the prediction score. For example, when the scores 5.0 and 9.0 were chosen as cutoff values, 97 percent of patients with UA who had a ...Resurgence and spread of syphilis in China is a rapidly increasing epidemic
...n, ccording to authors of a new report documenting rising infection rates. "Syphilis has returned to China with a vengeance. The data demonstratesa syphilis epidemic of such scope and magnitude that it will require terrific effort to intervene," said Dr. Myron S. Cohen, the J. Herbert Bate distinguished p...New Congress should focus on covering the uninsured, reducing health costs, according to new survey
...eaders survey. Other top priorities are moderating rising health care costs (81%), reforming Medicare to ens... Costs When asked about approaches to control the rising cost of health care, three of four health care leaders said that reducing inappropriate care would b...Medicare facing future bankruptcy: 'IEEE-USA Today's Engineer' cites $30 trillion unfunded liability
Because of rising healthcare costs, advancing technology, and an aging U.S. population, predicting future Medicare spending is difficult. In 2005, the unfunded liability for Medicare was projected to be close to $30 trillion, according to the current issue of IEEE-USA...Brains can recover from alcoholic damage but patients should stop drinking as soon as possible
...dicating that volume regain is driven primarily by rising choline levels, while the more the NAA recovered, the better the patients performed on the d2-test." There were no significant changes in the controls. Dr Bartsch and his colleagues were confident that the increase in brain volume and form was no...Obesity could bankrupt the health system, warn doctors
If nothing is done, the rising prevalence of obesity could bankrupt the health sy... to economic development. So, can we reverse the rising trend in the prevalence of obesity, and if so, when" People clearly have some responsibility for t...Binghamton University researcher to study declining US fertility rates
... farmland, industrialization, urbanization and the rising costs of children are key causes. Social historians point more to culture and women's status and role in the household. Hacker's study is designed to address both of those viewpoints. Hacker has pioneered the creation of cultural variables in the ce...More people in US dealing with financial burden of health care costs
...r 13 issue of JAMA. Health care costs have been rising faster than the rest of the U.S. economy for many years. Out-of-pocket payments for health care services by patients increased from $162 billion in 1997 to $236 billion in 2004, according to background information in the article. Although health care...Consumer-driven health plans slow to catch on, 2nd annual survey finds
...aid, It will be interesting to see if continually rising health care costs prompt more workers to conclude that the tradeoff of lower premiums for higher deductibles, and potentially higher out-of-pocket costs, is worth it. The survey does find participants in consumer-driven health plans are more cost-con...