Most seniors now have drug coverage, U-M study shows
... ... The interviews are part of the on-g...OFT's value-based pricing scheme is well-founded, but could increase overall NHS drug spend
... In most markets consumers are used to the idea of paying a high price for goods that give...SCHIP has been successful overall, should be expanded says new health care opinion leaders survey
... Across the board, leaders feel that coverage should be expanded. In fact, 91% of respondents think SCHIP should be made available to legal immigrant children whose families meet income...UCSF policy expert presents recommendation for health coverage
... ... "The Unit...Absence of health insurance coverage costs $1.47B in Maryland
... 'The lack of health insurance coverage carries serious financial consequences, both for indiv...Media coverage of autism differs dramatically
STANFORD, Calif. Sifting through the pages of ...newspapers, most people reading stories about ...autism would think scientists are primarily ...grappling with understanding how environmental ...factors, such as childhood vaccines, might contribute to the condition....But the truth is quite different. The efforts of ...the scientific community to explore autism lie ...predominantly in brain an...Independent evaluation finds GAVI funding to poor countries can boost childhood vaccine coverage
... Their analysis appears in advance online i...Lancet's coverage of the World Health Organization Director-General election
... ... The Lancet comments: "The Lancet will be closely following the campaign as it develops. This week, we publish short profiles of each of the candidates, summarising their...Johns Hopkins lab scientists tame overactive CF protein
... ... ... ... "The hope is that these findings will be used to design therapies and drugs...Experimental vaccine protects lab animals against several strains of H5N1
Nations are preparing to stockpile vaccines against H5N1, the strain of influenza virus that experts fear could cause the next flu pandemic. But will these vaccines remain effective as the virus mutates? Researchers present good news in the July 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online. ...... Elena Govorkova, MD, PhD, Robert G. Webster, PhD, and coworkers at St. Jude...Worthy purse strings tie Vera Bradley Foundation $6.8 M gift to IU Cancer Center
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer is increasing its support of the Indiana University Cancer Center with a $6.8 million gift, bringing the total commitment by the Fort Wayne, Indiana-based foundation to more than $10 million in gifts to IU. ......The gift will support the IU Breast Cancer Research Program, a multidisciplinary program that includes basic science and cli...Farm kids almost twice as likely to die from injury as children overall
A new retrospective study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that young farm children, particularly boys, are about twice as likely as the total population of young Canadian children to die from an injury....... Brison and colleagues collected and analyzed Canadian data on fatal agricultural injuries to young children to determine rates, identify patterns and devise prevention stra...Exercise during dialysis enhances results and overall physical performance, Queen's study
A new Queen's study suggests that patients who exercise while hooked up to dialysis show better results in clearing toxins and increasing overall physical stamina. ...... A five-month, low-intensity exercise intervention study of dialysis patients was recently carried out by Rehabilitation Therapy professor Cheryl King-VanVlack, member of the Cardiac, Circulation and Respiratory (CCR) group at Qu...Home testing kit could help identify 'hidden' caffeine in beverages
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Special Colloquium and Live Webcast... Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 3:30 - 5:15 P.M.... Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston...... ...... A steady drumbeat of front-page controversies, surprises, and...Tequila! Chemists help assure quality of popular Mexican beverage
Whether youre celebrating Cinco de Mayo or just having another relaxing day in Margaritaville, you might one day thank a chemist for assuring the authenticity of your tequila. New tests developed by scientists in Mexico and Germany will help distinguish the real thing from fraudulent versions, which are a potential threat as this alcoholic beverage grows in popularity. ...... The findings could h...Abdominal fat more significant in exercise-induced shortness of breath than overall weight
When it comes to being short of breath during exercise, how fat is distributed on the body is a more significant factor than overall body fatness or lung function, say researchers at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. They found that women with higher amounts of abdominal fat required mo...RSVP 3/28 telecon: Is equal coverage for mental health possible?
WHAT: ... On Thursday, March 30, the New England Journal of Medicine will publish the results of the most comprehensive study to date on the costs associated with parity in mental health insurance benefits for federal employees. The study was led by University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry professor Howard Goldman, MD, PhD. ... ... On March 28, in an embargoed media tele...Newspaper coverage of neurologic conditions incorrect 20 percent of the time, study shows
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Twenty percent of all examined newspaper articles about common neurologic conditions had medical errors or exaggerations, according to a study partnering Mayo Clinic physicians and school of journalism experts from Arizona State University....... Researchers say the findings could help improve: communication between physicians and patients, patient attitudes toward various con...Fluoridated beverage consumption and dental fluorosis: There's a connection
Fluoride is a mineral that protects against dental cavities; however, too much fluoride during tooth formation can lead to dental fluorosis, which is usually characterized by white streaks or splotches on the teeth. Fluoride is naturally present in well water in various concentrations, is added to many public water systems to protect against cavities, and is found in beverages made with these wat...Research links coverage by top current affairs programme to rise in adverse drug reports
The number of adverse reactions reported by UK doctors to the antidepressant paroxetine often know by its brand name Seroxat - rose by 61 per cent after three editions of the BBC's award-winning current affairs programme Panorama explored increasing concerns about the drug....... Research just published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology shows a sudden increase in reports immediatel...Take meds as directed, reduce overall healthcare costs
COLUMBUS , Ohio Spend the money on medications now and save close to $4,000 in annual healthcare costs. ...... So says a new study of older adults who regularly refilled prescriptions to treat overactive bladder syndrome. These patients were less likely to incur more costly health-related expenses, such as doctor visits, even if they were also taking medications for other, unrelated health condi...Study shows media coverage on flu influences parents to vaccinate their children
Media coverage about influenza and the importance of flu shots influenced parents to vaccinate their children against the influenza virus, according to a study done by researchers and information officers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. ...... The study's findings, published in the February issue of the journal Pediatrics, looked at the 2003-2004 flu season and whether media attention af...Removing gaps depends on overall health
Dental implants, an artificial tooth root surgically anchored into a jaw to hold a replacement tooth or several teeth in place, offer a permanent solution to replace lost or extracted teeth. Implants have become a treatment of choice for some patients to eliminate the need for removable partial or complete dentures. Other patients choose implants for esthetic purposes or to conserve tooth structu...Widespread media coverage contributes to rapid decline in HRT prescribing
The number of women prescribed Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) fell rapidly in the Netherlands after widespread media coverage of the UK's Million Women Study, according to a paper in the December issue of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. ...... However a study with similar findings, which received hardly any media attention in the country when it was published the previous year...Prescription drug coverage: An essential service or fringe benefit?
One of the contradictions of the Canada Health Act is that it covers medically necessary services provided by physicians in hospital or in the community, but when it comes to medically necessary drugs, it covers only those prescribed in hospital. ...... In British Columbia, patients aged 65 years and older are required to pay dispensing fees of their prescription drugs up to an annual maximum of...Some foods and beverages could hold clues for future diabetes treatment
Following a doctor's advice on how to keep diabetes in check is always the best course of action and researchers are constantly on the lookout for compounds that someday could help physicians better treat the disease. Of special interest to chemists are naturally occurring compounds found in certain healthy foods and beverages. Often these compounds become the model or the active ingredient for n...Generous home-poured alcoholic beverages may lead to overindulgence
... A standard U.S. drink is usually defined as the equivalent of 0.6 ounces (17.74 ml.) of pure alcohol. ... This generally corresponds to 12 ounces (355 ml.) of beer, five ounces (148 ml.) of wine, and 1.5 ounces (44.4 ml.) of spirits.... A study of home-poured alcoholic beverages has found considerable variation in drink size, particularly for spirits and wine. ... ...In the U.S., a standard...Marijuana-derived drug suppresses bladder overactivity and irritation in animal models
MONTREAL, Aug. 31 - IP 751, a potent synthetic analog of a metabolite of THC-the principal active ingredient of marijuana-effectively suppresses pain and bladder overactivity in hypersensitive bladder disorders such as interstitial cystitis (IC), according to animal model study results presented today at the annual meeting of the International Continence Society. ... IP 751 is a potent anti-in...Vitamin E supplementation shows no overall benefit for major cardiovascular events or cancer
In an article in the July 6 , I-Min Lee, M.B.B.S., Sc.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, and colleagues analyzed data from the vitamin E component of the Women's Health Study, which tested whether vitamin E supplementation decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer among healthy women....... According to background information in the article, pr...Tercica presents pharmacokinetic and safety data from several studies at Endocrine Society Meeting
San Diego, CA June 6, 2005 Tercica, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRCA) announced...today that it presented data from several studies in poster sessions at the 87th...Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society. Some of these data are included in...the company's New Drug Application (NDA) for recombinant human Insulin-like...Growth Factor-1 (rhIGF-1) for the treatment of short stature caused by...primary IGF-1 def...Several factors can increase risk for recurrent blood clot
Patients who have a blood clot are at high risk of having another one, and men have more than twice the risk as women, according to a study in the May 18 issue of JAMA....... While estimates of the overall risk of a thrombotic (blood clot) event recurrence vary, reports on contributing factors are contradictory, according to background information in the article. Knowledge of the risk of a thromb...Study: Americans willing to pay more for greater vaccine coverage
ANN ARBOR, Mich. How much is it worth to you and your family to have a health insurance plan that covers the latest innovations in adult and childhood vaccines for certain types of cancer or even influenza and pneumonia?...... A new national web-based study from the University of Michigan Health System found that about 80 percent of adults would be willing to pay an additional $3 to $6 each mont...Poor understanding of coverage deters breast cancer screening
One of the most commonly reported barriers to breast cancer screening--financial burden--may often be the result of misperception, according to a new study appearing in the June 15, 2005 issue of CANCER ( ), a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. Researchers say a misunderstanding of insurance coverage of breast cancer screening may cause many women, especially older women with l...No improvement in overall survival with lymph node removal in treatment of advanced ovarian cancer
Removing the aortic and pelvic lymph nodes during surgery for advanced ovarian cancer improves progression-free survival but not overall survival, according to a new study in the April 20 issue of the ...... Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer in women worldwide. In the United States, about 25,000 women were diagnosed with the disease in 2004 and 16,000 women died from it. Long-term s...