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Health care
hideHealth care, or healthcare, refers to the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the medical, dental, pharmaceutical, clinical laboratory sciences (in vitro diagnostics), nursing, and allied health professions. Health care embraces all the goods and services designed to promote health, including “preventive, curative and palliative interventions, whether directed to individuals or to populations”.
Before the term health care became popular, English-speakers referred to medicine or to the health sector and spoke of the treatment and prevention of illness and disease.
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News tagged with health care
Study shows health care spending spurs economic growth
Dec 14, 2009 |
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As the national discussion of health care focuses on costs, a new study from North Carolina State University shows that it might be more accurate to think of health care spending as an investment that can spur economic growth. ...
US Senate votes on landmark health bill
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Senators gave Barack Obama a huge political boost on Thursday by passing a sweeping remake of the US health care system that aims to extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans.
Stocking stuffer: Card good for eye, dental visit
Dec 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Health care providers are rolling out a different sort of stocking stuffer: Gift cards that can be used to pay bills and insurance premiums or for specific services at eye doctors and dentist offices.
New compounds may control deadly fungal infections
Dec 22, 2009 |
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An estimated 25,000 Americans develop severe fungal infections each year, leading to 10,000 deaths despite the use of anti-fungal drugs. The associated cost to the U.S. health care system has been estimated at $1 billion ...
Disability may be on the rise again after 20-year decline
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Disability rates among non-institutionalized older Americans increased between 2000 and 2005, a trend that could seriously impact the quality of life of seniors in the coming decades if it continues, according ...
Who gets expensive cancer drugs? A tale of 2 nations
Dec 14, 2009 |
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The well-worn notion that patients in the United States have unfettered access to the most expensive cancer drugs while the United Kingdom's nationalized health care system regularly denies access to some high-cost treatments ...
More mental health care called for in wake of Ft. Hood shootings
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 11, 2009 |
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The recent shootings at the Ft. Hood, Texas army base, allegedly by an army psychiatrist, have placed much-needed focus on mental health care in the army. In an article published in the December issue of the journal CNS Sp ...
Doctors advised to curtail antibiotic dosages
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 11, 2009 |
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It's a common scene: Mom brings aching child with some bug to the doctor's office, expecting the doctor to do, well, something.
Researchers identify barriers to HPV vaccination uptake in low-income populations
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Results of two separate studies show lower rates of HPV vaccination in low-income populations, and identify vaccination barriers and tailored interventions that may help to increase HPV vaccine uptake rates.
US tops world in health care spending, results lag
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The United States ranks near the bottom in life expectancy among wealthy nations despite spending more than double per person on health care than the industrialized world's average, an economic group said Tuesday.
Understanding the pros and cons of health overhaul
Nov 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Maybe you've been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question:
Diabetes cases to double and costs to triple by 2034
Nov 27, 2009 |
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In the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double, increasing from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034. Over the same period, spending on diabetes will almost triple, rising from ...
Abortion looms as possible health bill deal killer
Dec 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The way abortions are covered under health care reform is a major obstacle to finalizing the legislation, even though the House and Senate both agree that no federal money should be used.
Volunteer program provides quality low-risk operative care to patients in need
Dec 22, 2009 |
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A new study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that a volunteer program providing low-risk outpatient surgical procedures can deliver safe and effective health care t ...
Health Care bill clears key Senate test
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Landmark health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama passed its sternest Senate test in the pre-dawn hours early Monday, overcoming Republican delaying tactics on a 60-40 vote that all ...
