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Racial disparities exist in access to kidney transplantation

A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that racial disparities exist in both the early and late steps in access to kidney transplantation. This study is part of the February special themed ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests use of managed care plan for uninsured may significantly reduce costs, ED visits

(Medical Xpress) -- The cost of caring for the uninsured population who will gain coverage through the Affordable Care Act of 2014 can be reduced by almost half once the act is implemented, according to a new study from Virginia ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Financial burden of prescription drugs is dropping: Costs remain a challenge for many

The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Medical debt keeps rising, new report shows

Hard hit by one of the worst recessions in nearly a century, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost insurance coverage across the state as employers shed jobs and the health plans that came with those jobs, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Measles cases rise after decade of decline

Measles outbreaks in parts of Europe and Africa led to some 60,000 more cases worldwide in 2010 over the previous year, after nearly a decade of declines, US health authorities said on Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AIDS kills 28,000 in China in 2011: report

AIDS killed 28,000 people in China last year, and another 48,000 new infections from the HIV virus were discovered in the country, according to an official report on Saturday.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jan 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

One in ten Canadians cannot afford prescription drugs: study

One in ten Canadians cannot afford to take their prescription drugs as directed, according to an analysis by researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds continuous health coverage essential for patients managing diabetes

When patients with diabetes experience interruptions in health - insurance coverage, they are less likely to receive the screening tests and vaccines they need to protect their health. A new study finds that this is true ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Uninsured turn to daily deal sites for health care

(AP) -- The last time Mark Stella went to the dentist he didn't need an insurance card. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 31, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 33

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics advocates for expanded nutritional coverage under Medicare

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has prepared a request to submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand coverage of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for specific diseases, including hypertension, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: More than 9 million U.S. adults lost health coverage in recession

(Medical Xpress) -- An estimated 9.3 million American adults lost health insurance coverage as a result of increased unemployment during the recession of 2007-09, according to a newly published study by researchers at Cornell, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Health care, home, school differ for children with special health care needs

The first federally funded report to compare children with special health care needs to children without reveals 14 percent to 19 percent of children in the United States have a special health care need and their insurance ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chinese health coverage increases with new government efforts

Health care coverage increased dramatically in parts of China between 1997 and 2006, a period when government interventions were implemented to improve access to health care, with particularly striking upswings ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Children with HIV/AIDS falling through the cracks of treatment scale-up efforts

Less than one-quarter (23%) of children with HIV/AIDS who need treatment are getting it, according to a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the occasion of World AIDS Day (1 December 2011). Although ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British paper turns readers into newshounds

A British newspaper has thrown open its office doors, let the readers stride in, and invited them to peer over reporters' shoulders -- digitally, at least.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0