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US tops world in health care spending, results lag

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(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.


Study shows health care spending spurs economic growth

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3

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. ...


Disability may be on the rise again after 20-year decline

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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 ...


Diabetes cases to double and costs to triple by 2034

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Study reveals people’s thoughts on living longer

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- If people were given a pill to make them live longer what would they do with that extra time? According to a new study by University of Queensland researchers, they would spend it with their family.


Less TV time may help overweight adults burn more calories, researcher says

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adults may stave off weight gain by simply spending less time watching television, according to a new study. Overweight adults who cut television time in half burned more calories as a result. ...


Free after 35 years: DNA clears Florida inmate (AP)

Free after 35 years: DNA clears Florida inmate

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(AP) -- For years, James Bain insisted he was home watching TV with his twin sister when a 9-year-old boy was kidnapped and raped.


'Doughnut hole' unites seniors wary of health bill (AP)

'Doughnut hole' unites seniors wary of health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Lawmakers have wooed seniors skeptical of the health care overhaul by emphasizing the plan would close the "doughnut hole" - a gap in Medicare drug coverage that can cost thousands of dollars a year.


US Senate votes on landmark health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 5

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.


Chances of surviving cardiac arrest at home or work unchanged in 30 years

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not improved since the 1950s, according to a report by the University of Michigan Health System.



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