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Curbing health bills brings different cost: High-deductible insurance cuts premiums, but some fear it leads consumers to

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Two years ago, Holly Calvillo signed up for a new type of health insurance that was just starting to get popular. It had a nice low premium but a high deductible. Calvillo and her husband were young and healthy. She figured ...





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WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every year

Medicine & Health / Health

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(AP) -- Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.


Parasite evades death by promoting host cell survival

Parasite evades death by promoting host cell survival

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Researchers have discovered how the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas' disease, prolongs its survival in infected cells. A protein on the parasite activates the enzyme Akt, which blocks cell ...


Association of tight glycemic control with road crashes in diabetic patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study from Canada published this week in PLoS Medicine suggests an association between tighter glycemic control and an increased risk of a motor vehicle crash in diabetic adults. Using a population-based case control analys ...


BMI and waist circumference

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference are well known risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but a new study reported in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation today now conclu ...


Experts: Colon cancer deaths could make big drop

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic new prediction by top researchers.


Childhood traumas linger as health risk factors for adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London has found that negative experiences in childhood may alter not only mental health but also physical health, into middle age and beyond.


In search of the root causes of the 2008 crisis: New York Fed to hear new theory on financial meltdown

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anjan Thakor, finance professor at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, will present a new theory on the causes of the financial crisis to a meeting of the New York Federal Reserve ...


Emotions an overlooked key to whistle-blowing, study says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A gut-level connection with workers may be the key to encouraging whistle-blowing that could chip away at an estimated $652 billion lost to fraud annually by U.S. businesses, an ongoing University of Illinois study suggests.


Fit teenage boys are smarter, but muscle strength isn't the secret

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In the first study to demonstrate a clear positive association between adolescent fitness and adult cognitive performance, Nancy Pedersen of the University of Southern California and colleagues in Sweden find that better ...


For low-income families with special needs kids, where you live matters (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the United States, caring for a child with special health care needs usually means higher medical expenses for a family — particularly for low-income families, who spend a disproportionally large share of their income ...



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