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Health insurance status associated with frequency of eye care visits

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Individuals with no or inconsistent health care coverage appear less likely to regularly seek eye care, even if they are visually impaired, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the ...


Study examines association of race, insurance status with diverticulitis presentation and treatment

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created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Among patients undergoing surgery for diverticulitis, race was associated with a complicated presentation and in-hospital mortality, but not with receiving a colostomy, whereas insurance status was associated with complicated ...


Study investigates ethnic disparities in treatment of trauma patients

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created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The initial evaluation and management of injured patients from minority ethnic groups nationwide appears to be similar to that of non-Hispanic white patients, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Surgery, ...


Race and insurance status associated with death from trauma

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created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

African American and Hispanic patients are more likely to die following trauma than white patients, and uninsured patients have a higher death risk when compared with those who have health insurance, according to a report ...





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Making Climate Forecasts More Useful to Farmers

Making Climate Forecasts More Useful to Farmers

Space & Earth / Environment

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate forecasts are becoming more useful to farmers and ranchers, thanks to research by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their cooperators.


Teenage obesity linked to increased risk of MS

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Teenage women who are obese may be more than twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) as adults compared to female teens who are not obese, according to a study published in the November 10, 2009, print issue of ...


Male factor infertility associated with comorbidities

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The December issue of European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, features an article entitled 'Are Infertile Men Less Healthy than Fertile Men? Results of a Prospective Case-Control Survey ...


NASA satellites make a movie and get rainfall, wind info on Ida

NASA satellites make a movie and get rainfall, wind info on Ida (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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NASA satellites are amazing examples of technology. The TRMM satellite peers into tropical cyclones and can tell how much rain is falling per hour and where. QuikScat uses microwave technology to measure Ida's ...


Study finds those with more difficult to treat forms of HCV are half as likely to get treated

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A new study by Mount Sinai researchers has for the first time found that patients with more difficult to treat forms of hepatitis C are half as likely to initiate treatment for the disease, when compared to patients with ...


Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up? (AP)

Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?

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created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, ...


House passes health care bill on close vote (AP)

Landmark health bill passes House on close vote

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 5

(AP) -- The Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed far-reaching health care legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard-won victory on his chief domestic priority though the road ahead in the ...


Decision day for health care in the House (AP)

Decision day for health care in the House

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- President Barack Obama is trying to close the deal in the House on his health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote that's certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.


Blood test identifies women at risk from Alzheimer's

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Middle-aged women with high levels of a specific amino acid in their blood are twice as likely to suffer from Alzheimer's many years later, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. ...


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New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues

Technology / Energy

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 12

The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said ...



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