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Media health reporting: Accuracy improving but still a way to go
Mar 19, 2009 |
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New research on the reporting of medical treatments in the media shows slight improvements in accuracy but the overall quality of health reporting remains poor.
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Study addresses impact of Medicare Part D on medical spending
Jul 01, 2009 |
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After enrolling in Medicare Part D, seniors who previously had limited or no drug coverage spent more on prescriptions and less on other medical care services such as hospitalizations and visits to the doctor's office, according ...
Most seniors have drug coverage, study shows
Feb 10, 2009 |
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More than 90 percent of Americans age 65 and older have prescription drug coverage today, compared to 76 percent who were covered in 2004, according to a University of Michigan analysis. And poor seniors are just as likely ...
Study finds Medicare prescription benefit program has exceeded expectations
Aug 24, 2009 |
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The program created to provide Medicare recipients with prescription drug benefits exceeded expectations during its first two years, extending pharmacy coverage to most seniors while reducing their overall spending on drugs, ...
US health system getting worse, says expert
Feb 16, 2007 |
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The problems of the US healthcare system are growing, warns an expert in this week’s BMJ.
Neglected tropical diseases rarely make the headlines
May 14, 2008 |
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A new study of leading news organizations has found that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) rarely make headlines, despite the huge amount of illness, suffering, and poverty that they cause. The study is published May 14th ...
Sickest patients still struggle under new Medicare Part D benefit
Apr 22, 2008 |
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A recent study finds that the advantages of the new Medicare Part D drug benefit—a program that for the first time offers Medicare recipients prescription drug coverage—are mixed. On the one hand, both healthy and sick beneficiaries ...
Health care reform and 2008 elections: New reports examine candidates' plans, public's views
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Eighty-one percent of Americans believe that in order to help reach the goal of health insurance for all, employers should either provide health insurance to their workers or contribute to the cost of their coverage, according ...
Seniors get stuck in Medicare donut hole
Jul 31, 2006 |
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Millions of senior Americans are seeing their drug costs skyrocket after maxing out their early coverage, the Washington Post reported.
Only 1 in 5 women in developing world receive effective cervical cancer screening
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Few women in the developing world are screened effectively for cervical cancer and those at highest risk of developing the disease are among the least likely to be screened, accordingly an analysis published in PLoS Medicine. The st ...
Coverage of inexpensive drugs may increase length and quality of life after heart attack
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Providing free medications to people after heart attack could add years to patients' lives at a relatively low cost for provincial governments, according to a new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
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