Medicare “drifting towards disaster”: U.S. official (Reuters)
Posted by admin on Apr 30, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare is lurching docile disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt aforesaid on Tuesday.He said the nearest administration will have to proceeding to stop rising costs and get control of the $400 billion federal soundness insurance plan b during the term of the elderly, which now covers 44 million people.
"Higher and higher costs are being borne by fewer and fewer people.
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Exercise-heart study casts doubt on ‘fit but fat’ theory (AP)
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CHICAGO - recently made known investigation challenges the notion that you be possible to be fat and fit, finding that substance active can lower boundary not eliminate heart risks faced by heavy women. “It doesn’t take away the risk entirely. Weight still matters,” said Dr. Martha Gulati, a heart specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. (Read the full post about ‘Exercise-heart study casts doubt on ‘fit but fat’ theory (AP)’…)Two gene flaws spotted for osteoporosis (AFP)
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PARIS (AFP) - Variants in two genes which play a key role in osteoporosis, the bone-crumbling malady that afflicts many elderly woman (try women’s health), have been netted in a trawl of DNA, a study published on Tuesday said. (Read the full post about ‘Two gene flaws spotted for osteoporosis (AFP)’…)Study finds increases in nursing home, assisted living costs (AP)
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NEW YORK - Costs as being nursing homes, assisted living facilities and some in-home care services have increased during a fifth consecutive year, and could rise further if a shortage of long-term care workers isn’t resolved, a new study indicates.The survey by dint of. Genworth Financial Inc., released Tuesday, comes as baby boomers are approaching retirement amid worries that they haven’t saved enough to make up for day-to-day expenses as well as long-term medical care costs.
The study found that the average annual cost for a private room in a nursing home rose to $76,460, or $209 per day, this year, a 17 percent increase over the $65,185 cost in 2004.
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Measurements Poor for Assessing Clinical Trials With Children (HealthDay)
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TUESDAY, April 29 (HealthDay news) — Few studies consider the seemly measurements for assessing drug clinical trials that enroll children, suppose University of Liverpool researchers who reviewed 9,000 pediatric clinical trials conducted since 1950.They also found that few studies have involved parents, and none have involved children in the process to preferable which measurements to conversion to an act in assessing clinical trials.
Before they conduct a clinical trial of a new drug, researchers choose several outcomes — measurements that provide as much information as possible in regard to the drug's safety, effectiveness and impact on the patients' health and daily life, according to background information in the review.
Children's bodies handle drugs very differently than adults' bodies, and it can't be assumed that drugs that work in adults have power to simply be used in smaller doses to treat children.
People often share prescription medicine: survey (Reuters)
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In one-on-one interviews with 700 Americans, roughly 23 percent reported loaning their prescription medications to someone else, and 27 percent reported borrowing prescription medications.The medications most frequently shared (loaned or borrowed) were allergy drugs like allegra (25 percent), followed by pain medications like Darvoset and OxyContin (22 percent); and antibiotics like amoxicillin (21 percent).
Seven percent of those interviewed said they shared mood-altering drugs like paxil, zoloft, Ritalin and Valium.
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Many Americans Share Prescription Meds (HealthDay)
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TUESDAY, April 29 (HealthDay news) — If you've ever shared your allergy medicines, antibiotics or just painkillers to a family member or friend, you've got plenty of company: A modern survey suggests crowd give away their prescription medicines or borrow them from others.However, this can be an extremely saddening idea, experts say.
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11 Practical Changes to Make Your Life Better
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by Mike Howard
In a destination-focused world we often ignore the importance of the journey. In doing so, we tend to skip over the crucial foundational behavioral aspects that can impede the chances of long-term success. We seek gone out the fastest possible road to achieve whatever goal it is we have in mind (let’s go with weight loss loss as each example).
Sometimes we extremity to take a step outer part and look at the underpinnings that will support the outcome goals. So here are 11 behavioral goals that can help translate into material goals and shape a lifetime of luck.
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International Consortium Will Hunt Down Genetics of Cancer (HealthDay)
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TUESDAY, April 29 (HealthDay news) — The launch of the International Cancer Genome Consortium was announced Tuesday by research organizations from around the cosmos.the consortium was created to produce high-quality genomic data on up to 50 types of cancer.
Each consortium member plans to conduct a comprehensive, high-resolution analysis of the full range of genomic changes in at least one specific representative or subtype of cancer.
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Medicare Costs Soar for Cancer Care (HealthDay)
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TUESDAY, April 29 (HealthDay news) — Treating elderly cancer patients for five years costs Medicare $21.1 billion, and these costs are expected to increase dramatically as the population ages, a new study says.The costs for treating patients varies by shadow of cancer, with expenditures highest for lung, colorectal and prostate tumors, said the researchers, who based their estimates on patients diagnosed with cancer in 2004.
"Because the U.S.
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