Report: Feds to pay more than half of health costs
February 4, 2010 on 11:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsFor all the hue and cry over a government takeover of health care, it’s happening anyway.
That’s even if President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul wastes away in congressional limbo. Long in coming, the shift to a health care sector dominated by government is being speeded up by the deep economic recession and the aging of the Baby Boomers, millions of whom will soon start signing up for Medicare.
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Three-Fourths of Cancer Patients Have Severe Flares of Pain
January 30, 2010 on 8:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsBreakthrough cancer pain is a major challenge for 75 percent of adult cancer patients, according to new survey findings released by the American Pain Foundation.
“Were not talking about minor aches and pain. These severe flares of pain often strike without warning, leaving many people fearful of the next crippling episode and unduly burdening patients and their families,” Will Rowe, chief executive officer of the American Pain Foundation, said in a news release from the foundation.
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Increased patient cost-sharing may hurt elderly
January 28, 2010 on 11:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsHigher Medicare copays, sometimes just a few dollars more, led to fewer doctors visits and to more and longer hospital stays, a large new study reveals.
“Patients may defer needed care and may wind up with a serious health event that might put them in the hospital. That’s not good for the patients, not good for society, not good for anybody,” said Dr.
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Prostate Cancer Care Varies By Hospital Type
January 27, 2010 on 12:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsThe type of treatment received by prostate cancer patients is influenced by the kind of health care facility where they receive care, a new U.S. study has found.
In the study, Dr. J. Kellogg Parsons, of the Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego and the VA Medical Center San Diego, along with colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, analyzed the care given to 559 prostate cancer patients enrolled in a state-funded program for low-income patients.
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Prostate Cancer Care Varies By Hospital Type
January 26, 2010 on 7:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsThe type of treatment received by prostate cancer patients is influenced by the kind of health care facility where they receive care, a new U.S. study has found.
In the study, Dr. J. Kellogg Parsons, of the Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego and the VA Medical Center San Diego, along with colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, analyzed the care given to 559 prostate cancer patients enrolled in a state-funded program for low-income patients.
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Report: UK drinking culture strains health system
January 13, 2010 on 9:00 pm | In Uncategorized | No CommentsJust as Britons brew black coffee to cope with holiday hangovers, they are also digesting a new report that warns the country’s notorious drinking culture is putting an unacceptable strain on hospitals and medical staff.
The report - published by the NHS Confederation, a health-care providers organization, and the Royal College of Physicians, which represents doctors - warns that about 10.
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Stocking stuffer: Card good for eye, dental visit
January 10, 2010 on 9:00 pm | In Uncategorized | No CommentsHealth care providers are rolling out a different sort of stocking stuffer: Gift cards that can be used to pay bills and insurance premiums or for specific services at eye doctors and dentist offices.
“The person can make the decision on where to use it. That is really the gift of it,” said Sue Allen, a spokeswoman for Holy Family Memorial Health Network, a Wisconsin hospital and clinic chain that sells gift cards.
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Spiritual Needs Rank High as Death From Cancer Nears
January 9, 2010 on 9:00 pm | In Uncategorized | No CommentsAddressing the spiritual needs of someone with advanced cancer could be just as important as taking care of their medical needs, a new study suggests.
“Medicine tends to focus on the more scientific aspects of the person, and weve made wonderful strides in improving patient care, but theres another important component of patient health: spirituality,” explained Dr.
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Kids in Home-Based Day Care Lack Exercise
January 9, 2010 on 5:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsMost home-based child-care providers meet nutrition standards but dont give children enough physical activity, allowing them to spend too much time in front of the TV, a new study contends.
Children aged 2 to 5 shouldnt watch more than two hours of TV a day, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
US tops world in health care spending, results lag
January 3, 2010 on 4:00 am | In Uncategorized | No CommentsThe 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.
That’s a year less than the OECD average of 79.1, and puts the U.S. just ahead of the Czech Republic, Poland and Mexico, where spending on health care is many times less per person, the Paris-based organization said in its latest survey of health trends among its 30 rich member countries.
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