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Guidance for Assessing Arthritis Pain Medications Usage

Treatment guidelines exist to help physicians choose the best treatment options for their patients based on current scientific studies.

Uninsured face avalanche of health costs

With unemployment rising to its highest level in more than a quarter century, more Americans are confronting the double crisis of losing both their jobs and their employer-sponsored insurance, which covers 177 million people.

Study Demonstrates Internet Risks for Teen Girls

A new study demonstrates why parents need to know how their teenage girls present themselves online.

WHO: Health Sector Can Lead the Fight Against Climate Change

The health sector can play a leadership role in reducing the magnitude and consequences of global warming by reducing its climate footprint. These efforts, some of which are already underway, can greatly reduce the serious health threats posed by global warming and set an example for other sectors.

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Ignoring Insomnia Costs America $42 Billion a Year

Sanofi-aventis U.S., with research and support from The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI), has released a report showing the lag in the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia translates to billions of dollars in lost productivity and absenteeism in the American workforce. CMPI also estimates insomnia is responsible for at least $42 billion in direct and indirect healthcare costs each ...

In Rare Disorder, a Familiar Protein Disrupts Gene Function

An international team of scientists studying a rare genetic disease discovered that a bundle of proteins with the long-established function of keeping chromosomes together also plays an important role in regulating genes in humans.

Secretary of Public Welfare Corrects the Record on 'Smart Pharmacy' Initiative

Secretary of Public Welfare Estelle B. Richman today responded to critics of the Smart Pharmacy initiative, saying the plan would save taxpayers $146 million annually while preserving consumer benefits and simplifying the pharmacy initiative for providers.

Not Feeling Well? Can't Leave the Office? The Doctor Will See You Now

Medicine At Work, the first company to enable physician services to the workplace using advanced video telemedicine technology, has secured full-time physician staffing for its clients. All services are provided by emergency medicine and internal medicine physicians who are board-certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine or the American Board of Internal Medicine.

New Therapy Enlists Immune System to Boost Cure Rate in a Childhood Cancer

A multicenter research team has announced encouraging results for an experimental therapy using elements of the body's immune system to improve cure rates for children with neuroblastoma, a challenging cancer of the nervous system.

'Hidden Health Tax' for Family Health Care Coverage Climbed to $1,017 in 2008

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Although the Health Care Market is Recession-Resistant, It Is Not Recession-Immune

According to Millennium Research Group's (MRG's) Q1 2009 issue of Medtech Economic Quarterly (EQ), the health care and medtech industry has long been considered a recession-resistant segment of the economy; while this may be true, however, it is not recession-immune.

$22 Million Initiative Aims to Reverse New Jersey's Nurse Faculty Shortage

To avert a severe nursing shortage that could cause grave harm to patient care in the state, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation today announced a major new initiative designed to ensure that New Jersey will have the nursing workforce it needs to meet its future health care demands.

Aventis Pharmaceutical to Pay U.S. $95.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

Aventis Pharmaceutical Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC, has agreed to pay the United States $95.5 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by misreporting drug prices in order to reduce its Medicaid Drug Rebate obligations, the Justice Department announced today.

Houston Day Spa Offers Services to Minimize the Effects of Sun Damage

The professionals at Arena Salon & Day Spa know what it takes to become a leading Houston Day Spa and Salon. As the hot summer months approach, there are two objectives to keep clients coming back: looking good and preventing sun damage to the skin.

Health-care costs handcuff entrepreneurs

Countless workers in the United States are trapped in jobs they would like to leave because they cannot get health insurance elsewhere, calcifying innovation and mobility in the world's largest economy.

Healthy school lunch efforts face daunting hurdles

School cafeteria meals like low-fat pizzas with whole grain crust don't taste too bad to Paola Villatoro, a 17-year-old at Downtown Magnet High School in Los Angeles.

New optimism on U.S. healthcare, but obstacles remain

The U.S. Congress has started work on a broad overhaul of the healthcare system in a rare spirit of optimism, but brewing battles over its cost, scope and structure could still scuttle hopes for a solution.

US seeks health reforms through cost control: report

White House budget director Peter Orszag said Friday reforming healthcare through higher costs is not the administration’s aim.

Hard Times for Nursing Hires Doesn't Signal End to Shortage

In spite of fewer openings for new nurses at hospitals -- a result of the economic recession -- there is still a nursing shortage, according to Deloras Jones, RN, MS, executive director of the California Institute for Nursing & Health Care (CINHC).

Soaring costs raise stakes for healthcare revamp

Forecasts of dramatic jumps in U.S. medical costs are pushing lawmakers to reach a deal on a major healthcare revamp that seeks to extend coverage to all Americans, a leading U.S. senator said on Thursday.

Physicians are Less Concerned about H1N1 Swine Flu

Results from a new national study among 688 physicians revealed that over the past few weeks, doctors continue to be less concerned about the impact that the H1N1 swine flu will have on themselves and their families.

Maternal and newborn survival rates not improving-WHO

Mothers and newborns are no more likely to survive today than two decades ago, with prospects worst in countries battling AIDS, conflict and poverty, the World Health Statistics 2009 report showed on Thursday.