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Justices unlikely to have last word on health care
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul divided the nation from the day he signed it into law, and that seems unlikely to change no matter how the Supreme Court rules on its constitutionality.
Some legal disputes, like the 2000 presidential election, the court can settle. Others rage on, such as abortion. It may take another decade to find the balance between private and public responsibility for health care in America, a nation disdainful of big government yet h....
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Hispanic Senior Living with Chronic Bronchitis a....
For years, Ramona Cruz, 75, had been using home remedies passed down her family from generation to generation to help protect and treat illnesses. It was too late before she realized these remedies may not be enough to fully protect against influenza.
After contracting a serious case of influenza and developing complications, including a serious case of bronchitis, as well as chronic asthma, Ramona learned about immunization.
Her physician recommended annual vaccination to help prot....
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Teen vaccinations against cervical cancer lagging
Only about half of the teenage girls in the U.S. have rolled up their sleeves for a controversial vaccine against cervical cancer — a rate well below those for two other vaccinations aimed at adolescents.
The vaccine hit the market in 2006. By last year, just 49 percent of girls had gotten at least the first of the recommended three shots for human papilloma virus, or HPV, a sexually-transmitted bug that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. Only a third had gotten all three doses, t....
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Report: Vaccines generally safe, some side effects
Vaccines can cause certain side effects but serious ones appear very rare — and there's no link with autism and Type 1 diabetes, the Institute of Medicine says in the first comprehensive safety review in 17 years.
The report released Thursday isn't aimed at nervous parents. And the side effects it lists as proven are some that doctors long have known about, such as fever-caused seizures and occasional brain inflammation.
Instead, the review comes at the request of the government's Vaccin....
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Aetna Signs Agreement with Lehigh Valley Health ....
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced that it has reached agreement on a new four-year contract for Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) with Lehigh Valley Physician Hospital Inc., DBA Valley Preferred. Under the agreement, the Lehigh Valley Hospital facilities in Allentown and Bethlehem will continue to provide covered benefits, at in-network rates, to Aetna members in the Lehigh Valley area.
“The hospital occupies a prominent health care delivery position in the Lehigh Valley. We’re h....
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Investigadores encuentran gen que protege contra....
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neurocientíficos han asumido que una mutación en el gen progranulina, que hace la proteína progranulina y apoya a las neuronas del cerebro, era suficiente para producir un tipo de demencia conocida como Degeneración Lobular Frontotemporal (DLFT) (de la sigla en inglés FTLD). Pero ahora un equipo internacional de científicos liderados por investigadores de la Mayo Clinic de Jacksonville, Florida, han encontrado otro de los factores genéticos que dicen parece....
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OptumHealth ofrece asesoría gratuita en línea pa....
TUCSON, Arizona OptumHealth anunció hoy una línea de ayuda gratuita establecida para las personas en Tucson que enfrentan las consecuencias emocionales del reciente tiroteo. Integrada por experimentados especialistas en salud conductual con nivel de maestría, la línea de ayuda gratuita ofrece asistencia a las personas que están buscando ayuda para enfrentar el estrés, la ansiedad y el proceso de duelo. Las personas que llamen pueden recibir referencias a una base de datos de recursos de la com....
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Accenture Health CIO Survey Showcases Challenges....
NEW YORK-As hospitals and health systems across America grapple with achieving meaningful use[1] of electronic medical records (EMRs), Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has released a survey of chief information officers (CIOs) from health systems with advanced use of EMRs that suggests hospitals must think and act differently to drive successful EMR implementation and clinical transformation. Change management is as critical to success as information technology (IT) planning and execution.
“We rea....
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Research and Markets: Cervical Cancer Therapeuti....
Research and Markets search has announced the addition of GlobalDatas new report "Cervical Cancer Therapeutics - Pipeline Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2017" to their offering.
Executive Summary:
Cervical Cancer Therapeutics - Pipeline Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2017 is an essential source of information and analysis on the global Cervical Cancer market. The report identifies the key trends shaping and driving the global Cervical Cancer market. The report also provides ins....
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Research and Markets: Cervical Cancer Therapeuti....
Research and Markets search has announced the addition of GlobalDatas new report "Cervical Cancer Therapeutics - Pipeline Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2017" to their offering.
Executive Summary:
Cervical Cancer Therapeutics - Pipeline Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2017 is an essential source of information and analysis on the global Cervical Cancer market. The report identifies the key trends shaping and driving the global Cervical Cancer market. The report also provides ins....
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vangelicals Announce Campaign to Provide Health ....
The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) announced today Ministers Med as its newest senior partner. Ministers Med and the NHCLC teamed up today to bring access to healthcare to millions of uninsured church workers.
The relationship brings two valuable assets to NHCLC members, the ability to join into the NHCLC / Ministers Med health plan as a member and for those that are leaders of a church or organization; access to Ministers Med benefits for their workers.
"We a....
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Routine Osteoporosis Screening Recommended For A....
In an update to its 2002 recommendation, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) now recommends that all women ages 65 and older be routinely screened for osteoporosis. This is the first final recommendation statement to be published since the USPSTF implemented a new process in July 2010 in which all of its draft recommendation statements are posted for public comment on the USPSTF website prior to being issued in final form. The draft recommendation statement on screening for osteop....
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LAS MAMOGRAFÍAS SALVAN VIDAS, AÚN ASÍ MUCHAS
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FUJIFILM ayuda a las latinas a encontrar centros de mamografías que cuentan con asistencia en español a través del lanzamiento de www.RetratosDeSalud.com
Stamford, Conn., 1 de octubre de 2010— El cáncer de seno es la principal causa de muerte entre las mujeres hispanas en los Estados Unidos , quienes también tienen mayores probabilidades de recibir un diagnóstico de cáncer de seno en estado avanzado, momento en el cual es más difícil de tratar. La detección temprana a través de la mamogra....
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Gilead inicia ensayo clínico de Fase III que eva....
FOSTER CITY, California--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) ha anunciado que ha comenzado a administrar el tratamiento al primer paciente en el programa clínico de Fase III que evalúa su régimen cuádruple de una sola pastilla de dosis fija en fase de investigación de elvitegravir, cobicistat (anteriormente GS 9350), emtricitabina y fumarato de tenofovir disoproxil.
El programa clínico de Fase III para el régimen cuádruple incluye dos estudios (estudios 102 y 103) que eval....
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